Daniel N. Gallucci
Attorney
Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical, medical device, vehicle recall, other civil litigation
Daniel N. Gallucci manages the Mass Torts team at NastLaw LLC. Philadelphia Magazine selected Mr. Gallucci as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for every year he has been eligible, naming him as one of the top 100 attorneys in Philadelphia. Most recently, Mr. Gallucci was selected to the George Washington School of Law Complex Litigation Center’s Advisory Cabinet, which is an honor reserved for nationally recognized leaders in complex litigation.
Mr. Gallucci is a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers. Mr. Gallucci serves as a Moot Court Judge for the Dickinson Law Advocacy Program and is a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Evaluation Investigative Division. For four years, Mr. Gallucci was co-chair of the American Association of Justice’s Heparin Litigation group, and chaired the Lancaster Bar Association’s Trial Committee from 2004 to 2006.
Mr. Gallucci has substantial professional experience in pharmaceutical litigation and has served as Court-appointed Executive, Steering or major committee member in pharmaceutical cases, including, by way of example, the following recent cases: In re: Xarelto (Phila. C.C.P. No. 2349) (Co-Lead); In re Xarelto Products Liab. Litig., MDL 2592 (E.D. La.)(J. Fallon) (Federal State Liaison); In re: Mirena IUD Products Liability Litig., MDL 2434 (S.D. N.Y.); In re: Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 2342 (E.D. Pa.); In re: Pelvic Repair Systems Litig. (S.D. W.V.), including Ethicon, Inc., MDL 2327, Boston Scientific Corp., MDL 2326 and American Medical Systems, Inc., MDL 2325; In re: Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Prod. Liab. Litig. (Phila. C.C.P. No. 1307) (Co-Lead); In re: Heparin Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1953 (N.D. Ohio) (PEC Member); In re: Medtronic, Inc. Sprint Fidelis Leads Litig., MDL 1905 (D. Minn.); Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1871 (E.D. Pa.); In re: Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillators Litig., MDL 1726 (D. Minn.); In re: Digitek Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1968 (S.D. W.V.) (PSC Member); In re: Accutane Prod. Liab., MDL 1626 (M.D. Fl.); In re: Welding Fume Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1535 (N.D. Ohio); Serzone Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1477 (S.D. W.V.); Baycol Prod. Litig., MDL 1431 (D. Minn.); and In re: Diet Drug Prod. Liab. Litig., MDL 1203 (E.D. Pa.).
Mr. Gallucci has tried jury cases involving malpractice and wrongful death, and has participated as an advocate and as a presiding officer in multiple arbitrations. Mr. Gallucci secured the third largest jury verdict in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania history. He is active in pro bono work in Pennsylvania and has received the Lancaster County Bar Association’s award for outstanding representation of pro bono clients.
He is a frequent seminar instructor and speaker, including serving as an instructor for the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education programs, the Philadelphia Bar Association, programs presented by the American Association for Justice and at Harris Martin conferences. Mr. Gallucci frequently speaks on the safety of pharmaceutical products.
Mr. Gallucci is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association, The Philadelphia Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations.
Mr. Gallucci graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor’s degree in history and from the Dickinson Law School of the Pennsylvania State University. While at Dickinson Law School, Mr. Gallucci was selected to the Woolsack Honor Society (top 15% of class) and the National Trial Moot Court Team. He received the Falvello Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement and was named to the Order of Barristers for Excellence in Courtroom Advocacy. He served as Articles Editor of The Dickinson Law Review and received the Best Case Note Award in the Law Review Competition.
After law school, Mr. Gallucci served a clerkship with the Honorable Michael A. Georgelis, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
After completing his clerkship, Mr. Gallucci joined RodaNast, P.C. and after RodaNast, P.C. dissolved, Mr. Gallucci joined NastLaw, LLC. His practice emphasizes mass tort personal injury litigation, pharmaceutical and product liability multidistrict litigation.