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Practice
Engaged primarily in professional liability, drug and medical
device litigation, and commercial and
residential real estate litigation.
Professional Background
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1992; in West Virginia
in 1993;
in Ohio in 2002.
Also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme
Court, United States District Court for the Western
District of Pennsylvania, Southern District of West Virginia and the United States Court
of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Professional/Civic Activities
Member: Allegheny County
Bar Association (Civil Litigation and
Healthcare sections).
Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Member: West Virginia Bar Association.
Member: Pennsylvania Defense
Institute.
Member: Defense Research
Institute.
Member: Bucknell University Alumni
Association.
Member: University of Pittsburgh
Alumni Association.
Member: ALFA International Products Liability Practice Group.
Member: ALFA International Drug & Medical Device Practice Group
Steering Committee.
Member: ALFA International Healthcare
Practice Group Steering Committee.
Author: ALFA
Product Liability Practice Group Seminar Course Book, "Common
Product
Liability Claim Mistakes . . . And How To Avoid Them," November,
2008.
Speaker:
ALFA Product Liability Practice Group Seminar, "Cost Control
Issues
and Expert
Witnesses," November, 2008.
Author: ALFA International Healthcare Practice Group Seminar Compendium,
Pennsylvania Chapter, "Medical Spa Law, A Fifty State Survey," 2007.
Moderator: ALFA International Healthcare Practice Group
Seminar:
Crisis in Healthcare, New Orleans,
Louisiana, November 12-14, 2004.
Author: ALFA International Healthcare
Practice Group Seminar
Compendium, Pennsylvania chapter, "Statute of
Limitations and
Damage Caps for Liability Claims Against Healthcare Providers,
a 50 State Survey," 2003.
Editor: ALFA International Healthcare
Attorney Directory, 2000 Edition,
Presented at Healthcare Practice
Group Seminar, "Good Health for
Healthcare: Marching into the
New Millennium," Nashville,
Tennessee, November 1-3, 2000.
Participant: 2010 ALFA
International Client Seminar, "Pioneering Through the New
Economic
Frontier: Product Liability in a Changed World," Palm Desert, CA, March 11-13, 2010;
Medmarc 22nd Annual Medical Device Seminar, Bend, OR, June
14-16, 2009;
2009 ALFA International
Midwest Regional, Health Care and Medical Device Joint Seminar,
"Legal Landmines Across a Shifting Business Landscape," Minneapolis, MN, June 4-5, 2009;
Medmarc 21st Annual Medical Device Seminar, Hot Springs, VA, June 11-13,
2008;
2008 ALFA International Client
Seminar, "What Keeps You Up At Night? Strategies for a Good
Night's Sleep," Key Biscayne, FL,
March 6-8, 2008;
Medmarc 20th Annual Medical Device Seminar, Colorado
Springs, CO, June 20-22, 2007;
2007 ALFA International Client Seminar, "Shifting Sands of Global Product
Liability Issues,"
Desert Sands, CA, March 8-10, 2007.
Member: Pan Icarian Brotherhood,
Chapter Icaros, Verona, Pennsylvania.
Member: Board of Directors, CONTACT
Pittsburgh (2005 - present).
Event Chair:
CONTACT Pittsburgh Annual Fundraiser Event, Fall Festival,
October, 2008.
Event Chair:
CONTACT Pittsburgh Annual Fundraiser Event, Casino on the Green,
November, 2007.
Listed in Pennsylvania Super
Lawyers Rising Stars Edition 2006, 2007.
Education
Bucknell University (B.A., 1989).
University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1992).
Speaking Engagements
Duquesne University, Cyril H. Wecht Institute
of Forensic Science and Law, Forensic Fridays Seminar Series,
Forensic Scientific Applications in Products Liability Cases,
Speaker, The Federal Preemption Hurdle and the Science of the
Medical Device Approval Process; Panelist, The Science
and Law of Product Liability Cases, September 10, 2010.
Medmarc® 23rd Annual
Medical Device Seminar - Panelist Speaker, Topic: Defending Life Science Drug & Devices:
Rx for Success, June 6-8, 2010, Isle of Palms, South Carolina.
ALFA International 2008
Product Liability Practice Group Seminar -
Common Product Liability Claim Mistakes - And How to
Avoid Them, Topic:
"Cost Control Issues and Expert Witnesses,"
November, 2008.
Up Close And Personal
Constantine J. Passodelis, or Dean to his friends and colleagues,
chairs the firm's professional liability practice group defending
claims against laboratories, medical device manufacturers and
distributors, dialysis providers, hospitals and physicians. Dean
also actively represents clients engaged in the business of employee
relocation, time share management, and commercial and residential real
estate management and sales. Dean provides
services for several valued clients on a regional and national level
and serves as a member of a national health care steering committee
formed by ALFA International.
Dean is a graduate of Bucknell University where he majored in philosophy, served on the crew
team, and studied in France and Switzerland. In 1992 he earned his law degree from the
University of Pittsburgh and joined Meyer Darragh, where he became an
equity partner in 2001. Dean chairs the firm's
executive committee and professional liability practice group.
He also serves on the firm's Compensation Committee. Professionally, Dean has been an active member of the Defense Research
Institute, Pennsylvania Defense Institute, and
the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Out of the office, Dean enjoys time with his family.
Married to Ann Weiskircher Passodelis, a former North Allegheny High School chemistry teacher,
Dean has two sons born in 1998 and 2001. |
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