Background
Mortensen, David S. was born on May 7, 1942 in Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States.
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David S. Mortensen
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College of Wooster (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Career
Worked at Shafner, Gilleran & Mortensen, P.C. (Boston, MA) specializing in Corporate and Securities Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, Creditors' Rights, Securities Broker-Customer Arbitration, Mediation, Secured Lending, Licenses, Contracts and General Business Law, High Technology and Real Estate Law, and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Massachusetts. Lecturer: Trial Practice, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc.
International Arbitration, Massachusetts Bar Association. Instructor of Law, Boston University School of Law, 1968-1969. Clerk, Anthony Julian, United States.
District Judge, District of Massachusetts, 1967-1969. Hale and Dorr, 1969-1990. Chairman, Committee on Government Regulations, Winchester, Massachusetts, 1976-1979, 1995.
Chairman, Winchester Housing Partnership Board, 1990-1992. Vice President, 1982-1984 and President, 1984-1986, Winchester Scholarship Foundation. President, Revels, Inc., 1991-1995.
Trustee,The College of Wooster, 1992?. Moderator, First Congregational Church in Winchester, 1980?. Member: Boston, Massachusetts (Member, Civil Practice Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation.
Antitrust Law) Bar Associations. National Health Lawyers Association. Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation. The firm's practice consists of the subject areas listed above.
Within these areas, the firm provides a level of service normally found only in much larger firms, at hourly rates significantly lower than its large-firm counterparts. The firm is composed mainly of attorneys trained in large law firms, and regularly performs selected tasks for large publicly-held clients, as well as general representation for smaller concerns. The firm's business attorneys recently have represented issuers in public offerings, private placements, and complex, multinational merger and acquisition work, as well as split-ups of closely held businesses.
Litigators regularly represent large banks in complex workouts and ch. 93A business fraud cases (a partner wrote the leading text on that statute), as well as securities and commercial litigation and appeals.
Membership
Member: Boston, Massachusetts (Member, Civil Practice Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Antitrust Law) Bar Associations. National Health Lawyers Association.
Massachusetts Academy of Trial Lawyers. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
Fellow, Massachusetts Bar Foundation.
