Alex Van Dyke
Alex Van Dyke is a trial attorney at Kline & Specter whose practice focuses on complex personal injury, wrongful death and mass tort litigation.
He is a member of the team litigating claims against Monsanto related to the weedkiller Roundup, which has resulted in jury verdicts of $2.25 billion, $175 million, and $78 million to date.
Since joining the firm, Alex has been involved in cases that have recovered significant compensation for injured clients and their families, including:
- $37.5 million sexual abuse arbitration award
- $35+ million confidential product liability settlement
- $24.5 million sexual abuse arbitration award
- $17.5 million sexual abuse settlement
- $15+ million confidential sexual abuse settlement
- $10+ million confidential medical malpractice settlement
- $9 million sexual abuse settlement
- $4+ million confidential product liability settlement
- $3+ million confidential medical malpractice settlement
- $2+ million confidential medical malpractice settlement
Van Dyke's previous experience gives him a unique perspective that he brings to every case. Before joining Kline & Specter, he honed his skills at Williams & Connolly LLP, consistently ranked among the top defense firms in the nation. This experience gives him an insider's understanding of how sophisticated defendants and their counsel think, prepare and litigate.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he earned the Dean's Scholar Prize for constitutional law, contracts, legal research and writing, and patent trial advocacy -- one of the most decorated academic records in his class. He earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude in international law from Georgetown University.
Van Dyke is a dedicated advocate who works tirelessly for his clients to get them the best possible result.
Alex Van Dyke In The News
Philly motels will pay $17.5 to end sex trafficking claims, Law360 3/18/25
Defamation suit filed against Trump on behalf of the "Central Park Five members: Slate, 10/23/24; MSN, 10/22/24; CNN 10/21/24; NBC 10 News, 10/21/24; The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/21/24; The Legal Intelligencer, 10/21/24; Law360, 10/21/24
Philly Foster Agency Will Pay $9M To End Trafficking Case, Law360 - 10/8/24
Here’s How to Reform Social Media, by Shanin Specter and Alex Van Dyke, Smerconish.com, 12/15/23