David R. Bahl
Retired
Practice Areas
Associations
- Middle District of Pennsylvania Panel of Mediators
- Institutional Ethics Committee at Divine Providence Hospital (Susquehanna Health System)
- President of Lycoming United Way (formerly)
- Williamsport Symphony Orchestra
Biography
As counsel to the firm, David R. Bahl focuses his practice on the representation of both institutions and individuals in civil litigation with a primary concentration in the defense of physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice cases. He has extensive experience in the defense of general liability cases involving products liability, vehicular accidents, civil rights discrimination, including actions brought by students against institutions of higher education. For over thirty years he has represented numerous hospitals and physicians in professional negligence matters.
He also provides general legal advice to volunteer and non-profit organizations. Mr. Bahl is a certified mediator and a member of the Middle District of Pennsylvania Panel of Mediators. He is a founding member of the Institutional Ethics Committee at Divine Providence Hospital (Susquehanna Health System); former long-term board member and President of Lycoming United Way; former member of the Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Defense Institute; and has served on the Board of Trustees of Wildwood Cemetery Company, as a board member and President to the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, and as a trustee of, and legal counsel to, Lycoming College.
Recent awards include recognition by the Central Penn Business Journal as one of Central Pennsylvania’s Top Lawyers and designation as a Fellow by the Litigation Counsel of America, a Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. He was named to Best Attorneys in Pennsylvania, 2012, and Best Lawyers in America 2014. Mr. Bahl was also recognized by Martindale-Hubbell for having achieved an AV rating for twenty-five consecutive years.
He and his wife, Suzanne, are the parents of two children: Derek, Penn State – Dickinson Law School 2001; and Emily, Cornell University School of Law 2004.
Education
- Rutgers University (1968)
- University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1972)
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