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Resume for Donald H. Slavik

Born

1981 Wisconsin and U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
2002 Texas Courts Texas Courts and U.S. District Courts, Western and Northern Districts of Texas
2002 Colorado and U.S. District Courts, District of Colorado
2004 Washington Courts
2007 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana
2007 U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Over the years, Mr. Slavik has been admitted pro hac vice in both State and federal courts in more than 30 different states.

1981 University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D.
1978 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S.N.E., with honors, Member of Phi Eta Sigma.

AAJ – Board of Governors
Chairman of Exchange Advisory Committee
past Chairman of Computers and Law Office Technology Committee
past Trustee, National College of Advocacy
past chair of its Products Liability Section
Attorneys Information Exchange Group – Immediate Past President, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, 1987 to date
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine – Scientific Program Committee, 1995-2001
Western Trial Lawyers Association – Past President, Executive Committee
Wisconsin Association for Justice Wisconsin Association for Justice – past member of Board of Directors
University of Wisconsin – lectured to engineering extension classes
Has given numerous presentations to various state bar and trial lawyer associations
Has made presentations to the Society for Automotive Engineers and other technical organizations.

Author: “Defective Seat Belts,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 1988
“Motor Vehicle Restraints for Young and Old,” TRIAL Magazine, May 1997
“Child Restraint System Defects,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 2000
“Manufacturing Responsibility,” Recovery, Fall 1996
“Cervical Distraction Injuries to Children,” SAE 973302, 1997. Co-author: “Seat Belt Litigation,” TRIAL Magazine, Feb. 1993
“Computer Network Insecurity,” TRIAL Magazine, Mar. 1995, “Crashworthiness,” AAJ Press, 1989
“Civil Trial Practice,” Lawyers and Judges Publishing, 2000
“Products Liability Litigation: Product Studies,” AAJ Press, 1996
“AAJ’s Litigating Tort Cases,” AAJ Press, 2003
“Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases,” West Publishing, 2003.

99 million awarded by jury to widows of ironworkers killed in crane crash at Miller Park.
12.5 million to a young man injured due to a defective roof in his car.
12 million to a woman who suffered brain damage due to overprescription of pain medication.
12 million to a man whose Ford rolled over in an accident.
9.6 million awarded for medical malpractice causing birth injury.
8.4 million awarded to a woman by a jury for surgical malpractice.