David Daggett
Managing Partner | Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law
David Daggett is a car accidents, personal injury and wrongful death trial lawyer and managing partner at Daggett Shuler, Attorneys at Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Admitted in North Carolina; J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law (1985).
Meet David
Contact
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104
Stay Connected
We help people through situations that many times, are the worst events they've experienced in their lives.
David D. Daggett is the managing partner and co-founder of Daggett Shuler in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has practiced personal injury law since 1985, handling motor vehicle crashes, serious injury and wrongful death cases, insurance claims and long-term disability matters.
Daggett earned an economics degree cum laude from Indiana State University in 1982 and his law degree from Wake Forest University in 1985. He is admitted in North Carolina, in all three of the state’s federal district courts and in the Fourth Circuit. He sits on the North Carolina Bar Association Board of Governors, chaired the North Carolina Lawyer Referral Service from 2014 to 2017, and is a past president of the Forsyth County Bar Association, the 21st Judicial District Bar Association and the Forsyth County Young Lawyers Association. The governor appointed him a trustee of the North Carolina Supplemental Retirement Plan.
He founded the Safe Sober program, which promotes safety among North Carolina teenagers, and the work has earned him the Governor’s Highway Safety Program Public Service Award, the American Bar Association’s award for Dignity in Lawyer Advertising and the American Association for Justice’s National Trial Lawyers Care Award. A competitive triathlete, he has finished more than 220 triathlons, including 35 Ironman races, and chairs the Greater Triad Board of the American Heart Association.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Wake Forest University, 1985
- B.A., Economics, cum laude, Indiana State University, 1982
- Admitted to practice in North Carolina, 1985
- U.S. District Courts for the Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Practice Areas
- North Carolina Bar Association (Board of Governors)
- North Carolina Lawyer Referral Service (Chair, 2014-2017)
- North Carolina Conference of Bar Presidents (Past Chair)
- Forsyth County Bar Association (Past President)
- 21st Judicial District Bar Association (Past President)
- Forsyth County Young Lawyers Association (Past President)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Insight Human Services (DrugFreeNC) (Board Chair, 2011-present)
- American Heart Association, Greater Triad Board (Chair)
- North Carolina Supplemental Retirement Plan (Trustee)
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2008-present
- AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2009-present
- North Carolina Super Lawyers
- 10 Best Lawyers in North Carolina, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
- National Trial Lawyers Care Award, American Association for Justice, 2016
- Order of Service Award, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2015
- Ebbie Award for Exceptional Service and Inspired Commitment, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, 2012
- Ironman Everyday Hero Award, 2009
- Dignity in Lawyer Advertising, American Bar Association, 1996
- Governor's Highway Safety Program Public Service Award, 1995
Print is Alive
Trial Lawyer's Journal sets a new standard for law journal publications. With limited ads and one-of-a-kind content, it was created to celebrate wins both in and outside the courtroom.