While spending many of his formative years focusing on product liability cases, David McCormack fostered his unique approach to developing cases from the moment of the first client contact to the time of trial. Through jury awards, arbitrations and settlements, David has regularly obtained significant results for his clients over the past two decades, including the firm’s largest medical malpractice award in 2016 and a $30.55 million verdict in 2019 with his partner Ben Zimmermann, which is among the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Massachusetts history. David led the SUGARMAN team responsible for the second largest personal injury settlement reported in Massachusetts in 2021 and obtained the firm’s largest jury verdict that year. In 2022, David and Ben secured the largest reported personal injury settlement or verdict in Massachusetts. Recognized for his commitment to his clients and intensity, David has consistently been selected by his peers for inclusion in the Massachusetts Super Lawyers.
Although his focus remains on cases involving defective products, medical malpractice, and other complex personal injury claims, David litigates cases outside of the firm’s core practice. He has represented clients in cases as diverse as arbitration proceedings relating to corporate stock manipulation, a breach of contract case involving a world-renowned band, and complex loss of business income cases. David’s legal writings have been published in Trial magazine and the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys Journal and he has frequently been invited to serve as a speaker on panels discussing personal injury law.
David joined SUGARMAN as an associate after graduating law school in 2003 and became a principal of the firm in 2011. He is proud to have spent his entire career in the collaborative and client-focused environment at SUGARMAN.
Currently, David is leading the SUGARMAN teams litigating claims involving defective 3M Dual-Ended Combat Earplugs used by the military and claims for veterans and their families harmed by exposure to the contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
Recognition
• Boston Magazine, “Top Lawyers – Plaintiff Medical Malpractice”, 2022
• “The Best Lawyers of America”, 2021-2023
• “Massachusetts Super Lawyers”, Law and Politics, 2013-2022
• “Massachusetts Super Lawyers, Rising Stars”, Law and Politics, 2008-2012
• Panelist: “Elder Law Seminar”, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, February 15, 2017
• Panelist: “Premises Liability: Strategies and Recent Developments”, Boston Bar Association, March 6, 2019
• Panelist: “Brave New World in Trucking Litigation”, Exigent Consulting, July 28, 2020
Appellate Cases
• Kirkwood-Boulter, et al. v. Massachusetts General Hospital, et al., 35 Mass. L. Rptr. 38 (2018)
• Bowers v. P. Wile's, Inc., 475 Mass. 34 (2016)
• Hughes v. Tenet Metrowest Healthcare, et al., 2006-J-0579
