Dana Baiocco
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.617.449.6889
(F) +1.617.449.6999

Education

  • Duquesne University (J.D. 1997, cum laude; Justice Louis Mandarino Honor Society for Achievement in Trial and Appellate Advocacy; Order of Barristers); Ohio University (B.S. in Journalism 1988)

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits

Clerkships

  • Law Clerk to Judge Gustave Diamond, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania (1996-1998)

Dana Baiocco's practice areas include business and tort litigation, product liability, mass tort defense litigation, financial institution and services litigation, and aviation litigation and counseling. Clients describe Dana as a "very smart and tough" litigator, who is "very responsive and thorough" and "provides efficient and effective legal counsel relative to some very difficult situations."

Dana, a licensed pilot, is defense counsel for Parker Hannifin Corporation in its aviation component part product litigation. She led the Parker team to victory in Brewer, et al. v. Dodson, et al. (aff'd, 9th Cir.) and its state court companion case, Vandeventer v. Dodson, cases arising out of a general aviation crash in Oregon. Dana also defended Yamaha in its Rhino product liability litigation nationwide. She is a member of Jones Day's Product Recall & Accident Response Team, a multidisciplinary group of Jones Day lawyers prepared to respond in recall or crisis situations.

Dana recently joined the litigation team representing Financial Guaranty Insurance Company in its high-profile lawsuits against Ally Financial Inc. and its mortgage subsidiaries arising out of residential mortgage-backed securities FGIC insured in 2005.

In 2007, 2009, and 2010 Dana was named by The Legal 500 as a leading U.S. lawyer in the product liability and mass tort defense category for aerospace/aviation. American Lawyer Media selected her as one of 35 Pennsylvania lawyers named "2005 Lawyers on the Fast Track." In 2005, 2006, and 2007, Philadelphia Magazine and Law & Politics named her as a "Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Star."


Dana Baiocco