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












