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About Dougherty, Hildre, & Haklar - Personal Injury Attorneys in San Diego, California
Dougherty, Hildre & Haklar is a full service plaintiff's law firm representing individuals and classes in civil law suits against manufacturers and distributors of consumer products. Formerly known as Kennedy, Crockett, Dougherty & Hildre, the firm has represented plaintiffs in the fields of mass tort and class action litigation, admiralty and personal injury since 1978. The firm's attorneys are all members of the California Bar Association, belong to the San Diego, California and American Trial Lawyers Associations and participate actively in professional and civic affairs. Members of the firm have served or are currently serving on a number of State and National Committees.
The firm's experience with mass tort litigation has encompassed tobacco litigation and other product liability areas, such as Breast Implant, Microsoft, General Motors and McDonalds.
Consumers' health problems associated with the ingestion of dangerous or defective prescription drugs and non prescription dietary supplements are a focus of the firm as well. The firm has successfully represented numerous individuals in lawsuits against the manufacturers of diverse consumer products.
In tobacco, the energies of many of the attorneys and staff have been devoted to litigation efforts nationwide for years. The firm has contributed substantial time and expertise to ongoing litigation in other states and in California has contributed significantly to California's settlement of the nationwide Attorneys General cases. A class action entitled Brown v. American Tobacco Co., et al. was filed by this firm in 1997. It was recently granted class certification by Judge Ronald Prager of the San Diego Superior Court. Litigation of this class action is ongoing with a trial date of late 2003 anticipated.
The firm's office is located in the historic Mr. A's building at 2550 Fifth Ave., Suite 617, in San Diego, California 92103, but through its association with a large number of law firms nationwide, it has represented individuals from as far away as Florida, Washington State, Croatia and the Philippines. You may e-mail the firm directly at attorneys@consumerrights.com
William O. Dougherty - Attorney at Law
William Dougherty received his B.A. from Stanford University and obtained his J.D. at Loyola Marymount University in 1966. He was admitted to the California bar in 1968. He has been a member of the San Diego Superior Court, Panel of Arbitrators since 1994. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of California, Consumer Attorneys of California, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Consumer Attorneys of San Diego County and the American Arbitration Association. He has successfully represented a large number of admiralty and maritime claims and has continually been involved in breast implant and other consumer actions such as Fen-Phen and tobacco. You may contact William Dougherty - attorney at law - directly at wdougherty@consumerrights.com
Donald F. Hildre - Attorney at Law
Donald Hildre received his B.S. at Claremont McKenna College and obtained his J.D. at the University of San Diego in 1975. His affiliations include the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC, Board of Governors Member), the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past-Chairman, Admiralty Section), Consumer Attorneys of San Diego County, California Breast Implant Litigation (Member, Steering Committee), the Tobacco Class Action Litigation Group (Member) and the National L-Tryptophan Steering Committee. A prominent activist and lecturer in both legal and political circles, Mr. Hildre was on the California Trial Lawyer's Association (CTLA) Board of Governors and is formerly a state delegate for CTLA. He is past director of the San Diego Trial Lawyers Association and the author of "The Use of Epidemiological Studies to Prove Causation in Pharmaceutical Product Liability Litigation," a speech he presented at the National College of Advocacy. You may contact Mr. Hildre directly at dhildre@consumerrights.com
Thomas D. Haklar - Attorney at Law
Thomas Haklar received his B.S. from California State University, Northridge in 1988 and his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 1993. Upon becoming a member of the State Bar of California in 1993, Mr. Haklar joined the Dougherty and Hildre firm. His local focus on Breast Implant and L-Tryptophan litigation was interrupted temporarily when he moved to New Orleans to focus exclusively on litigation against the tobacco industry. Currently, Mr. Haklar's practice focuses on mass tort products liability litigation involving such products as L-Tryptophan, Rezulin and Baycol. Mr. Haklar is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Consumer Attorneys of California, Republican Trial Lawyers of California and the Los Angeles and San Diego County Bar Associations. You may contact Mr. Haklar directly at thaklar@dhdhlaw.
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