About David W. White
David W. White Jr. earned his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1981 after completing a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies at the University of Vermont in 1976. His academic path combined an early interest in environmental issues with legal training, a pairing that appears in parts of his civic work and committee service over the years.
He began his legal career as a law clerk for the Massachusetts Superior Court in 1984. The following year he entered private practice as an associate and, in 1992, became a partner at Breakstone, White & Gluck. Over the course of four decades he has maintained courtroom and appellate credentials, holding admission to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the Massachusetts bar.
White’s professional memberships are extensive. He has been a member of the Massachusetts State Bar, Boston Bar Association and Massachusetts Bar Association since the mid-1980s. He joined the American Association for Justice in 1986 and became a Brandeis Life Fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation in 1995. He is a fellow of the National Conference of Bar Presidents and holds membership in county and specialty bar groups, reflecting a steady involvement in the local legal community.
Outside the courtroom, White has taken on roles that reach beyond law practice. He serves on the Westwood Land Trust board and has been involved in local municipal duties such as serving as a sewer commissioner in Westwood from 2002 to 2009. He has volunteered with Boston Bikes and participated in the Westwood Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee. His committee work has included the Fernald State School Human Rights Committee and the Task Force on Human Subject Research. He is also listed as a Justice of the Peace and has long-standing involvement with the Westwood Democratic Town Committee.
Since 2015 White has served as a commissioner on the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission, a role that places him in conversations about improving civil legal access. His early public service also included an appointment to a Vermont health policy council in the early 1980s, reflecting a thread of public-interest engagement that runs through his career.
He practices at Breakstone, White & Gluck and handles litigation in federal and state courts in Massachusetts, including appellate work in the First Circuit.
