Daniel
W. Winters,
Esq.
Special Master/Mediator
EDUCATION
DePauw University. B.A. History, 1969, Cum Laude.
University of Illinois, J.D., 1972, Order of the Coif.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000 - Present Special
Master by appointment of Superior Courts of the State
of California and Mediator:
San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco,
Marin, Sonoma, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Cruz, Monterey,
Sacramento, Fresno, Tulare, Clark
(Nevada)
1996 - Present Winters, Krug & Delbon
Burlingame,
California
Insurance Defense Trial Practice, including
construction and complex litigation, personal injury,
public entities, aviation, professional liability, and
insurance coverage. AV – Martindale-Hubbell.
1986 - 1996 Nagle, Krug & Winters
Burlingame, California
Insurance Defense Trial Practice, including construction
and complex litigation, personal injury, public entities,
aviation, professional liability, environmental law,
and insurance coverage. AV – Martindale-Hubbell.
1980 – Present Judge
Pro Tempore and Arbitrator
San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Francisco
counties
1975 - 1986 Coddington & Winters
Palo Alto, California
1972 - 1975 Ropers,
Majeski, Kohn, Bentley & Wagner
Redwood City, California
PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
- Lecturer, San Mateo County Bar Association
- Featured Speaker, Stanford University
Law School Trial Advocacy Program
- Featured Speaker, University of San
Francisco School of Law Trial Advocacy Program
TRIAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Winters has tried to judgment more than seventy-five
cases in State and Federal Court. Among his successful
representations, he acted as chief trial attorney for
Pan American World Airways in the In Re Air Crash at
Bali, Indonesia (a 707 air disaster resulting in over
100 fatalities) at both original trial and re-trial and,
for plaintiff and cross-defendant in the In Re Mid-Air
Collision At San Jose, California (a mid-air collision
resulting in multiple fatalities). In addition, he was
a member of the successful trial team in the In Re Air
India Air Disaster (involving the crash of a 747 in the
Bay of Bombay resulting in more than 200 fatalities)
and Hennessy vs. Piper Aircraft Corporation, (a wrongful
death products liability case).
In more recent years, Mr. Winters has concentrated in
other areas of trial law. He has represented plaintiffs
and defendants in attorney malpractice and breach of
professional responsibility disputes. He is chief Northern
California trial counsel for a Lloyd's of London syndicate
insuring public defenders and district attorneys. Mr.
Winters has been heavily involved in construction defect
and toxic tort litigation representing numerous developers
and general contractors, both as plaintiffs and as defendants.
In his most recent trial, he successfully prosecuted
a claim on behalf of an architect and general contractor,
receiving a verdict in excess of that prayed for and
defeating the claims of cross-complainant landowner.
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