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Daniel J.T. Sciano 
San Antonio, Texas
Vice President & Attorney
phone 210-888-9540
877-220-0867
fax 210-225-6235
email Email Me

Daniel J.T. Sciano is vice president and senior attorney at the Law Offices of Tinsman, & Sciano, Inc.  With over 30 years of legal experience, Dan has handled a vast variety of civil and personal injury litigation matters throughout his legal career. They have included complex medical malpractice claims, motor vehicle accident claims, truck/tractor motor vehicle wrecks involving serious injury or death, claims regarding unreasonably dangerous and defective products involving a vast array of commercial and industrial products, and a panoply of claims brought due to catastrophic injury or death. His practice also involves civil litigation in a wide variety of areas. He has a national reputation with regard to his representation of victims (most often small children) catastrophically injured or killed as a result of stove tip-overs.  He is and has been involved as both co-counsel and local counsel regarding complex consumer class action litigation. His current docket, as it has for more than a decade, is national in scope. Additionally, Dan speaks on a wide variety of legal topics for the State Bar of Texas as part of continuing legal education of other lawyers.


 

Certification/Specialties:
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1989


Board Certified – Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1987


Board Certified – Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1988


Bar Admissions:
Wisconsin, 1986
Texas, 1981
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1984
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1994
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1995
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1995
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Education:
St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1981
J.D.
Honors: With Distinction
Honors: Phi Delta Phi
Honors: Member, John M. Harlen Society
Law Journal: St. Mary's Law Journal, Senior Associate Editor, 1980 - 1981


London School of Economics


University of Wisconsin, 1978
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude


Published Works:
Stove Tip-Over in Texas Lawyer, 1999


18-Wheeler Accident, The National Law Journal, March, 2001


Settlement for Oven-Tipping Accident Totals $2.1 Million


Honors and Awards:
Texas Super Lawyers (a Texas Monthly publication): Plaintiff Personal Injury: Product Liability, 2003 - 2011


The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury and Civil Litigation, 2001 - 2012


The Best Lawyers in America, San Antonio Lawyer of the Year in Personal Injury Litigation, 2010 and 2012


Texas Super Lawyers (a Texas Monthly publication): One of the Top 50 Lawyers in the Central & West Texas Region, 2008 and 2011.


Professional Associations and Memberships:
San Antonio Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Texas
Member


State Bar of Wisconsin
Member


Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Director


San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, 1988 - 1992
Director


San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, 1994 - 1995
President


American Association for Justice


American Board of Trial Advocates


Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 2006 - 2011
Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee (AREC)


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