Dustin B. Herman is a partner with Spangenberg Shibley & Liber, which is based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Dustin practices out of Tampa, Florida and concentrates on medical malpractice, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, product liability, catastrophic/brain injury cases, and trucking cases.
- July 2025, Nick DiCello and Dustin obtained a $17.675 million verdict in a nursing home/wrongful death case
- April 2024, Dustin and Nick DiCello obtained a $6 million verdict in a nursing home/wrongful death case
- February 2023, Nick DiCello and Dustin obtained a $6 million verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case
- April 2022, Dennis Lansdowne and Dustin obtained a $6.5 million verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case
- 2013, Dustin was named as one of south Florida’s “Most Effective Lawyers” by the Daily Business Review for his role in obtaining a $28.5 million verdict in a traumatic brain injury case
- Named Best Lawyers®: “Lawyer of the Year” for Cleveland three years in a row (2024, 2025, and 2026)
Dustin lectures across the country on trial advocacy, Daubert issues, and discovery of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). He is the author of numerous publications, including a chapter in the 4th Edition of AAJ’s “Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit,” which was released in March 2015 by Trial Guides and AAJ.
Dustin is currently the President of the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, he is on the Executive Committee for The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, and he is on the Board of Trustees of the Ohio Association for Justice.
Dustin has been or is currently representing clients in the following mass tort cases:
- MDL 2804, In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation (Law and Briefing Committee);
- In Re: Camp Lejeune Water Litigation, E.D.N.C., Case. No. 7:23-cv-897
- MDL 3044, In re: Exactech Polyethylene Orthopedic Products Liability Litigation
- MDL 2606, In re: Benicar (Olmesartan) Products Liability Litigation (Daubert Briefing Committee);
- Anti-Terrorism Litigation, 1:17-cv-08709, O’Sullivan, et al. v. Deutsche Bank AG, et al. (S.D.N.Y) and 1:17-cv-00915, Holladay, et al. v. The Islamic Republic of Iran (D.D.C.) (Co-Chair, Discovery Committee; Law and Briefing Committee);
- Silicone Contaminated Eye Injection Litigation, pending in state courts in Arizona, New York, and Florida (co-lead counsel);
- MDL 2545, In re Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation;
- In re: Stryker Rejuvenate and ABGII Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (one of the lead lawyers who litigated cases in Florida state courts);
- MDL 2331, In Re Propecia (Finasteride) Product Liability Litigation (Science Committee);
- MDL 2327, In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation;
- MDL 2299, In re: Actos (Pioglitazone) Products Liability Litigation;
- MDL 2244, In re: DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation;
- MDL 2197, In re: DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hip Implant Litigation; and
- MDL 2179, In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon.”
After spending a decade in Cleveland, Ohio, Dustin and his wife, Dana, moved back to Tampa, Florida in 2025 with their son, Dylan, and daughter, Ava.