About David Yen

David G. Yen has practiced personal injury litigation since his admission to the California bar in December 2004, handling wrongful death, car accidents, catastrophic injury, products liability, motor vehicle collisions, and cases involving dangerous conditions on properties. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego in 2000 and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2003, where he earned honors in the Thad E. Hutcheson Moot Court Competition and the American Trial Lawyers Association Mock Trial Tournament. He is active in the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, and serves on the Executive Board of the Organization of Chinese Americans, San Francisco Chapter.

Proven verdicts and settlements at The Cartwright Law Firm

These results are credited to The Cartwright Law Firm. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

The Cartwright Law Firm was among the first California filers against Merck over the painkiller Vioxx, and Robert Cartwright Jr. served on the California JCCP Plaintiffs' Steering Committee through the 2007 global resolution that distributed $4.85 billion across more than 45,000 claimants.

California Superior Court (JCCP 4247, Los Angeles) / MDL-1657 (E.D. La.) · 2007Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$5.1 millionVerdict

Robert Cartwright Jr. secured a $5.1 million jury verdict, later affirmed on appeal, for Henry Dendy, whose hand was severed by a Craftsman radial arm saw that Sears and Emerson Electric sold without a full blade guard.

San Francisco, CA (California trial court; affirmed by California Court of Appeal) · 1990Product 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

University of Texas School of Law
J.D., 2003
University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2004

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$305 Million Settlement Ends 19-Year Lead Paint Fight Against Sherwin-Williams, ConAgra, and NL Industries
Arash Law
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$41.95 Million Verdict Against Walmart After In-Store Baseball Bat Attack
Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn
Rouda Feder Tietjen & McGuinn
$47.5 Million Settlement for Boy Crushed by Rotten Tanoak at San Mateo County Campground

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