David B. Chaffin Partner

David Chaffin has over 25 years of complex litigation experience.  He has represented major pharmaceutical, national defense, financial services, telecommunications, high technology and retail companies in real estate, intellectual property, employment, corporate governance/control, environmental, and contract/business-tort matters.  David has substantial first-chair trial and arbitration experience.             

During law school, David served as an editor of the Duke Law Journal. 

Prior to joining White and Williams, David was a name partner in a litigation boutique firm in Boston.  He began his career with Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City. 

Representative Matters

• Secured a multi-million dollar settlement for an international defense contractor following the trial of a complex real estate dispute   
• Obtained an arbitration award of over $1 million for a telecommunications company in a dispute involving expense and tax assessments under a commercial lease
• Obtained summary judgment for a large home improvement retailer in a trade secret matter involving tens of millions of dollars in alleged damages, and acted as lead appellate counsel in the case in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which affirmed based on a decision by Justice Souter, who was sitting by designation
• Obtained summary judgment for a large home improvement retailer in a fraud/breach of contract/mini-FTC Act matter
• Represented several pharmaceutical firms in product liability and other matters, including actions involving claims of fraudulent off-label promotion

Recognition & Involvement

David has been AV® rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating system and was selected in a survey of his peers as a Massachusetts "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine in 2005 and 2009-2011.   

David is a member of the Board of Directors of the Duke Law Alumni Association.