David T. Gay, Esq.: Attorney

David T. Gay, Esquire is a partner in the law firm of Gay & Gay, P.C. He graduated from Monsignor James Coyle High School, Magna Cum Laude; Boston College, Cum Laude; and Boston College Law School, Cum Laude. Mr. Gay has practiced law for over 51 years, specializing in municipal law, school law, and administrative law, including arbitration cases involving construction of public buildings and grievances of public employees.

He has represented the Roman Catholic Bishop of Fall River, a corporation sole, as well as various cities and towns within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, serving as Town Counsel or Special Town Counsel/City Solicitor. He is currently City Solicitor for the City of Taunton. Mr. Gay has appeared before the U.S. District Court, First Circuit; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; the Massachusetts Appeals Court; the Military Court System; and State Superior, District, Probate, and Land Court, as well as many administrative bodies. Mr. Gay has received the Massachusetts Bar Association distinguished attorney award, and in September of 2011 was awarded the St. Thomas More medal by the Diocese of Fall River.

Mr. Gay served in the United States Navy from August 1968 to 1985 as Base Legal Officer, NAS Jax Florida, and as trial/defense counsel for the Navy in the Military Court System. He served as a Military Judge and was awarded the Navy Achievement Medal by Commander Naval Air Forces Atlantic Fleet for Outstanding Professional Achievement in service as Legal Officer, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Reserve, in 1978.

He has served as Executive Chairman of the March of Dimes, Massachusetts Bay Chapter, in 1986. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association; Taunton Bar Association; and City Solicitors and Town Counsel Association. He is also a fellow at the Massachusetts Bar Association Foundation and a volunteer Judge in the Massachusetts Bar Association Mock Trial Competition for the past twelve years. He is a former member of the Old Colony YMCA, Taunton Division, Board of Management, and a coach and officer in the Taunton Western Little League and Taunton Area Babe Ruth League, serving as District 6 Commissioner for the Eastern Massachusetts Babe Ruth League for five years.

He has served as a member of the alumni volunteer admissions department at Boston College and as a member of the Boston College Law School Alumni Council. Mr. Gay served as President of the Taunton Bar Association and the Bristol County Bar Association. He is currently the Treasurer of the Peter B. Gay Lodge #540, Order Sons of Italy in America, and present Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Cultural Trust and the Trust/Lodge Scholarship Committee Chairman.

He is a past Clerk for the Morton Hospital and Medical Center Board of Trustees and is presently Chairman of the Morton Health Foundation, Inc. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Greenlock Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc.