Robert J. David was born in New Roads, Louisiana on August 10, 1943.  He graduated from St. Joseph’s High School and attended LSU and SLU, earning a B.A. degree in 1966.  In 1969 he received his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School, where he served on the Loyola Law Review. 
    Robert specializes in representing patients and their families in medical negligence cases.  He has been named to The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, for thirteen consecutive years.  He has since 1989 been the editor of the continuing column on “Professional Liability” for the Louisiana Bar Journal, the official journal of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
    Robert began working with the Gainsburgh, Benjamin law firm as a law clerk in 1968 and joined the firm as an associate in 1969.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow of the American Bar Endowment, a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys with Special Competence in Medical Professional Liability, a charter member of the Louisiana Bar Foundation, and is a member of the American Bar Association, the New Orleans Bar Association, the Louisiana Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice.
    He has served on the Adjunct faculty of the Loyola and Tulane Law Schools.  He has been a guest lecturer on behalf of the American Bar Association, American Law Institute, Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana Association for Justice, Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Louisiana State Medical Society, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Lafayette Parish Medical Society, Orleans Parish Medical Society, American College of Cardiologists, West Jefferson Medical Center, and Louisiana State University Medical School. 
    Robert has been a member of the Medical/Legal Interprofessional Committee, a joint committee of the Louisiana State Medical Society and the Louisiana State Bar Association, since 1989, having served as Attorney Chairperson from 1991 - 1994.  He has also served on the Louisiana Disciplinary Board, (as a hearing committee member), the Committee on Bar Associations, the Loyola Law School Alumni Board of Directors, the Loyola Law School Visiting Committee, (Nominating Committee Member 2007-), the Louisiana State Bar Association Insurance Committee, and he has served on the Board of Governors, Executive Committee, and Counsel of Directors for the Louisiana Association for Justice.  He was Chair of the Medical Jurisprudence Committee of the New Orleans Bar Association and received its Outstanding Service Award in 1995.  Robert served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Breast Cancer for the New Orleans Bar Association, was Chairperson of the Medical Malpractice Section of the Louisiana Association for Justice, and served on the Governor’s Commission on Medical Professional Liability.  He is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers, published by Law and Politics, in the specialty of medical malpractice, and is also listed by that publication as one of "The Top 50" lawyers in Louisiana.  He has, for many years, been listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.
   Robert was a reader/recorder for the Louisiana Blind and handicapped for five years.  He has made guest appearances on television and radio concerning issues of medical malpractice and breast cancer.
    Stella and Robert have two sons. Robert, Jr. is an attorney, practicing in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Richard is a district manager for a pharmaceutical company in Houston, Texas.
    Robert is licensed to practice before all Louisiana state courts, all Louisiana federal courts, and before the United States Supreme Court.  E-Mail: rdavid@gainsben.com