Background
Shrager, David S. was born on August 21, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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David S. Shrager
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University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Arts, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, 1960).
Career
Worked at Shrager, McDaid, Loftus, Flum & Spivey (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Motor Vehicle, Railroad and Aviation Law. Commercial Litigation. Domestic Relations Litigation.
Trials and Appeals.
Admitted to the bar, 1961, Pennsylvania.
Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Museum Pi Sigma Alpha; Delta Sigma Rho.
Editor: "The Pennsylvania Number-fault Motor Vehicle Insurance Acting," 1979. Text and Supplement, 1983.
Company-Editor, "The Quotable Lawyer," 1986.
"The Best Lawyers in America" (personal injury-Pennsylvania), Woodward/White, 1989-1992. Adjunct Professor, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, 1972-1974. Trustee, 1978; Vice-President, 1980-1982.
President, 1985-1988, Roscoe Pound Foundation.
Judge Pro Tem, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, 1992. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania (Chairperson, Civil Litigation Section, 1979-1981) and American Bar Associations.
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Founder.
President, 1971-1972).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1975. 1980-1981; National Secretary, 1981-1982. President Elect, 1982-1983.
President, 1983-1984.
Member: Board of Overseers of the Institute for Civil Justice, Rand Corporation, 1986-1992. Civil Procedural Rules Committee, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1978-1988).
Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1984). Founded in 1978 by David South. Shrager, former President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and Edward B. McDaid, former President of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the firm throughout its history has specialized in major complex personal injury claims at the referral of other members of the profession.
The firm feels a special commitment to the activities of the organized Trial Bar, several of its members having served in leadership positions at the national, state and local levels.
Members of the firm appear on a regular basis in the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Delaware and southern New Jersey.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania (Chairperson, Civil Litigation Section, 1979-1981) and American Bar Associations. Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association. Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (Founder.
President, 1971-1972).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Life Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1975. 1980-1981; National Secretary, 1981-1982.
President Elect, 1982-1983. President, 1983-1984.
Member: Board of Overseers of the Institute for Civil Justice, Rand Corporation, 1986-1992.
Civil Procedural Rules Committee, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1978-1988). Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1984).
