David Duncan focuses his practice on both white-collar and non-white-collar criminal defense, campus misconduct and students' rights, including sexual assault charges, and civil litigation. He is recognized as a Criminal Defense “Super Lawyer” in Boston Magazine, listed in Best Lawyers in America, and maintains the highest possible rating by Martindale Hubbell.
David has spent decades representing criminal defendants in state and federal courts. He has tried or been co-counsel on major criminal cases representing clients accused of murder, larceny, real estate fraud, tax fraud, rape, sexual assault, drug crimes, firearm offenses, perjury, various forms of criminal conspiracy, and other charges.
David brings exceptional trial skills and wide-ranging knowledge of civil legal issues to his civil litigation practice. David has extensive experience in a number of civil practice areas, including personal injury, business litigation, employment matters, and property rights. His personal injury cases have included slip and falls, automobile accidents, bicycle accidents, and assault and battery suits. In a personal injury case, David’s client, the victim of a hit-and-run driver, received an $850,000 settlement after David brought suit against the driver. He has represented a company in a real estate matter against its insurance company, as well as owners of a startup in a lawsuit over the dissolution of their business. In another case, David represented the shareholders of a small corporation against a breach of fiduciary duty suit. In that case, he won on a motion for summary judgment, resulting in the case against his clients being dismissed.
- Criminal Law
- DUI & DWI
- White Collar Crime
- Education Law
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- 1st Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
- 9th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP
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- Associate Attorney
- Hangley Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman & Ewing
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- Judicial Law Clerk
- United States Court of Appeals
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- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- J.D. (1982)
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Columbia Law School
- B.A. (1973)
- Criminal Defense “Super Lawyer"
- Boston Magazine
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers in America
- Highest Possible Rating
- Martindale Hubbell
- MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
- Current
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Boston Bar Association
- Current
- Website
- David Duncan's Website Profile
- Website
- Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP Website
- Blog
- Boston Lawyer Blog
- SJC Clarifies that GPS Monitoring is a Search Subject to Constitutional Protections
10 April 2019 - Massachusetts Legislature Considers New Campus Sexual Misconduct Laws (Part 2)
3 April 2019 - Massachusetts Legislature Considers New Campus Sexual Misconduct Laws (Part 1)
2 April 2019 - Can the Commonwealth Compel You to Unlock Your Cell Phone? SJC Clarifies Certain Circumstances in Which it Can
20 March 2019 - In Commonwealth v. Sherman the SJC Draws A Line Separating Consensual Sex from Rape
1 March 2019 - Supreme Judicial Court Allows Employees to Seek Court Award of Attorney’s Fees After Settling Wage Claims
25 February 2019 - In Yee v. State Police, SJC Holds that Denial of Lateral Transfer Can Be Employment Discrimination
5 February 2019 - New Ruling Allows for Secret Recording of Public Officials Engaged in Public Duties in Public Places
31 January 2019 - Massachusetts begins releasing prisoners under new “compassionate release” program
10 January 2019