Lawyer Overview

What's a nice Philly boy doing in a place like York? Excellence in litigation! What an opportunity to create a practice that spans such diverse areas as the defense against first party claims for arson to wills and trusts litigation. David Mills comes from a general practice of law that gradually concentrated in two areas: litigation and estates. His work in insurance defense and subrogation includes suits involving professional liability claims against accountants, realtors, and dentists, claims for personal injury arising from automobile accidents, premises liability, and product liability, requires gathering volumes of medical records to defend against claims of causal connection. He has tried, litigated and settled cases for his clients in a score of counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Areas of Practice

• Arson and Insurance Fraud Defense
• Special Investigative Unit Claims
• General Liability
• Property and Casualty Claims
• Professional Liability Claims
• Estate Litigation
• Wills and Trusts

Representative Clients

• CNA Pro
• Lititz Mutual Insurance Company
• The Farmers Fire Insurance Company
• Penn Millers Insurance Company
• State Auto Insurance Company
• Travelers Property Casualty
• Central States Health & Life Company of Omaha
• CM Insurance Company, Inc. (Columbus McKinnon Corporation)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Fraud, Professional Responsibility, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Wills, Professional Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1982
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1989
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1997
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

• York County Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, 1983 - 1999 (Member)
• Lancaster Claims Association, 1992 - 2004 (Member)
• Pennsylvania Defense Institute, 1996 - 2005 (President)
• AARP Legal Services Network for Wills, Estates and Probate, 1999 - 2005 (Participating Attorney)
• York County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section, 1997 - 2005
• York County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section, 2000 (Member, Chair Elect)
• York County Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section, 2001 - 2005 (Chairperson)
• York County Bar Association (Member, Civil Rules Committee)
• Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, 2002 - 2005 (Member, Claims Committee and Claims Hotline)
• Leadership York Class, 1989 (Member)
• Leadership York Class, 1998 (President, Board of Directors)

Honors and Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa

Pro Bono Activities

• Leadership York, 1994 - 2000
• Sound of Roses Big Band, 1984 - Present
• Panthers United Soccer Association, January 24, 2005 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Emanuel A. Cassimatis, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Judicial Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983
• Stetler & Gribbin, Associate, 1983 - 1990
• Stetler & Gribbin, Partner, 1991 - 2005

Education

• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1982
  J.D.
• Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, P.A., 1979
  A.B.
  Honors: cum laude

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Address

17 East Market Street
York, PA 17401

Phones

(717) 845-3674

Faxes

(717) 854-7839

Emails

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Websites

http://www.blakeyyost.com