About David Spencer

David W. Spencer is a partner at Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban and the firm's Raleigh-based managing partner. A North Carolina native from a commercial fishing family on the Outer Banks, he handles the firm's workers' compensation cases as well as other personal injury matters including auto, truck and motorcycle accident litigation. He has been in private practice with Don Marcari since 1995 and has more than 30 years of legal experience. Outside the office he is an avid Top Dragster racer with an IHRA Class B license and serves as a Boy Scouts leader.

Practice areas

Education

Campbell University School of Law
J.D., 1994
North Carolina State University
Undergraduate, 1990

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
State Bar of U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
North Carolina State Bar Association
Wake County Bar Association
NCAJ Auto Torts Executive Committee (past)
NCAJ Publications Committee (past)

Awards & recognition

North Carolina Advocates for Justice Order of Service Award
National Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Lawyer
Client Distinction Award (2015)

Other attorneys at Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Raleigh firms

Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
Maginnis Howard Personal Injury Lawyer
$8.62 Million Settlement After Former UNC Student Drove Wrong-Way on I-85, Killing Three
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
Whitley Law Firm Injury Lawyers
$4 million · Ironworker Paralyzed When Mall Demolition Overhang Gave Way Settles for $4 Million
Hardison & Cochran
Hardison & Cochran
$3.5 million · Paralyzed Tree Cutter Wins $3.5 Million From Insurers After Employee Status Ruling
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
Henson Fuerst, Attorneys at Law
$40 million · Henson Fuerst Wins Record $40 Million Drunk Driving Verdict
Martin & Jones
Martin & Jones
$31 Million Settlement After Two-Point Lap Belt Paralyzed an 11-Year-Old in a Ford Escort

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.