Gary S. Dion

More About Attorney Gary S. Dion

Since joining the family firm almost thirty years ago, Gary S. Dion, Esq., has obtained numerous seven-figure verdicts from insurance companies and large corporations for individuals and families who’ve suffered injury and wrongful death.

A 1984 graduate of the Widener University School of Law, Mr. Dion participated in Widener’s Moot Court during each of his three years as a student, taking home the competition’s top prize his second year. Following graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Harry Takiff in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, gaining valuable experience in trial law and legal research.

Following his clerkship, Mr. Dion joined his father Melvin’s trial litigation firm (then known as Melvin Dion Law Offices), continuing a family tradition of representing injured persons. His practice expanded to include medical and dental malpractice, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith cases. Over time, he developed a legacy of procuring justice for “the little guy.”

In 1996, Mr. Dion became a managing partner alongside his father and Jeffrey B. Solomon. In the years since, Dion, Solomon & Shapiro has grown to become one of the premier plaintiff litigation boutiques in Philadelphia, growing each year and expanding its practice into surrounding counties.

Licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1984, he is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar association, the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Dion has been admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, the United States District Court, Eastern District, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He has also served as an Arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.