David W. White
David W. White (formerly David White-Lief)
is a
principal in the firm and concentrates in personal injury, insurance company bad faith,
medical malpractice,
bicycle accidents, and professional liability litigation, primarily for plaintiffs.
David also represents businesses in litigation, and represents attorneys in
partnership disputes and other professional matters. David is a
graduate of the University of Vermont (B.S. in Environmental Studies, 1978)
and of Northeastern University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Immediately after
law school, David served for one year as a law clerk to the justices of the
Massachusetts Superior Court. David's practice has also included the representation of
injured workers in construction accident cases, medical malpractice cases
involving failures to diagnose cancer, anesthesia injuries, orthopedic
injuries, and other serious injuries from medical negligence. David's
experience includes several wrongful death cases, including automobile
accidents and construction accidents. David has handled cases on appeal at
the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court.
David is the President of the
Massachusetts Bar
Association. David is recognized as one of the best lawyers in
Massachusetts. He was named one of the
Lawyers of the Year
by Lawyers Weekly Newspaper in 2004, and was named a Massachusetts Super
Lawyer in the field of plaintiff's personal injury law by the publishers of
Boston Magazine in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Massachusetts
in 2005. He has a
perfect "10" rating from Avvo.
David
has attained the highest rating
established by Martindale-Hubbell's Law Directory. 
This rating is only given to the best lawyers and best law firms which are considered to have
Very High to Preeminent Legal Ability and who are thought to embrace Very High
Professional Standards.
David is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars throughout
Massachusetts on various topics, including the Massachusetts Consumer Protection
Act, personal injury law, and evidence. David presented the Torts and Insurance
Law section of the Recent Developments in the Law program at the MBA Annual
Meeting from
2003-2006. David is a recognized expert on insurance bad faith practices,
and he regularly chairs the MBA programs on G.L. c. 93A and
c. 176D. He has been the regular co-chair of the MBA program "Starting
Your Own Firm." He also is a frequent contributor to legal
publications.
He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA),
the Boston Bar Association (BBA), the American Bar Association (ABA), the Women's Bar Association
(WBA), and the
Norfolk County Bar Association. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of
MATA, and he chaired the MATA Amicus Curiae Committee from 1993 to 1997.
David served as a member of the Joint Bar Committee on Judicial Appointments
from 1999-2001. He chaired the Civil Litigation Section Council of the MBA from 1997 to 1999, and
chaired the Law Management Section
Council of the MBA from 2004-2005 and 1995-1997.
David White served as the chairperson of the 2005 and 2006 Massachusetts Bar
Association's Annual Conferences. David is pictured here talking with Supreme
Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and Judge Allan van Gestel,
formerly the head of the Suffolk Superior Court Business Law Session, during the annual
Breakfast with the Judges at the 2005 Annual Conference. (Photo by David Gordon)
David is also
active in open space preservation projects in his community of Westwood,
where he has served as Chair of the Organization for the Preservation of the
Environment and Nature, and Board Member of the Westwood Land Trust, Inc.,
which he founded. He was elected
Sewer Commissioner for Westwood in 2002. In his spare time he is also an avid bicyclist, hiker
and SCUBA diver, and dabbles in rock, ice climbing and ham radio.
David's
e-mail address is white@bwglaw.com
.
