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Daniel T. Rabbitt
Principal
Work hard and out-think and out-work the opposition. Use the trial skills we have learned by experience to defeat or limit the opposition and to do so in a professional manner.
rabbitt@rpslaw.com
Direct: 314.335.1350
Tel: 314.421.5545
Fax: 314.421.3144
Practice Areas
CATASTROPHIC INJURY PRODUCT LIABILITY PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY TOXIC TORTS TRANSPORTATION TRUCKING
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Daniel T. Rabbitt
Daniel T. Rabbitt received a B.S. in Commerce from Saint Louis University and a J.D. from Saint Louis University, graduating Cum Laude. He is a member of the Woolsack Honor Society.
Dan is a member of The Missouri Bar and he is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
He is a member of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, The Missouri Bar, Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers, American Bar Association, International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute, ATA Litigation Center, The Transportation Lawyers Association, American Board of Trial Advocates and the Product Liability Advisory Council.
Dan was the 1975 recipient of the Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award and in 2007 was the recipient of The Lawyers Association of St. Louis Award of Honor; for excellence as a trial lawyer. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Personal Injury Defense category; and he is listed as one of the top 50 lawyers in St. Louis by the St. Louis Business Journal and by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers. His Martindale-Hubbell rating is AV.
Education
- Saint Louis University
- Saint Louis University
Licensure
- Missouri
- United States District Court
- Eastern District of Missouri
- United States Court of Appeals
- United States Supreme Court
Awards and Honors
- The Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury Defense category since 1990
- 2009 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- Missouri Super Lawyer, Top 50 - St. Louis, 2008 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers
- One of the Top 50 St. Louis Lawyers - St. Louis Business Journal
- 2007 Recipient of The Lawyers Association of St. Louis Award of Honor; (for excellence as a trial lawyer).
- Recipient, Missouri Bar Foundation's Lon O. Hocker Memorial Trial Lawyer Award, 1975
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1973 - 1974
- Member, Litigation and Trial Sections,
- Product Liability, Toxic Torts and Trucking Committees
- Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC)
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis
- Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1970 - 1971
- The Missouri Bar Association
- Board of Governors, 1975 - 1977
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (founding member)
- Defense Research Institute
- Product Liability and Trucking Committees
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Executive Committee, 1986 - 1989
- Product Liability, Toxic Torts and Trial Advocacy Committees
- The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
- Federal Bar Association
Background
- Founding Principal, Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, P.C. (1991 - Present)
- Principal, Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C. (1981 - 1991)
- Partner, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel and Brown (1968 - 1981)
Publications and Seminars
- Seminars too numerous to list; all dealing with Trial, Product Liability or Trucking Litigation for the ABA, IADC, ACTL and DRI
- Speaker, Defending Crane Product Liability Cases: Proximity Warning Devices, DRI, Las Vegas 2004
- Speaker, Defending Closed Head Injury Cases: Defense and Trial Strategy, DRI, St. Louis, Missouri (2002)
- "Duty to Warn and Adequate Warning in Missouri Product Liability Cases," St. Louis University Law Journal
Community Involvement
- Past President and Board Member of The Foundation for Special Education
- Past Chairman, American Diabetes Association Charity Golf Tournament
- Past Board Member, Past Chairman and Committee Member, St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Golf Charity Tournament
- Operation Food Search
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