David D. Hudgins — Founder, AV Preeminent
David D. Hudgins
— Attorney
Founder, AV Preeminent
Mr. Hudgins has devoted his legal career almost exclusively to insurance and corporate defense. He has extensive litigation experience in a wide variety of matters, including professional liability (attorneys, accountants and health care providers), general liability, products liability, automobile and trucking, constitutional torts, construction, defamation, environmental, errors and omissions, insurance coverage, municipal liability, personal injury, property damage and workers’ compensation. Mr. Hudgins’ geographic range of practice includes all state and federal courts throughout Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He has handled over a hundred and fifty jury trials, as well as numerous bench trials and appeals. Mr. Hudgins is an advocate for alternative dispute resolution, and he regularly represents his clients in formal mediation and arbitration sessions.
- Virginia
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits
- United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, the District of Columbia, the District of Maryland and the Northern District of Texas
- United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, the District of Columbia and the District of Maryland
Professional Organizations
- Elected to membership in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Member of the Defense Research Institute, the Council on Litigation Management, the Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys and Eagle International Associates, Inc.
Professional Awards, Honors and Distinctions
- Co-author of Tort and Personal Injury Law, for the Virginia Practice Series (Thomson Reuters)
- Contributing author for the Virginia CLE Publications handbook Insurance Law in Virginia (Virginia Law Foundation)
- Chair of the Insurance Committee for the Virginia State Bar
- B.S., Hampden-Sydney College
- J.D., University of Richmond, T.C. Williams School of Law
- Professional liability (attorneys, accountants and health care providers)
- General liability, Products liability, Municipal liability
- Automobile and trucking, Construction, Environmental
- Constitutional torts
- Defamation
- Errors and omissions
- Insurance coverage
- Personal injury
- Property damage
- Workers’ compensation