David R. Shoop
David Shoop is a nationally recognized lawyer, having previously tried
and litigated numerous multi-million dollar cases on behalf of some of
the world's largest corporations and their insurers. He now represents
individual victims of personal injury, with emphasis in personal injury
caused by defective products and medical devices. David Shoop has recovered
millions of dollars for injured victims of defective products. David Shoop
understands how insurance companies and manufacturers defend and evaluate
their claims, and now he puts that knowledge and experience to work for you.
David Shoop has years of experience litigating matters involving defective
products, medical devices, recalled medical devices, motor and recreational
vehicles, street motorcycles, complex industrial machinery, conveyor systems
and various consumer products. Such cases have included wrongful death,
catastrophic personal injury, paraplegic injuries, permanent brain damage,
limb amputations, burn injuries as well as property damage. David Shoop
has significant experience in product design, testing, evaluation, development,
biomechanics, physiology, as well as accident reconstruction and analysis.
David has further served as lead trial counsel and he has litigated numerous
fire and casualty cases, and has years of experience in fire cause and
origin analysis and NFPA 921 standards application.
David Shoop has also coordinated complex litigation and product liability
actions in numerous states across the country, inclusive of California,
Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Michigan,
Florida and New York. He regularly practices before federal and state
courts and government agencies. David Shoop has recently resolved claims
against a medical device manufacturer for $2,300,000.00. These claims
involved implantable, Class III medical devices occurring subsequent to
FDA recall. In addition to his product liability and medical device expertise,
David Shoop recently obtained a $5,036,489.00 jury verdict against Peerless
Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Company, for insurance bad faith. The verdict
included an award of $3,500,000.00 in punitive damages as against Peerless
Insurance for claims handling practices which the jury found to be in
conscious disregard of the rights of its insured.
David received his law degree from the Case Western Reserve University
School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio, and additionally served on active duty
in the United States Army in both Karlsruhe and Hanau Germany. Prior to
forming SHOOP | A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION, David was a partner in
the oldest law firm in Beverly Hills, California.
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
- Products Liability
- Catastrophic Personal Injury
- Defective Medical Devices
- Recalled Medical Devices
- Industrial Machinery
- Complex Litigation
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Commercial Litigation
- Breach of Contract
- General Business Litigation
- Unfair Competition
- Class Action
- Construction Litigation
- Medical and Professional Malpractice
BAR ADMISSIONS:
- California State Bar
- United States District Court, Central District of California
- United States District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:
- State Bar of California
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles
Call us today. This is your firm.
SHOOP | A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION
350 S Beverly Dr, Suite 330
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(866) 884-1717