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Robert J. Drakulich is a trial lawyer and partner at THE DRAKULICH FIRM, APLC, with offices in San Diego, California and Reno, Nevada. Mr. Drakulich’s primary practice is in the areas of product liability, personal injury, medical device / pharmaceutical drug mass torts, class actions, nursing home abuse, airplane/helicopter crash, business litigation, and mesothelioma/asbestos cases. Mr. Drakulich is licensed to practice law in California, Nevada, Minnesota, and Washington D.C. and has an appellate practice in the Ninth and Second Circuit.
Mr. Drakulich has actively participated as a member of the trial team on several multi-million-dollar cases. Together with his father, Mr. Drakulich has helped attain hundreds of millions of dollars for the firm’s mass tort clients. In addition to his work on the firm’s mass tort practice, Mr. Drakulich has also helped secure substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of the firm’s single event cases, collectively resulting in over 40 million dollars.
Mr. Drakulich has been honored to be an invited speaker at over twenty legal seminars across the country, including the last five years at the prestigious Annual Class Action / Complex Litigation Symposium held in New Orleans, Louisiana regarding the topics of federal preemption, the intersection of science and law, and the new standards for personal jurisdiction. Mr. Drakulich has also been an invited speaker at numerous HarrisMartin MDL Conferences, including in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Napa, Chicago, Seattle, St. Louis, New York, and Washington D.C., speaking on emerging tort litigation and other specialized topics in complex litigation.
Mr. Drakulich is grateful for the awards and distinctions that he has received throughout his career, including: the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40, Super Lawyers Rising Star in both California and Nevada, AVVO’s highest rating of “Superb” (10.0 out of 10), and America’s Top 100 Attorneys Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mr. Drakulich graduated (cum laude) from the University of San Diego School of Law. Before entering law school, Mr. Drakulich was a high school teacher, tennis coach and a working artist. He graduated (cum laude) with a B.A. degree from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Drakulich endeavors to employ his creative skills and teaching background in law. Much like art, when handling a client’s case, Mr. Drakulich looks at it from every angle, reduces it to the simplest form and tries to think of the most compelling method to convey it to an audience.
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Acquired: 2014
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State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 2014
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State: California
Acquired: 2011
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State: Nevada
Acquired: 2010
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245 E Liberty St Ste 510, Reno, NV, 89501-2256
2727 Camino Del Rio S., Ste. 322, San Diego, CA, 92108
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Posted by anonymous | May 16, 2016 | Consulted Attorney
Mr. Drakulich recently reviewed a contract I wanted to sign. He pointed out some liabilities that were not obvious to me (a layperson) and then very clearly explained them point-by-point in language I could understand. He then suggested how to fix them. I really appreciated his patience and willingne...
Posted by Isaac | September 24, 2015 | Hired Attorney
Bob Drakulich was a godsend when I ran into legal questions regarding a contract. I am an independent artist and was approached by a major magazine that wanted to publish some of my images. I had no experience working with a large corporation and when contract and copyright issues arose I turned to B...
Posted by anonymous | August 2, 2015
Mr. Drakulich helped me recently with an issue I had. He was very responsive and answered my questions thoroughly. He was extremely professional and knowledgeable. I highly recommend his services.
Defective and dangerous products lawyer | Jul 06
Relationship: Worked together on matter
"Bob is one of the most noble and sophisticated lawyers I have met in my practice. He and I worked on a series of depositions, including a chief medical officer of a major corporate entity. Bob was a vital member of the team and unafraid of working long hours to get the job done."
Personal injury lawyer
Defective and dangerous products lawyer
Defective and dangerous products lawyer
Defective and dangerous products lawyer
Defective and dangerous products lawyer
2020
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2020
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
2019
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2019
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
2018
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2018
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
2017
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2017
Top 40 Under 40, National Trial Lawyers
2017
Lifetime Achievement Award, America's Top 100 Attorneys
2016
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2015
Certificate of Achievement, TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy
2010
Outstanding Contributor, The California Regulatory Law Reporter
2009
ART LAW, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
2008
EVIDENCE, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
2007
TORTS, CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
2018 - Present
Partner, THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation
2014 - 2018
Junior Partner, THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation
2012 - 2014
Senior Associate, THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation
2010 - 2012
Associate, THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation
2004 - 2010
Law Clerk, THE DRAKULICH FIRM, A Professional Law Corporation
2015 - Present
American Association for JusticeMember
2010 - Present
Consumer Attorneys of CaliforniaMember
2010 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
2010 - Present
Nevada Justice AssociationMember
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On the eve of trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.
$750,000.00 Gross Jury Verdict
Two months before trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.
A month before trial, this case reached a confidential settlement.
Second Circuit Appeal Affirmed Trial Court Win
2010
JD - Juris Doctor (cum laude)
2004
BA - Bachelor of Arts (cum laude)
2020
Current Activity and Developing Trends in Mass Tort Litigation
2019
Rule 30(b)(6) Proposed Changes as well as a panel regarding Personal Jurisdiction in the Post-BMS World
2019
Instructive Guidance for Navigating Today’s Mass Tort Landscape II, including ESI (Artificial Intelligence/Predictive Coding, Digital Production, Litigation Funding, Proposed Disclosure Requirements and Ethical Rules
2019
Bellwether Selection Process, Mock Trials and Focus Groups
2019
On a panel discussing the topic of Game Changing Rules as well as a panel discussing the topic of Managing MDLs and Mass Torts with the Assistance of Special Masters
2018
Ethics Associated with Complex Litigation, including Aggregate Settlements, Competing Allegiances, Loyalties Owed to the Court, and Developing Social Media Rules
2018
Ethical Conundrums, including Aggregate Settlements, Technology Skills, Reasonable Cyber Security Steps, Social Media, Litigating Outside the Court, the Chilling Impacts of Blogs and Identification of Alleged “Judicial Hell Holes”
2018
Recent Developments in Game Changing Dynamics including Jurisdiction, Preemption, Daubert as well as presenting on Interacting with Special Masters & Complex Litigation: Ethical Conundrums
2018
Vanishing MDLs and Procedural Modifications
2017
BMS – Personal Jurisdiction: How Did We Get Here, Where Are We Now and What Do We Do Next? With Plaintiff and Defense Perspectives
2017
The Jurisdictional Landscape Post-SCOTUS Bristol-Myers Decision
2017
Recent Preemption Activity; Drugs, Devices, & Generics
2016
Complex Litigation Gumbo, including: Preemption, Deposing CEOs and Addressing Apex Defenses, Spoliation, Satellite Testimony at Trial, and Confidentiality and the Associated De-Designation of Documents
2016
State of Preemption in Drug Cases: Levine, Mensing and Beyond
2016
Bellwether Selection Process, Multi-Plaintiff Trials, Apex Depositions, and Satellite Testimony
2015
Medtronic Infuse Litigation Update
2015
INFUSE Bone Graft
2015
INFUSE
2015
The Intersection of Science and the Law
2014
Recent Preemption Activity; Drugs, Devices, & Generics
2010
2010
2010
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