David A. Baugh

David A. Baugh is a licensed CPA and concentrates his practice in corporate, commercial and securities litigation, professional malpractice, directors' and officers' (D&O) liability and healthcare related litigation. Since 1982, he has directly defended accountants, attorneys, insurance and real estate agents and brokers, securities brokers and dealers, architects, engineers, corporate directors and officers, physicians and other related professionals and has represented various insurance carriers in connection with coverage disputes and other matters of policy interpretation.

Mr. Baugh has successfully defended professionals on a nationwide basis, including cases of first impression concerning liability to third parties. More specifically, he represented the interests of defendant accountants in the case of Toro Co. v. Krouse, Kern & Co., Inc., in which the 7th Circuit, applying Indiana law, adopted the credit alliance standard of liability to third parties.

He has represented various carriers in numerous cases in connection with claims asserted against directors and officers of corporations and financial institutions, including litigation concerning the United American Banks in Tennessee and the VMS related entities in Chicago. Throughout the last several years, Mr. Baugh has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to litigation matters against businesses and their directors, officers, agents and representatives in areas such as antitrust, privileges and employment liability.

Mr. Baugh has lectured and given seminars on various securities, D&O and professional malpractice issues. He received his B.B.A. cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1975 and his J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1978. After graduating from law school, he worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., in the division of corporate finance.

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