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David M. McQuiston
Dave McQuiston has over 25 years of military and civilian experience
in various litigation and transactional practice areas.
One of Mr. McQuiston's areas of concentration is healthcare. He has
significant experience representing healthcare providers in litigation
and in solving various medical-legal problems. He was staff legal
advisor for the U.S. Naval Hospital in Puerto Rico for three years
where he provided counsel in the areas of risk management, medical
malpractice, credentialling and employment-related issues. For the
last 14 years, Mr. McQuiston has represented hospitals, physicians,
nurses and physical therapists in malpractice cases including those
involving alleged misdiagnosis, surgical misadventure, negligent
physical therapy, negligent psychiatric care and adverse drug
reactions. Additionally, Mr. McQuiston provides counsel to healthcare
providers and institutions in areas of risk management, quality
assurance and workers' compensation.
Mr. McQuiston chairs the firm's admiralty practice, which for over
30 years has represented numerous admiralty clients as well as marine
managers and insurers. He has litigation and transactional experience
in numerous areas of maritime practice, including collision, allision,
towing, cargo (including freights and demurrage), salvage, insurance
and other contracts, personal injuries and death claims and actions,
harbor facilities, corps of engineers and Coast Guard.
Mr. McQuiston also represents numerous automobile and trucking clients
in complex litigation as well as representing clients in the defense
of workers' compensation claims. His practice in these areas
encompasses all of Central and Western Pennsylvania, and includes all
state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
Mr. McQuiston is a proctor member of the Maritime Law Association
(MLA) and a member of the Navigation and Coast Guard Committee, The
Recreational Boating Committee and the Stevedore and Terminal
Operators Committee of the MLA. He is President and a member of the
Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh River Terminal Operators
Association. Mr. McQuiston is also an active member of the
subcommittee of RTOA which travels each year to Harrisburg and
Washington, D.C. to meet with congressmen and senators in the
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia districts impacted by the
commerce on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to lobby for
continued financial support for the state and federally funded lock
and dam construction and improvement projects in the upper Ohio River
basin. Mr. McQuiston is a Captain in the Navy Judge Advocate General
Corps, having served on active duty from 1980-1985. He currently
serves as military Judge of Courts - Martial of the United State Armed Forces.
A cum laude graduate of Allegheny College and a 1980 graduate of the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Mr. McQuiston is admitted to
practice in all state and federal courts in Pennsylvania. In addition,
he is a member of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar
Associations. Further, he is also an active participant in such
organizations as the Western Pennsylvania Association of Healthcare
Risk Management, and the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania
Bar Association.
Highlights:
- Captain, United States Naval Reserve
- Lecturer on various maritime law subjects to towboat operators,
commercial terminal facilities, recreational boaters and marine
owners
- Takes great pride in creating and maintaining a close working
relationship and good rapport with clients
- Has conducted seminars and training sessions for hospital and
physician groups on various medical malpractice and risk management
issues
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