About Aaron Dunbar

Aaron L. Dunbar is a versatile litigator shaped by his experience as a prosecutor representing victims of violent crimes for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. At Kline & Specter, he represents plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice, premises liability, and toxic torts litigation. A lifelong Philadelphia resident, Dunbar sees advocacy for residents of Philadelphia and surrounding counties who have been wrongfully harmed as his professional mission. As an assistant district attorney for three and a half years, he managed approximately 120 complex criminal matters through various prosecution phases, including pre-arrest investigations, grand jury indictments, and bench and jury trials.

His prosecutorial work covered burglary, arson, robbery, narcotics, weapons violations, aggravated assault, sexual abuse against children, and rape. Dunbar previously worked in civil litigation at Post & Schell, P.C., handling product and general liability claims, and at a regional defense firm representing commercial entities and medical care providers. During law school, he worked with the Small Business and Community Development Clinic, Criminal Defense Clinic, and Veterans' Law Clinic. He served as a summer associate at Gray Newell Thomas, LLP in Raleigh, North Carolina, and as a legal intern for Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns.

He was staff editor of the NCCU Law Review. Dunbar is active in community service. He served as former treasurer of The Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, founded in 1950 to address professional needs of Black lawyers in the city. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Share Food Program and is a former board member of Men's Center for Growth and Change.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Kline & Specter, PC

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A Philadelphia jury found that Monsanto failed to warn that Roundup could cause cancer and awarded John McKivison $2.25 billion. The trial judge later reduced the award to $400 million.

Philadelphia County, PA · 2024Product LiabilityRead the full story →

After Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight and injuring more than 200, Kline & Specter's Thomas R. Kline led the plaintiffs' negotiations that produced a $265 million settlement fund for the victims.

Philadelphia, PA (federal) · 2016Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Philadelphia jury found the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania liable for the brain injury a newborn suffered when staff delayed a cesarean section, a $182.7 million verdict that grew to a molded judgment of about $207.6 million, the largest medical malpractice award in Pennsylvania history. Kline & Specter argued and won the appeal, where the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the full $207.6 million judgment in July 2025.

Philadelphia County, PA · 2025Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

A Philadelphia jury awarded Ernest Caranci $175 million after finding that decades of Roundup use caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma and that Monsanto failed to warn of the risk. Kline & Specter tried the case, the first Roundup trial in Philadelphia, and the verdict was later upheld on appeal.

Philadelphia County, PA · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$153 millionVerdict

A federal jury in Nevada found Ford's pickup parking brake defective and held that the company should have warned owners, returning a verdict near $153 million after three-year-old Walter White was killed by a truck that rolled in the family driveway. Shanin Specter of Kline & Specter tried the case.

Reno, NV · 1998Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

North Carolina Central University School of Law
Juris Doctor
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania

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$907 million · Maddux Family Wins $907 Million Wrongful Death Judgment Against Fugitive Ira Einhorn

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