David M. Ragonese, Attorney

Mr. Ragonese is an associate in the Litigation Department. Prior to joining White and Williams, he served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, Division of Law, where he was involved in litigation in both federal and state trial and appellate courts in New Jersey and has argued several times before the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He has also conducted more than fifteen jury trials. Reported decisions in which Mr. Ragonese was counsel of record include: Cochran v. Pinchak, 401 F.3d 184 (3d Cir. 2005); Williams v. Morton, 343 F.3d 212 (3d Cir. 2003); Concepcion v. Morton, 306 F.3d 1347 (3d Cir. 2002); Little v. Terhune, 200 F.Supp.2d 445 (D.N.J. 2002) ; Mendez v. Draham, 182 F.Supp.2d 430 (D.N.J. 2002) ; Rivera v. Whitman, 161 F.Supp.2d 337 (D.N.J. 2001); Sonntag v. Papparrozi, 256 F.Supp.2d 320 (D.N.J. 2003) ; I/M/O Readoption with Amendments of N.J.A.C. 10A:23, by the New Jersey Department of Corrections, 367 N.J.Super. 61 (App. Div. 2004).

Mr. Ragonese received his B.A., cum laude, from Rutgers University Camden in 1992, where he was selected to Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society. He earned his J.D. in 1998 from Rutgers Law School in Camden and his LL.M. in Trial Advocacy from the James E. Beasley School of Law at Temple University in 2001. After law school, Mr. Ragonese served as a law clerk to the Honorable Louis F. Hornstine, New Jersey Superior Court Judge in Camden County.

Mr. Ragonese is licensed to practice in New Jersey and is admitted to appear before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the Camden County Bar Association and the Burlington/Camden Inn of Court. He also volunteers his time speaking at local schools about various topics on the law on behalf of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's Speakers Bureau.