David M. Setter

Drake University Law School (J.D., 1981)

Colorado State University at Pueblo (B.S., summa cum laude, 1977)

RICO/Fraud Litigation

MDL 875 Asbestos CVLO Cases-Defense Liaison Counsel

Michigan asbestos experts Daubert hearings

Examining counsel at MDL 1553 Silica Daubert hearings

Texas Silica MDL Medical Counsel

Owens Corning v. Pitts RICO lawsuit

Peer Education & Seminar Presentations

• “Breakout B: High Volume Jurisdictions – Verdicts and Appellate Rulings” DRI Asbestos Medical Seminar (November 2012)
• “Discovery Issues: Bankruptcy Trusts, Transparency Issues and MDL 875” – National Asbestos
• Conference: Litigation and Trial of MDL Asbestos Claims in Federal Court, Miami Beach, FL (January 2011)
• “Are the Days of Texas as a Major Asbestos Jurisdiction Over?” ALI-ABA (December 2008)
• “The Next Steps In Defending Screened Asbestos Cases” DRI Asbestos Medicine (November 2007)
• “Application of Nonmalignant Medical Criteria – Deal or No Deal?” DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar (October 2006)
• “Update on Why We Have to Defend Against Screened Cases” DRI Silica Medicine Seminar (June 2005)
• “Why Do We Have to Defend Against Screened Cases? Let’s Not Let Silica Become the Next
• Asbestos” DRI Silica Medicine Seminar (June 2004)
• “Why We Have to Attack Screening Cases” DRI Asbestos Medicine Seminar (November 2003)

Published Articles

• “MDL 875: Lessons About Successfully Managed Asbestos Litigation,” Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, October 24, 2012, 27:39-51
• “Medical Criteria Legislation: A Response to Screening Scandals,” 21 Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, May 3, 2006, at 43
• “Recent Screening Developments: The Silica MDL 1553 Daubert Hearing,” HarrisMartin Columns Silica, May 2005, at 4
• “Why We Have to Defend Against Screening Cases: Do Not Let Silica Become the Next Asbestos,” HarrisMartin Columns Silica, November 2003, at 2
• “Why We Have To Defend Against Screened Cases, Now is the Time for a Change,” 18 Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos, November 12, 2003, at 39
• “Highway Noise: To Compensate or Not to Compensate,” 30 Drake Law Review 150 (1980)

• American Bar Association
• Arkansas Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Denver Bar Association
• Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute (DRI) – Toxic Torts & Environmental Law Committee

• Martindale-Hubbell® Distinguished AV Peer Review Rated
• Successful Daubert Challenge, as featured in the May 26, 2010 Issue of The Voice, the Defense Research Institute’s Weekly eNewsletter
• Hanlan, P. and Smetak, A., NYU, Annual Survey of American Law, Asbestos changes, vol. 62:525, 565n. 57 (2007) “Mr. Setter for many years has been a leader in the fight against the ‘diagnosing for dollars’ inherent in litigation screening programs, and his personal contribution to the reforms he describes is incalculable.”
• Rocky Mountain News, The “Scruples Deficit’ in Asbestos Suits, Commentary, at 30A, August 9, 2004.