Dexter handles complex litigation matters for major corporations, governmental organizations, and nonprofit entities. He is an experienced trial attorney and practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation, product liability, and toxic tort litigation. In the past several years, he has tried cases to verdict, including commercial matters and catastrophic injury cases. He has been lead counsel in complex matters in state and federal courts across the country.
Dexter serves as outside general counsel for a health system and advises the organization in a variety of matters, including litigation, labor and employment, compliance, contracts, internal investigations, and corporate governance.
Dexter is a member of the Widener University Board of Trustees. He also participates in a number of civic and community activities. He is General Counsel for the African American Chamber of Commerce of PA, NJ, DE. He serves as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, where he presides at settlement conferences. He is a member of The Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a member of the board of the Lawyers Club of Philadelphia. Previously, Dexter served on the board of directors of the Bethesda Project, an organization that serves the chronically homeless and was appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia to the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.
He earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987, where he was the recipient of the Civil Trial Advocacy Award and was elected an officer of his graduating class. He earned his B.A., magna cum laude from Widener University in 1983, where he was recognized as the most outstanding student in political science. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.