E-mail: DSempert@CornellGollub.com
Tel: (617) 482-8100 Fax : (617) 482-3917

David H. Sempert is an AV-rated attorney, who has concentrated in the field of product liability defense, since joining Cornell & Gollub in 1980. In 1985, he became a partner in Cornell & Gollub. He has been lead trial counsel in many product liability cases in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, and in the other New England states.

Concentration

•	Automotive products

•	Marine products

•	Automobile franchise

•	Construction accidents involving claims against scaffolding companies

•	Accident reconstruction, medical and biomechanical issues

Professional & Community Involvement

•	Member : Massachusetts Bar Association (Member, Section on Civil Litigation)

•	Member: American Bar Association (Member, Tort and Insurance Section)

•	Member: Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association

•	Member: Defense Research Institute

•	Member: Scaffolding Industry Association

•	Sustaining Member: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

•	Member: American Board of Trial Advocates, Massachusetts Chapter

Publications

“Remedies for Spoliation of Evidence in Product Liability Litigation,”
Product Safety & Liability Reporter, Vol. 19, Number 21 (May 24, 1991).

Awards

Named a 2009 New England Super Lawyer in the area of Personal Injury Defense: Products

Education

J.D., Boston University Law School, 1977
B.A., University of Chicago, 1970

Admitted to Practice

Massachusetts
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Vermont