Dustin Rawlin is a trial lawyer who represents businesses in complex litigation matters in courts throughout the United States.
Dustin defends companies in cases involving product liability, breach of contract, business tort, breach of warranty, consumer fraud, professional negligence, and commercial disputes. He has experience representing companies in multidistrict litigation, state coordinated proceedings, and class actions, as well as experience handling appeals in both state and federal court. As lead counsel, he is currently defending personal injury claims related to transvaginal mesh devices in a multidistrict litigation proceeding and a coordinated state court proceeding, as well as personal injury claims related to saline and silicone gel breast implants. Dustin is also defending a manufacturer in consumer class actions relating to flushable wipes and a law firm in a securities fraud and professional negligence class action.
As national counsel for a medical device manufacturer, Dustin has successfully defended hundreds of cases involving a wide variety of medical devices, including saline and silicone gel breast implants, tissue expanders, vocal cord paste, ultrasound devices, liposuction equipment, transvaginal mesh, and penile implants. He works with nationally and internationally renowned experts in the fields of biomaterials, pathology, biostatistics, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, regulatory compliance, and medicine to present sophisticated scientific and medical concepts to juries.
Dustin also has lead attorney experience representing a major credit reporting agency in more than 80 cases involving the Fair Credit Reporting Act in federal courts throughout the Midwest, including putative class actions. He also represents companies in Telephone Consumer Protection Act cases.
Dustin devotes substantial time to pro bono representations, community service, and mentoring associates. The Sixth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals have appointed him to pro bono representations in criminal matters, and he represents clients pro bono in civil rights and wrongful eviction cases referred by the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. Dustin also serves as the General Counsel of the nonprofit Northeastern Ohio Tennis Association.
Dustin met his wife Meggan, also an attorney, while they were both students at Duke University School of Law and – in one of his finest pieces of advocacy – convinced her to turn down job opportunities in Dallas and Atlanta and move to Northeast Ohio where they live with their four children.