David A. Hytowitz has been an Oregon lawyer since 1975. From 1976 through 1999, he represented injured workers in State and Longshore and Harbor Workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. As an active member of ATLA (now AAJ) and a partner in a law firm which created the National Association of Claimants Compensation Attorneys, he became a founding member of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG). David helped create this seminal organization of lawyers committed to protecting injured workers’ rights at state and national levels.
David is a former chairperson of the ATLA (AAJ) Workers’ Compensation and Disability Section as well as the Oregon State Bar Workers’ Compensation section. He served on the Oregon State Board of Governors from 1998-2003 and was Vice President of the Bar twice during those years. He currently serves on the Oregon State Bar Client Security Fund Committee. The Oregon State Bar Client Security Fund was created in 1967 to help reimburse clients who lose money or property as a result of dishonest conduct by their lawyer. Oregon lawyers developed the program and fund it with a mandatory assessment paid by all active members of the Bar. The Fund is one way the Bar and its members compensate for the misdeeds of a few lawyers.
David now works solely as an arbitrator and mediator to assist people in resolving their cases.