Shawn McCann

Proven Verdicts
Partner, Litigation Department at BD&J, PC
Los Angeles, CA

About Shawn McCann

Shawn McCann is a Partner at BD&J, specializing in wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases. He has recovered over $500 million on behalf of his clients. Shawn served as the President of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA). He currently serves as the Vice President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and has extensive experience trying cases. Throughout his career, Shawn has received awards and recognition for his client advocacy skills and dedication to excellence by several attorney organizations.

In 2011, Shawn received the F. Scott Baldwin Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from the American Association for Justice, New Lawyers Division. He was also awarded the Presidential Award by the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles in 2011. Each year from 2005 to 2013, Shawn was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Shawn was recognized as a Super Lawyer from 2014 through 2024.

Shawn most recently has been recognized for the Best Lawyers in America Personal Injury Litigation-Plaintiffs Award. Since 2011, Shawn has served on the state-wide level as a member of the Board of Governors of the Consumer Attorneys of California. On a national level, Shawn is a member of the ABOTA National Board and also served as a State Delegate to the American Association for Justice. Locally, Shawn served 14 years on the Judicial Elections Evaluation Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$8 millionVerdict

A jury awarded $8 million to the family of Giovani Pulido, a 15-year-old Encinal High School freshman who died of sudden cardiac arrest during spring football practice in May 2016, finding Alameda Unified School District negligent for failing to have an automated external defibrillator on campus.

Alameda County Superior Court · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
J.D.
Villanova University
Undergraduate

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