David's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in the state and federal courts. David has represented public companies and their officers and directors in numerous securities fraud class actions, represented Fortune 50 companies in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, including matters involving intellectual property disputes, represented a major telecommunications company in an array of commercial litigation matters, represented companies in sales and use tax disputes, and represented national and local companies in employment controversies, including class-action discrimination lawsuits. As past President of the Federal Bar Association and Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, David has developed knowledge and experience in the finer points of prosecuting complex litigation in the federal courts.
"David is, in the words of one client, 'an outstanding, smart, analytical and responsive lawyer. One of the best that I have ever hired'." - Chambers USA 2017
Representative Matters
- AlliedSignal, Inc., v. City of Phoenix, 182 F.3d 692 (9th Cir. 1999)
(commercial tort)
- Cable Arizona Corp. v. CoxCom, Inc., 261 F.3d 871 (9th Cir. 2001)
- Dillard v. Schlussel, 2011 WL 1854978 (Ariz. App. 2011)
- Allen v. Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan, 698 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (D. Ariz. 2010)
- Weiss v. Amkor Technology, Inc., 527 F. Supp. 2d 938 (D. Ariz. 2007)
- Crawford v. American Institute of Professional Careers, Inc., 934 F. Supp. 335 (D. Ariz. 1996)
- Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. v. Dini, 169 Ariz. 555, 821 P.2d 216 (Ariz. App. 1991)
- Rollin v. Frankel, 196 Ariz. 350, 996 P.2d 1254 (App. 2000)
- Lory v. Ryan, 2008 WL 4630306 (D. Ariz. 2008)
- Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano, 563 U.S. ____ (2011)
- Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund v. Apollo Group Inc., (9th Cir., Dec. 12, 2014)
- Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., 133 S. Ct. 2247 (2013)
(holding that federal law preempted Arizona’s law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration)
- Kobach v. U.S. Election Assistance Commission, 772 F.3d 1183 (10th Cir. 2014)
(holding that Federal Elections Assistance Commission was not mandated to grant Arizona’s and other state requests to modify voter registration form)
- In re Apollo Grp. Inc. Sec. Litig. (D. Ariz. 2011)
- Gonzalez v. Arizona, 649 F.3d 953 (9th Cir. 2011)
- Capricorn Pharma, Inc. v. Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. 2009 WL 2567022 (D. Del.,2009)
- Honeywell Intern., Inc. v. RTF Intern., Inc., 209 P. 3d 764 (Kan. App. 2009)
- Doe v. Arizona Hosp. and Healthcare Ass'n, 2009 WL 1423378 (D. Ariz. 2009)
- Lory v. Ryan, 2008 WL 4630306 (D. Ariz. 2008)
- Premier Jets, Inc. v. Honeywell Intern., Inc., 2008 WL 1840753 (D. Or. 2008)
- Levine v. SkyMall, Inc., F. Supp. 2d, 2002 WL 31056919 (D. Ariz. 2002)
