Associate
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Phone: 412-227-8751
Fax: 412-227-9065
dhudock@postschell.com
Counsels and defends clients facing toxic and mass torts and products liability claims.
David A. Hudock is an Associate in the firm's Casualty Litigation Department and Toxic Tort Liability Practice Group. His diverse litigation practice includes counseling and defending clients facing toxic and mass torts, and products liability claims. His clients include individuals and companies in the manufacturing, insurance, automobile, energy, and utilities industries, among others.
He has extensive experience defending clients who either manufacture friction, electrical, or
construction-related products, or through corporate consolidation, are now responsible for the liabilities related to those products. In his mass tort practice, Mr. Hudock served on the national coordinating and trial counsel teams for clients facing thousands of mass tort claims pending in nearly every jurisdiction in the United States.
For over two decades, he acted as the point of contact for his clients, coordinating the day-to-day litigation events with local counsel across the country related to pleadings, fact, and corporate witness deposition coverage, expert retentions, case analysis, settlement negotiations, and trial preparation. Mr. Hudock's experience allows him to efficiently manage litigation events to reduce client costs and quickly identify cases that may pose a significant trial risk so that the national coordinating counsel team and the client can best focus their efforts and assets where needed.
Mr. Hudock Is active in his community and as a 100% service-disabled veteran, he understands the needs of our nation's servicemen and women and is accredited to prosecute claims before the Veterans Administration (VA). For the last decade, he has been providing pro bono legal assistance to homeless and indigent veterans in pursuit of their VA benefits and mental health care.
Mr. Hudock is also a staunch supporter of the Johnny Mac Soldiers Fund, a charity established to honor one of his West Point classmates who was killed during combat in Afghanistan. The nonprofit organization provides educational assistance to the children of our nation's fallen heroes.
Mr. Hudock was recognized in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the category of Product Liability Litigation. For information about this selection and an overview of common third-party publications, rankings, and lists methodologies, click here.
