David Governo

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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.