Lawyers in United States

David A. Bell

Partner, Chair - Trademark Practice Group

Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.

David A. Harris

David’s practice focuses on the fields of partnership, limited liability company and statutory trust law, with an emphasis on issues relating to the formation, operation and dissolution of private investment funds, mutual funds and other investment vehicles organized as Delaware entities. His practice also includes state bank regulatory matters (including organization of Delaware limited purpose trust companies), mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions (including matters involving Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)) and other general commercial law counseling. He regularly delivers third-party legal opinions, including opinions with respect to private investment funds, special purpose entities, perfection of security interests and deal closings. His clients range from large, multinational corporations to local startup ventures, and include private investment fund sponsors, mutual fund sponsors, and Fortune 500 companies. David is often called upon to provide counsel to other attorneys domestically and internationally on matters relating to Delaware law.

Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

David A. Toy

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

David A. Winter

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

David Agee

Husch Blackwell LLP

David Ajalat

Partner

Goodwin

David Alberts

Partner

Mayer Brown

David Allinson

David Allinson, Global Vice Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Corporate Department, counsels leading private equity firms and public companies on a range of complex M&A transactions and general corporate matters. David draws on more than two decades of experience serving as a strategic advisor to clients. He applies a commercially focused approach to help clients structure and execute transactions involving diverse industries, with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure, healthcare, and technology sectors. His clients include private equity firms as well as public and private companies. David’s practice encompasses: Leveraged buyouts Take-private transactions Joint ventures Carve-outs Co-investments Corporate governance matters David previously served as Global Co-Chair of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices.

Latham & Watkins

David Amerikaner

Partner

Duane Morris LLP

David Ammons

Partner

Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.

David Andersen

Partner - Corporate and Finance Transactions

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

David Antheil

David Antheil focuses his practice on complex matters for investment fund clients, including guiding fund sponsors and managers in forming new funds. He also advises clients on a variety of financial transactions involving their investment activities, including acquisitions and dispositions of portfolio investments and corporate financing transactions. David provides advice to his clients on a broad range of investments, including real estate, energy, pharmaceutical, natural resources, transportation, infrastructure and mezzanine. To learn more about David, please visit his profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/david-antheil

Akin

David Apfel

Of Counsel

Goodwin

David Attanasio

Partner

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

David Attisani

David Attisani, a partner in Choate’s top-ranked Insurance & Reinsurance Group (#1 reinsurance and litigation firm according to Reactions and highly rated by Legal 500), assists insurers and reinsurers in problem-solving, shaping, and winning high profile disputes. Using the thoroughly personal and intense service style his clients value, David also provides evaluations of coverage, wordings advice, and market intelligence. He has served as lead counsel with respect to the following industry-significant claims: COVID-19 BI and WC; NFL CTE; the California wildfires; 9/11 (WTC); “Obamacare”; life rate increase disputes; spousal continuation problems; Superstorm Sandy; Hurricanes Wilma, Katrina, Harvey; the Puerto Rico Hurricanes (Maria/Irma); the Las Vegas shooting; the “Big Dig” Tunnel Collapse; NY “reviver” molestation claims; Archdiocese of L.A., Society of Jesus, and other clergy abuse claims; Boy Scouts of America and school-related sex abuse problems; J&J talc exposures; the Nikita Levy/ Johns Hopkins “rogue” doctor case; and Sphere Drake. David’s clients include global insurers and reinsurers Swiss Re, Munich Re, Endurance/Sompo, Chubb, Liberty Mutual, The Hartford, Berkley, Partner Re, The Andover Companies, Aeolus, Symetra, and MIIA.

Choate, Hall & Stewart

David Aughtry

Shareholder

Chamberlain Hrdlicka

David Augustin

Partner

Duane Morris LLP

David Avila

David Avila is a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. He focuses on project development and finance, including construction, tax credit bridge and back leverage financings, Term Loan A, Term Loan B, asset acquisitions and dispositions, private placement offerings, tax credit transfer transactions, and other corporate transactions in the power and renewable energy, battery storage and natural gas sectors. David’s clients include both sponsors and lenders, including developers, private equity, investment banks and other institutional investors.

Paul Hastings LLP

David Axelrod

Partner and Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Securities Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation Group

Ballard Spahr LLP

David B. Adler

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

David B. Kurzweil

Shareholder

Greenberg Traurig

David Baffa

Mr. Baffa is Chair of the Workplace Compliance Solutions Group at Seyfarth Shaw LLP, which focuses on change management and the delivery of proactive solutions that help clients avoid mass litigation and develop internal compliance initiatives. Each year since 2009, he has been listed by Legal 500 as one of six "Leading Lawyers" in the United States in the area of Workplace and Employment Law Counseling. He was first inducted into the Legal 500 “Hall of Fame” in 2017, and remains one of only 500 lawyers in the Hall of Fame in all disciplines across the country, in recognition of his consistent praise received by clients. Mr. Baffa also co-chairs the Employment Litigation Group, drawing upon his litigation experience to drive efficiency in the management of routine employment litigation, promote teamwork and the sharing of best practices, and stay abreast of employment law substantive and procedural developments. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt, and uses the SeyfarthLean approach to deliver increased value to clients. Mr. Baffa has assisted numerous clients with global pay equity analyses and DEI strategies, business restructuring and workforce reductions, and corporate culture assessments and crisis management. He has led the centralization and process-mapping of leave of absence and disability accommodation management, developed comprehensive arbitration and dispute resolution programs, conducted exempt-status and pay practice assessments, and developed tools and systems for assessing employee engagement, reviewing hiring processes, monitoring state and local developments, and analyzing independent contractor and other alternative worker arrangements. Mr. Baffa has overseen the development, implementation, testing and validation of complex artificial intelligence tools and employee selection systems. He has also conducted extensive employee and management training through Seyfarth Shaw At Work, including leave management training, anti-harassment training and positive employment relations training. More recently, Mr. Baffa has helped global organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and continues to manage complex remote work and pandemic recovery projects as organizations brace for new ways of working. Mr. Baffa has broad-based employment litigation and traditional labor experience. He handles federal and state employment litigation, including cases involving allegations of sex, race, and national origin discrimination, age discrimination and Older Worker Benefit Protection Act violations, pay discrimination claims, sex harassment issues, failure to accommodate and disability discrimination claims, breach-of-contract and employment-at-will lawsuits and wrongful discharge disputes. He also has experience managing administrative agency investigations, including systemic initiative, pattern-and-practice and disparate impact claims involving unequal pay, hiring and pre-employment testing, background checking, promotion, and reasonable accommodation processes. Mr. Baffa also has experience litigating labor arbitration cases, conducting election campaigns, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and handling proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

David Bakst

Partner

Mayer Brown

David Ball

David Ball splits his practice primarily between bankruptcy/restructuring and intellectual property. He has experience representing both debtors and creditors in complex bankruptcy proceedings, with an emphasis on handling contested matters, and representing both plaintiffs and defendants in patent and trademark infringement matters. David’s understanding of complex products, varied industries, and financial analysis lends itself to both practice areas. He is routinely called upon to quickly understand different industries and the economics of clients’ businesses to work with financial advisors and expert witnesses. David has experience in Chapter 11, Chapter 15 and Chapter 9 bankruptcy matters, and has litigated numerous Chapter 11 matters – most recently Alta Mesa, MDC Texas Energy, ENXP, Optim Energy and Ahern Rentals – before the bankruptcy courts and federal appeals courts.

Bracewell LLP