Webber, David W. *

NAME: David W. Webber*

Biography: David Webber is in private practice in Philadelphia and limits his direct client representation to cases that present issues of significant precedence or involve important public health and public interest issues. He also is of counsel to the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, a public interest law firm he founded in 1988. From 2001-2, Webber was part-time project director for the Pennsylvania Coalition to Save Lives Now syringe access project. He has also taught as a faculty member of the Pennsylvania AIDS Education and Training Center, as an instructor at Cabrini College and Villanova University, and as a lecturer at Temple University Beasley School of Law, where he taught “AIDS and the Law.” Editor and contributing author to the fourth edition of AIDS and the Law, published in 2008; Webber has recently completed that book’s 2010 annual supplement. Since 2000-2008, he has been Editor-in-Chief of the AIDS & Public Policy Journal. Recently his articles have appeared in The Nation, Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, Journal of the American Medical Association and AIDS & Public Policy Journal. Webber also maintains a website on HIV/AIDS legal issues, http://www.AIDSandtheLaw.com, and is the original proponent of “HIV/AIDS-Law,” an internet list-serve for attorneys and other advocates providing services to people with HIV/AIDS that is now hosted by Western New York Legal Services. The holder of a 1976 B.A. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, Webber earned his J.D. in 1980 from Temple.

He is author of AIDS and the Law,

AIDS and the Law provides comprehensive coverage of the complex legal issues, as well as the underlying medical and scientific issues, surrounding the HIV epidemic. Covering a broad range of legal fields from employment to health care to housing and privacy rights, this essential resource provides thorough up-to-date coverage of a rapidly changing area of law.

The Fourth Edition of AIDS and the Law brings you up-to-date on the latest developments, including:

• Explanation of why asymptomatic HIV infection is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar federal and state nondiscrimination statutes

• Analysis of factors involved in complying with state statutory standards on HIV testing and confidentiality of HIV-related information

• Review of current options for immigrants with HIV seeking permanent residence in the United States and the impact of HIV as a statutory basis for exclusion

• Critical assessment of the courts’ rulings on knowing transmission, or risk of transmission, of HIV as a criminal offense under federal and state law

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