Dave has over 25 years of legal experience and concentrates his practice primarily in the defense of government liability, municipal liability and civil rights claims, employment law insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. Dave has appeared before most of the state's Common Pleas Courts and in the United States District Courts in Central and Eastern Pennsylvania and has handled appellate matters before the Pennsylvania appellate courts, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has also appeared before courts in West Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey.
Professional Associations and Memberships American Bar Association Dauphin County Bar Association Federal Bar Association, Middle District of PA Chapter Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee Pennsylvania Defense Institute, Chairperson, Employment and Civil Rights Committee Professional Presentations Prison Personnel Workshop County Commissioners Association of PA November 10, 2009
E-Discovery, County Commissioners Association of PA Workshop April 10 & June 11, 2008
Tort Immunity and Exclusive Remedy of the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act KEYS Workshop conducted by the County Commissioners Association of PA (CCAP) November 15, 2005 Speaker on Racial Profiling, Criminal Justice Senior Seminar Class at DeSales University Class taught by Judge Emil Giordano of Northampton County CCP September 12, 2005
Professional Publications
Indemnification, Duty to Defend and Subrogation in Government Contracts: Ignore at Taxpayers Risk County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania County News, Nov/Dec. 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Addresses Civil Rights Issues that Benefit Governmental Entities Pennsylvania Defense Institute Counterpoint, April 2009
PA County Courts Entitled to 11th Amendment Immunity for ADA Claim Insurance Programs of the County Commissioners Assoc of PA, Insurance Matters Newsletter December 2005 Access to the Courts and Courthouses by Disabled Persons Insurance Programs of the County Commissioners Assoc of PA, Insurance Matters Newsletter March 2005 Prison Litigation Update - Inmate Marriages and Strip Search Policies Insurance Programs of the County Commissioners Assoc of PA, Insurance Matters Newsletter 2004 United States Supreme Court Limits Qualified Immunity Defense for County Officials and Employees: Prison Employees on Notice of Constitutional Violations Even in Novel Factual Situations Insurance Programs of the County Commissioners Assoc of PA, Insurance Matters Newsletter October 2002 Practical Tips and Recommendations for County Commissioners to Avoid Litigation and What To Do After Suit is Filed Insurance Programs of the County Commissioners Assoc of PA, Insurance Matters Newsletter January 2001