Dean Capello was born and raised in southeastern Ohio but has been a resident of Kentucky since relocating to Lexington in 1984. He attended The Ohio State University and graduated with Bachelor's of Arts degrees in Economics (1983) and Political Science (1984). He completed his legal education with receipt of a juris doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1987 and was licensed to practice law in Kentucky in the same year.

Upon being licensed by the Kentucky Bar Association, he joined the Lexington based firm for which he had served as law clerk throughout law school, and eventually rose to partner. His practice was primarily Plaintiff's oriented, with a focus on litigation of tort and discrimination claims. He was recruited to the Becker Law Office in the fall of 2001 and there he continued his focus upon Plaintiff’s personal injury claims until the fall of 2004 when he joined Bubalo & Hiestand, predecessor to the current firm, Bubalo, Hiestand & Rotman, PLC. Dean's practice remains oriented to personal injury claims with specific focus on automobile tort, medical malpractice, products liability and other complex litigation.

Dean is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a national organization of attorneys who have obtained verdicts or settlements for clients in excess of one million dollars. His current bar memberships include the Kentucky Bar Association, the Fayette County Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the Kentucky Justice Association. He is licensed to practice in all courts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Dean is also active in civic and community activities. He is a past Board member and President of the Volunteer Center of the Bluegrass and has been a regular contributor of pro bono legal services through the Fayette County Bar Association's Pro Bono Office. Presently he is Vice President of the Board of Directors for Community Montessori School in Lexington, Kentucky.

Dean and his wife Sharon are the proud parents of Joe, born Thanksgiving Day 1998, and Caroline, born in the early spring of 2000. With two young children his free time is limited; however when he’s not assisting the coaches of Joe’s various youth sports teams, at an ice rink with Caroline’s figure skating club, or working on a project at the children’s school, Dean thoroughly enjoys traveling with his family and playing golf whenever he has the opportunity.

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