Dennis M. Tessier | Litigation & Trial Consultant | Author | Speaker | Highly Complex Civil & Criminal Judicial Proceedings - State, Federal & International Jurisdictions.
Four decades of trial practice in State, Federal & International jurisdictions, with a deep & diverse range of experience in the judicial resolution of highly complex civil & criminal matters.
Handled thousands of cases, court proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, bench trials, jury trials & appellate matters, many of which have resulted in published opinions & cited to in legal reference guides, medical journals & scientific publications.
Primary practice includes civil rights, constitutional, patent-trademark-copyright intellectual property, computer technology, telecommunications, healthcare, pharmacology-pharmaceutical drugs & devices, medicine & medical negligence, engineering, admiralty-maritime, transportation, energy, nuclear, infrastructure, products liability, environmental, toxic torts, real estate-construction, business-commercial disputes, legal errors & omissions, RICO actions, class actions, multi-district litigation, cartels, antitrust, qui tam actions & Grand Jury investigations.
Specialized practice in Cold Cases & Rocket Docket proceedings.
Extensive experience on War-Room logistics and Courtroom management including Remote & In-Court Trial Technology “Hot Seat” Evidence Presentations for Voir Dire, Opening Statements, Direct Examinations, Cross Examinations & Closing Arguments.
Pro bono case work on domestic violence protection orders, emergency orders, motions to stay proceedings, expedited injunctions, mandamus, habeas corpus, amicus curiae, clemency, immigration amnesty-unaccompanied alien children right to counsel, human rights, international-domestic anti-human trafficking, voting rights, criminal justice reform, equal justice for indigenous people, cyber civil rights & death penalty appeals.
Practice at O'Melveny & Myers (Los Angeles), Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel (Santa Monica), Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (Century City), Helsell & Fetterman (Seattle), Nintendo of America-General Counsel's Office (Redmond), Tousley Brain (Seattle), Preston, Gates & Ellis NKA K&L Gates (Seattle) & T & A (Los Angeles).
Secondment at Nissan Motors USA (Los Angeles), Lederle Laboratories (Pearl River), American Cyanamid (New York), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) and T-Mobile (Bellevue).
Commissioned Remote Online Notary.
Profiled in Who’s Who in American Law.
Graduate of the University of West Los Angeles.
Over $1Billion in Verdicts.
Mr. Tessier lectures at CLE seminars on Local, State, Federal & International Judicial Proceedings.
