David H. Korn is a partner in Cravath’s Litigation Department. He focuses his practice on complex litigation, particularly in the areas of antitrust, securities and general commercial.
Mr. Korn represents the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and more than a dozen member plans in consolidated multidistrict antitrust class action litigation—one of the largest class actions in the country—alleging that the Association and its members have used the Association’s agreements to fix prices and limit competition.
Mr. Korn recently represented The Williams Companies in securing a judgment totaling more than $600 million - following wins at trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery and on appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court - in M&A litigation against Energy Transfer, LP related to a planned $37.7 billion merger. He also represented M6 Midstream, a leading independent midstream energy company, in a dispute concerning a series of proposed natural gas pipeline installations in Louisiana.
Mr. Korn previously represented GTT Communications and certain of its officers and directors in a securities class action concerning GTT’s $2.3 billion acquisition of Interoute Communications Holdings S.A. He also represented First Solar in a securities class action and related derivative actions alleging that First Solar and several of its officers and executives misrepresented the company’s financial state, concealed material facts regarding defective solar modules and committed accounting violations, all to inflate First Solar’s stock price.
Mr. Korn received an A.B. with honors from Princeton University in 2008. He received a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2013, where he was an editor of the Law Review. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to Hon. Stanley Marcus of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Korn joined Cravath in 2014 and was elected a partner in 2020.
Updated August 2024
