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Practice area:

Dispute resolution


David is a partner in the Paul, Weiss Litigation Department and Deputy Chair of the Investment Management Litigation Practice Group. David focuses his practice on a wide variety of commercial litigation disputes and criminal and regulatory defense. He has significant experience litigating in federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels. David has advised clients on topics including securities fraud, market manipulation, private fund litigation and enforcement matters, and insurance disputes. He has also represented clients in internal investigations and at all stages of criminal and regulatory investigations and proceedings.

While at Columbia Law School, David was a James Kent Scholar and a recipient of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize.  He served as Executive Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review.  

David also clerked for the Hon. Naomi Reice Buchwald, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and the Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

  • Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in the dismissal of a multi-billion dollar derivative lawsuit related to the Kentucky state pension system.

  • The National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins franchise in conducting a high-profile independent review of the team’s signing of Mitchell Miller.

  • CNA Financial, and affiliates, in numerous lawsuits in state and federal courts seeking coverage for business losses relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • The founder and former CEO of Premium Point Investments, a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund, in a criminal securities fraud trial involving allegations of mismarking—in which the court granted a motion for a new trial based on evidence unearthed by the defense team following trial, leading to a successful resolution.

  • NextEra Energy in the dismissal, with prejudice, of a federal securities class action alleging that the company made false and misleading statements in connection with the legal and reputational risks arising from the political activity of its subsidiary Florida Power and Light.

  • Commercial
  • Commercial disputes
  • Government and regulatory
  • Insurance
  • Securities
  • White collar crime

  • J.D. - Columbia Law School
  • B.A. - Dartmouth College

  • New York