Known and respected for his professionalism, collegiality, responsiveness, and unwavering commitment to his clients, David is frequently called upon to deliver favorable legal results. This Chicago native not only responds, he delivers with empathetic tenacity.
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David defends multinational corporate entities in highly sensitive commercial, consumer fraud, product liability, and toxic tort litigation. From California to Florida, he has appeared in courts across the U.S., representing a diverse range of clients in class action, multidistrict litigation, sophisticated individual high-exposure cases and appellate matters. These clients have included global leaders in the pharmaceutical, medical device, technology, automotive, energy, tobacco, chemical, transportation, and construction industries.
The breadth and scope of David's practice have required his admission to the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits, as well as to various state and federal courts in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Outside of the courtroom, David has represented clients facing congressional and various other governmental investigations under intense media scrutiny.
It is true that his clients appreciate David's "always on" legal practice, especially when his ultra-responsiveness is coupled with favorable results. Indeed, and as but one example, in Dietz v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 598 F.3d 812 (11th Cir. 2010) – the leading learned intermediary case within the Eleventh Circuit – David obtained a landmark appellate victory for a multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer. (See Product Liability Law 360: Breaking News on Litigation and Policy ("11th Circ. Upholds Dismissal of Paxil Suicide Case," March 9, 2010) and Drug and Device Law ("Learned Intermediary Causation – Lights Out in Georgia and a Texas Two-Step," March 11, 2010).)
David serves his community on the CURE Childhood Cancer Advisory Council, as a volunteer basketball coach, and within his Johns Creek, GA, Parish, St. Brigid Catholic Church.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.