Burns White CEO and leadership

David B White is a Chief Executive Officer at Burns White LLC. He has worked as Board Member at Northstar Health and Executive/Lawyer at Burns White LLC.

David A. Damico is a founding member and Chief Financial Officer of Burns White. He shares more than 30 years of litigation experience and business acumen with his corporate clients. He also serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Stuart O'Neal is a Chief Privacy Officer at Burns White LLC.

Jeffrey S. Adler is the Chief Operating Officer (Eastern Region) for Burns White, and is responsible for the management of the firm’s offices in Center City, Philadelphia; Conshohocken, Pennsylvania; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; New York, New York; and Wilmington, Delaware. He has been providing legal representation to individuals, businesses, and organizations for more than 30 years.

Mr. Adler counsels individuals and corporations in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including contract negotiations, drafting and negotiating employment agreements, drafting and reviewing employee procedures and policies, and risk management. He also has significant litigation experience and defends clients in shareholder dispute, restrictive covenant, and employment discrimination actions.

In addition, Mr. Adler is the senior member of the Business Practices group, where he handles general business and transactional matters for privately held companies of all sizes, and is an American Arbitration Association Trained Mediator.

Mr. Adler’s clients span a variety of industries, including banking and financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, marketing, software, medical devices, placement agencies, accounting, and transportation.

With respect to the transportation industry, Mr. Adler has more than 20 years of experience working on behalf of the railroads, and focuses on occupational claims and attorney-client privilege issues.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Adler worked as a law clerk to the Hon. Carl B. Rubin, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio. Prior to joining Burns White, Mr. Adler was a shareholder in the firm of Adler & O’Halloran, P.C.

Lyle D. Washowich is Burns White’s Chief Operating Officer (Western Region) and Co-Chair of the firm’s Banking and Financial Services, Complex and Commercial Litigation, and Cybersecurity practice groups. Mr. Washowich focuses his practice in the areas of civil, commercial, and complex litigation for a diverse clientele from the financial services, business, insurance and manufacturing sectors.

In financial services litigation, Mr. Washowich has represented national banks, federal and state savings associations, state-chartered banks, community banks, and other affiliated entities, as well as investment services firms and investment advisors, in federal/state court litigation and in private venues. He has handled alleged breaches of contract, disputes among partnerships and other business interests, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, claims brought pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and other types of statutory and common law claims. These include single plaintiff and putative class action cases, along with initiating and defending emergency motions for injunctions and temporary restraining orders.

Mr. Washowich’s commercial and civil litigation practice includes representation of large, midsized, and small business clients. These cases often involve contract disputes, controversies arising out of strained business relationships, and allegations resulting from business torts and accident and bodily injury. These cases have included claims for professional malpractice, breaches of agreement, business ventures gone awry and many others, including numerous putative class action cases. Mr. Washowich also performs analyses of indemnity, defense, coverage and related obligations for a series of insurance and oil/gas clients. Additionally, he handles litigation and advises clients in the cybersecurity area.

As a result of Mr. Washowich’s experience handling litigation claims, he was selected as one of 30 Pennsylvania “Lawyers on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly publications in 2010. He was selected as an Allegheny County Bar Foundation Fellow in 2016. In 2019, he was selected to participate in Burns White’s Leadership Program. In 2021, he was recognized as one of the 20 People to Know in Law, by the Pittsburgh Business Times.

Stuart O'Neal is a Chief Privacy Officer at Burns White LLC.