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Practice Areas

Premises Liability
Personal Injury
Workers Compensation Defense
Insurance Coverage
Construction
Products Liability

Bar/Court Admissions

District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Maryland Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
California Bar (inactive)

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A. psychology, 1978
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1981


Organizations

The Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
DRI
The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
The Counsellors

  
D. STEPHENSON SCHWINN

 
Partner
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Telephone: 202-496-2806
Facsimile: 202-496-2800

1100 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20036-4117
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Practice Overview and Representative Experience:
Steve is active in the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, the largest fully inclusive defense organization, comprised of thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, risk managers, insurance professionals, claims adjusters and attorneys. Steve serves as Lead Chair of the District of Columbia Chapter and Vice-Chair of the Mid-Atlantic Region. He organized the first annual CLM Group admission to the Supreme Court of the United States in May 2011.

Steve has more than 25 years experience as a trial attorney with the firm. He serves as catastrophic claims counsel for clients in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He has substantial litigation experience defending multi-million dollar claims involving products liability, retail security, construction accidents and property damage. He was lead defense counsel in cases featured on 60 Minutes and The Justice Files, including one that led to Consumer Product Safety Commission hearings that modified pool equipment safety standards to reduce the risk of entrapment injuries. Steve has also worked as consulting counsel on burn claims, and as regional coverage counsel for environmental insurance coverage litigation.

Recently, Steve represented general contractors in catastrophic fire and flood claims, a propane gas distributor in personal injury and property damage claims resulting from an explosion, and a truck driver involved in a collision resulting in profound brain injury.

Before joining the Firm, Steve served as Law Clerk to Hon. William E. Stewart, Jr. and Hon. John R. Hess, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Representative clients include Macy*s, Sibley Memorial Hospital and Zurich North America.
 
Reported Cases
Presley v. Commercial Moving & Rigging, Inc., ___ A.2d ___ (D.C. 2011)(construction accident)

Travelers Indem. Co. of Ill. v. D.C. Dep't of Empl. Servs., 975 A.2d 823 (D.C. 2009)(finality of workers compensation order)

Cont'l Cas. Co. v. Under Armour, Inc., 537 F. Supp. 2d 761, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12627 (D. Md. 2008)(waiver of insurance coverage defenses)

Smigelski v. Potomac Ins. Co., 403 Md. 55, 939 A.2d 189 (2008)(extra-territorial workers compensation insurance coverage)

Sibley Memorial Hospital v. D.C. Dept. of Employment Services, 711 A.2d 105 (D.C. 1998)(limiting medical expenses in workers' compensation)

U.S. Fire Insurance Co. v. Milton Co., 938 F.Supp. 56 (D.D.C. 1996)

Jones v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 584 A.2d 17 (1990)

Railco Multi Construction Co. v. Gardner, 564 A.2d 1167 (1989)

Jones v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 553 A.2d 645 (1989)

Arneja v. Gildar, 541 A.2d 621, 56 USLW 2719, (D.C. 1988)

Greenfield v. Volpe Construction Co., 849 F.2d 635, 270 U.S.App.D.C. (D.C.Cir. 1988)

Ringgold v. D.C. Department of Employment Services, 531 A.2d 241 (D.C. 1987)

Williamson v. United States, 445 A.2d 975 (1982)

Hawkins v. United States, 434 A.2d 446 (1981)

United States v. Livingston, 661 F.2d 239, 213 U.S.App.D.C. 18, 8 Fed R. Evid Serv. 1586 (D.C. Cir. 1981)