• David A. Wollin
  Shareholder, Providence
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AP&S Shareholder David A. Wollin has achieved significant results for his clients in complex civil litigation, from the trial court through the appeal.  Listed in Best Lawyers in America® and Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, he litigates a wide variety of matters, including commercial, products liability, environmental, toxic tort and insurance defense cases.  Recently, as lead counsel, he obtained a multi-million dollar judgment for a non-profit hospital in a dispute with its former parent, establishing gross negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and intentional misrepresentations.  His substantial track record also includes securing dismissal of securities and products liability cases and obtaining one of the largest jury verdicts in Rhode Island in a commission dispute.  

Co-author of a leading treatise on civil and appellate procedure, Mr. Wollin has represented publicly traded and private companies in national and regional litigation in federal and state courts.  He has also appeared as lead counsel in federal and state appellate cases.  He is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Council on Litigation Management and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel and has served as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Wollin received his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law, where he was Dean’s Cup Moot Court Champion and Senior Editor of Law and Contemporary Problems.  After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Danny J. Boggs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and Judge James F. Couch, Jr. of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Mr. Wollin has served as an adjunct professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law and frequently lectures and writes on civil and appellate procedure and courtroom technologies.  He currently serves as a member of the Rhode Island Board of Bar Examiners and various bar committees.

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