Dino S. Sangiamo

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Baltimore, MD

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Dino Sangiamo is a litigator who represents clients in pharmaceutical and commercial litigation. A substantial portion of Dino’s practice involves vaccines in both the products liability context and other contexts as well. That work has included a leadership role in many of the most significant vaccine litigations that have occurred over the past several decades. In addition to traditional litigation defense, Dino has appeared before the Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Vaccine Court), served on the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, and provided advice on policy and legislative vaccine issues.

His practice outside the vaccine realm has included representing hospitals and hospital systems, medical research organizations, and pharmaceutical companies in matters not involving vaccines.

Dino often works with his clients on such engagements as:

Serving as lead counsel in mass tort litigations
Developing nationwide mass tort litigation strategies and developing and implementing legal, factual, and scientific defenses
Arguing cases of first impression before appellate courts
Handling research fraud matters in various contexts, including cases involving the False Claims Act (FCA)
Serving as local counsel in vaccine and medical device cases

Dino counsels clients on public relations activities, internal regulatory compliance programs, client business initiatives, and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that seek client information in the government’s possession. His practice also includes arbitrations and cases involving cutting-edge medical research.

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Experience

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Representative Matters

Pharmaceutical Practice

Serves as co-lead counsel for a childhood vaccine manufacturer in whistleblower and antitrust litigation alleging fraudulent conduct in a clinical trial and misstatement of a product’s potency and efficacy. The litigation alleges overpayments by the CDC under the Vaccines for Children Program and private antitrust damages
Serves as national counsel for the manufacturer of an adolescent/adult vaccine in a mass tort involving hundreds of lawsuits in a federal multidistrict litigation and related litigation in California
Serves as lead counsel for the manufacturer of an adult vaccine in a mass tort involving thousands of lawsuits in a federal multidistrict litigation, a New Jersey multicounty litigation, and a California Judicial Council coordination proceeding
Served as lead counsel in cases involving another adult vaccine, including successful defense of the first reported decision involving an attempt to hold a vaccine manufacturer liable for SIRVA, an increasingly reported injury associated with vaccine administration
Served as counsel in support of defense of vaccine injury claims in foreign jurisdictions, including Australia, India, Israel, and the United Kingdom
Served as lead counsel for a vaccine manufacturer as intervenor in defense of a FOIA lawsuit filed against the FDA for release of data previously submitted by the manufacturer to the government
Served as lead counsel for a vaccine manufacturer defending against efforts to issue subpoenas for the manufacturer’s documents in Vaccine Court
Served as lead counsel for a vaccine manufacturer in protecting its confidential commercial information and trade secrets contained in documents produced by the government in proceedings in Vaccine Court
Represented a vaccine manufacturer in nationwide litigation concerning the allegation that a preservative in vaccines causes autism
Represented the manufacturer of an anti-epileptic drug in nationwide litigation concerning alleged birth defects from maternal use of the product
Represented the manufacturer of an anesthetic in nationwide litigation concerning allegations of injury from use of the product in a continuous-infusion “pain pump”
Represented a vaccine manufacturer in responding to congressional inquiries

Commercial Practice

Represented a medical research institution in claims of research fraud
Represented a hospital system in an outsourcing contract dispute with a pharmaceutical re-packager
Represented a hospital in a dispute over the construction and installation of a hyperbaric chamber

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Credentials

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Education

J.D. cum laude Harvard Law School 1989
B.A. Pennsylvania State University 1985

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Maryland

Court Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Clerk Experience

The Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 1989 - 1990

Professional Memberships and Activities

Member, Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines

Recognition

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The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2024 – 2025
Who’s Who Legal, Product Liability Defense, 2017 – 2018, 2020
Legal 500, Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action - Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2013, 2021 – 2024