David J. Cutshaw, Ret.

Attorney David J. Cutshaw retired in 2026 after nearly 45 years of practicing law, all of which were at CohenMalad, LLP where he was an Equity Partner and served as Chair of the Medical Malpractice group.

David concentrated his practice in the areas of medical malpractice litigation; class action litigation; complex litigation; and commercial litigation. He tried several jury trials. Most of his jury trials were in the area of medical malpractice litigation.

David’s medical malpractice work included litigation against former Merrillville ENT surgeon, Mark Weinberger. David obtained a global settlement for more than 280 plaintiffs in claims of medical malpractice, unnecessary surgery, and patient abandonment. He is also co-lead counsel in over 260 claims against an Indiana cardiology group which is alleged to have unnecessarily implanted pacemakers and defibrillators and performed unnecessary left heart catheterizations and stenting.

David was named as an Indiana Super Lawyer every year from 2004-2026 in the practice area of Class Action/ Mass Torts.

David has also been named a 2013 Indiana Local Litigation Star by Benchmark Plaintiffs for his work in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability and General Commercial litigation.