Dustin Woods focuses his practice with national and local clients on catastrophic injury, wrongful death actions, survival actions, and defense of national hotels and housing communities. He also focuses on professional, premises, and products liability, elder abuse, non-profit organizations, commercial trucking, transportation, misappropriation of name and likeness/trade secrets, appeals, fraud, motor vehicle negligence, habitability, and landlord/tenant matters.
- Litigated matters with national and local clients in both state and federal court.
- Handled all aspects of litigation, including initial analysis of liability, risk and exposure, preparation of pleadings, discovery, dispositive motions, oral arguments in court, expert depositions, private mediations, settlement conferences, trial preparation, trial, post-trial motions, and judgements.
- Tried cases successfully to verdict and has successful arbitration experiences.
- Managed the defense and resolution of hundreds of cases, through trial, arbitration, settlement and/or dispositive motions.
- Successfully conducted jury trials as lead counsel and second chair.
- Litigated general liability, wrongful death, employment, and premises liability lawsuits.
- Argued in the Appellate Court, Second District, Los Angeles on two occasions.
- Presenter, Insurance Policies are Not Created Equal, Insurance Management Club of Columbia University, October 2020
- Presenter, Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA)
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Memberships
- Santa Barbara County Bar Association
- Santa Barbara County Unity Bar
- Ventura County Unity Bar
Education
- J.D., Whittier College, 2003
- B.A., Political Science, Loyola Marymount University, 1999
Honors
- Super Lawyers® Rising Stars distinction in Personal Injury and Professional Liability, 2013-2014