David Kerrigan practices as a trial lawyer with extensive experience in civil and criminal matters.  David is the former Chief of the Government Bureau for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office where he served as lead attorney on a number of major civil cases brought for and against the Commonwealth. David was also responsible for the work of the Trial and Administrative Law Divisions in the Office that handled a wide variety of cases including torts, employment, contracts, civil rights, eminent domain, defense of Commonwealth interest in real property in the land court, administrative appeals and challenges to state regulations and statutes.  In that capacity, he served as a supervisor to more than 50 assistant attorneys general handling approximately 2500 cases and was responsible for reviewing and approving settlements in hundreds of cases.

While working at the Attorney General’s Office, David served as trial counsel and successfully defended the Commonwealth in a six week jury trial where plaintiffs sought billions of dollars in attorneys fees arising out of their representation of the Commonwealth in the 1990’s tobacco litigation.  In addition, David served as one of the lead assistant attorneys general responsible for the Attorney General’s Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project’s cost recovery effort to collect money paid to Big Dig contractors due to construction management or design error.  David also worked on a number of high profile tort and civil rights cases including the successful defense of a state college and its employees in a case of first impression in the Commonwealth concerning whether covert videotape surveillance in the workplace constituted an illegal search or an invasion of privacy and the defense of former Governor Jane Swift against a First Amendment claim.  He defended the Commonwealth, its state agencies and its employees in a variety of other tort, civil rights, employment, eminent domain, real estate, breach of contract and construction cases.   

Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, David was a partner in the law firm of Mahoney, Hawkes & Goldings, LLP where he focused on First Amendment cases and business and criminal litigation. 

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• United States District Court of Massachusetts
• First Circuit Court of Appeals
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education

• Boston University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1987
• Colby College , B.A., cum laude, 1983

Memberships

• Boston Bar Association