David Governo
Partner at Smith Duggan Buell & Rufo LLP
- Role
- Partner at Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub Llp
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Governo
Mr. Governo\'s toxic tort, environmental and asbestos group, formerly with Governo Law Firm LLC, is now with Smith Duggan. We continue our reputation for advocating with a bold and creative spirit. We provide risk management counseling based on a multi-dimensional approach rooted in sophisticated legal analysis and practical problem-solving. Our core specialty is representing companies in complex litigation, including toxic torts, asbestos, construction, products liability, general litigation, environmental, and insurance coverage. Mr. Governo holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV rating and has been a Super Lawyer for over ten years.Mr. Governo actively works to promote legal education and civil justice. Mr. Governo is the ex officio Chairman of the FDCC’s Toxic Tort and Environmental Section and is an active member of the FDCC having served for many years as a faculty member and more recently as a Dean of the Litigation Management College. He served as the defense chair for the first national conference sponsored by Mealey’s (Lead Poisoning 1992) and since then has chaired eight national litigation conferences. His community service activities include service as the Chairman of the Board of Healthy Housing Solutions, a subsidiary of the National Center for Healthy Housing, and as a Trustee for the Windsor Club, a neighborhood Club in Waban, MA.
Experience
Partner
Smith Duggan Cornell & Gollub Llp
Apr 2018 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Education
Northeastern University School of Law
JD, Law
1978 — 1981
Providence College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government
1974 — 1978
Skills
- Claim
- Commercial Litigation
- Toxic Tort
- Litigation Support
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Litigation Management
- Public Liability
- Asbestos
- Class Actions
- Liability
- Appeals
- Business Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Insurance
- Torts
- Environmental Awareness
- Claims Management
- Courts
- Bad Faith
- Asbestos Litigation
- Product Liability
- Insurance Law
- Environmental Law
- Mediation
- Wrongful Death
- Trials
- Construction Law
- Depositions
- Health Law
- Wrongful Death Claims
- Dispute Resolution
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Trial Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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