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Practice Areas: Business Law, Employment Law, Professional Liability Defense, Insurance Defense

Additional Information: Mr. Dean was born in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science in 1979. In 1983, he earned his juris doctorate degree from Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California and the Bar of the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 1983. He is also admitted to the Bar of the United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Dean is a member of the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County, Orange County, and Santa Monica Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Dean is the former President of the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel. He is on the ADR Committee of the Los Angeles Superior Court, the Judicial Appointments Evaluation Committee of the LA County Bar and on the DRI Task Force on Judicial Independence. He is also a frequent speaker to conferences sponsored by the California CPA Education Society.

His publications include Experts and Attorneys: Joint and Several Defendants? The Witness Chair; The Court-Appointed Expert Witness, The Witness Chair; Identifying and Resolving Conflicts of Interest, California CPA; A Profile of Liability and Damages for Accountants - Guidelines for Risk Management in Today's Litigious Environment, The National Public Accountant; Effective Client-Screening Techniques, The National Public Accountant; In Defense of Tight Building Syndrome, For The Defense; 'Tight Building Syndrome - In The Defense of HVAC Conti-actors, HVAC Product News. Mr. Dean has also spoken extensively to accountants concerning claims, litigation, and claim prevention. He also has broad and extensive experience in securities litigation, including the defense of regulatory matters.

Mr. Dean has achieved the highest rating of "AV" by the prestigious national lawyer rating organization, Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Dean has tried, arbitrated and mediated numerous matters. His areas of specialization include accountant malpractice, business and employment litigation.