David Allen Parker Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

David Allen Parker, born the third child of Harold Tallman Parker and Charlotte Long Parker on Election Day, 8 November 1935 in Mount Holly, New Jersey passed peacefully on 8 January 2021, surrounded by the love of his wife, family, and friends who were present either by phone or gathered tightly around him at his home in Worton, Maryland. An Army veteran, he was a graduate of Bucknell University and as a graduate of Rutgers University Law School, he became one of the most respected attorneys in New Jersey based on his expertise and his high ethical standards. After retirement, he donated his legal expertise to any number of friends who were been able to turn to him for counsel and direction. His heart was great and his generosity was without limit. Mourning his loss especially are bartenders and wait staff everywhere who always earned from him his respect and some of the largest tips of their shift. After he retired in 2000, he went on to purchase the Motts Creek Inn in Galloway, NJ. His joy in the bar was in the people he met and the friendships he forged. It appealed to everything he was, his love of music, his love of a good party, his love of people, and his abiding love for what remains of the hunting and fishing culture and the old ways of the Jersey Shore where he spent so much of his life. He is survived by his wife of 32 years Barbara Parker, by his son David B. Parker and his wife Joann, by Brad Parker and Gregg and Marcy Parker. Also by his brother Barry Parker and his wife Ann, and his sister Ann Lampman. He is also survived by nine grandchildren: John, David, Mathew, Jeffrey, Drew, Dylan, Devin, Brooke, and Brenden. A memorial service and celebration of his life are planned for when the health and well-being of his friends can be reasonably assured. Cirriculum Vitae Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; with emphasis on Products Liability, Professional Liability, General Negligence Construction Law and Insurance Coverage Litigation. Mr. Parker was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey; attended Bucknell University, where he received his A.B. in 1957, served in the U.S. Army and was admitted to the bar in 1962 after receiving his LL.B. from Rutgers University Law School. From 1962 until 2003, Mr. Parker was employed at Parker, McCay & Criscuolo, P.C. (now Parker McCay) a law firm of 65-70 attorneys where he was President, Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Litigation Department. He was formerly a Director of the Bank of Mid Jersey, a Director of Multi Hospital Mutual Insurance Company Bermuda and Multi Hospital Mutual Insurance Company of the Cayman Islands and a Trustee of the Nexus Healthcare Systems, now Virtua. In 1976, he was President of the New Jersey Defense Association and has served as Vice-Chairman of the Prosecutors and Judicial Appointments Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He was a member of the Federation of Insurance Counsel, the International Association of Insurance Counsel and the Defense Research Institute Inc. He was also a member of the New Jersey State Bar, the American Bar Foundation, and the American Bar Association and the Burlington County Bar Association. Mr. Parker was frequently called upon to lecture for the New Jersey Medical and Hospital Associations, Continuing Legal Education, the New Jersey Bar Association, the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and the American Association of Hospital Risk Managers. In 2006 Mr. Parker was admitted to practice in the State of Maryland. Throughout the course of his career Mr. Parker received a number of awards: Elected to the American College of Trial Lawyers 1978 Trial Bar Awards 1988 American Bar Foundation (Life Member) President, New Jersey Defense Association 1972 McLaughlin Trial Bar Award 2005 Vice Chairman of the New Jersey Bar Judicial & Prosecutorial Appointments Committee Best Lawyers in America 1983 - 2010 New Jersey Magazine Top 100 Lawyers in New Jersey During his career, he represented a number of clients including, but not limited to, General Electric, Home Depot, Delta Manufacturing, RCA; Coca-Cola Bottling Co., A.H. Robins Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson, Ortho Div.; UpJohn; Anheuser-Busch; numerous insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, attorneys and nurses. Cremation at: Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Chestertown, MD 222.fhnfuneralhome.com

David Allen Parker

November 8, 1935 - January 8, 2021