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David Elsberg David Elsberg Quinn Emanuel 51 Madison Avenue 22nd Floor New York New York 10010 work(212) 849 7000 davidelsberg@quinnemanuel.com Download vCard New York Office Tel: 212-849-7000 Fax: 212-849-7100 davidelsberg@quinnemanuel.com Practice Areas Banking and Financial Institution Litigation Domestic and International Arbitration & Mediation Employment Litigation and Counseling Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation Education Harvard Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995) Harvard Law Review: Co-Chairman Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992) Publications and Lectures "Statute-of-Limitations Arbitrability: Departing from Rule," New York Law Journal, 7/10/07 “Validity of Pacts With Arbitration Clauses: Courts Split,” New York Law Journal, 12/18/06 “Second Circuit Bucks Trend On Arbitration Subpoenas,” New York Law Journal, 7/6/06 “Arguing Arbitrability After 'Buckeye', ” New York Law Journal, 4/7/06 “Public Policy Trumps Arbitration Clauses and Statutes, ” New York Law Journal, 3/6/06 “Incorporation of Arbitration Clauses,” New York Law Journal, 1/6/06 “Expansive View of Territorial Reach of Arbitration Subpoenas,” New York Law Journal, 9/19/05 “Courts Split on Decision-Making Power Between Court, Arbitrator,” New York Law Journal, 7/22/05 “Federal Arbitration Act vs. New York State Arbitration Law,” New York Law Journal, 5/26/05 “District Split: Arbitrators, Non-Parties, Pre-Hearing Discovery,” New York Law Journal, 11/10/04 “Confronting the New Challenges of Scientific Evidence,” 108 Harvard Law Review 1481 (1995) (co-author of Introduction) “Excessiveness Review for Capital Defendants After Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg,” 108 Harvard Law Review 1305 (1995) “Punitive Verdicts – Judicial Review of Jury-Imposed Punishments,” 108 Harvard Law Review 191 (1994) “Arbitration – Consolidation of Separate Proceedings,” 107 Harvard Law Review 499 (1993) Prior Associations Law Clerk for Hon. Amalya L. Kearse, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1995-96	Send to a friend Biography Mr. Elsberg has represented banks, broker-dealers, computer companies, telecommunications companies, insurance companies, officers/directors and national law firms in complex litigations in state and federal courts and arbitrations nationwide. In addition to being an accomplished trial lawyer, Mr. Elsberg has taught law school, and he has published numerous scholarly articles, including in the New York Law Journal and the Harvard Law Review. Representative Clients American International Group, Inc. (AIG) International Business Machines (IBM) Lehman Bros. Nokia Corp. Rockefeller & Co. Zurich/Centre Notable Representations Representing Nokia Corp. against Qualcomm Inc., in a multi-billion dollar patent and contract dispute concerning the technology used in mobile telephones worldwide, which includes arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, court actions in Delaware, Wisconsin and Texas, and numerous additional proceedings worldwide including before the International Trade Commission. Represented AIG in a multi-pronged dispute with former AIG CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. and various Starr affiliates concerning the ownership of more than $1 billion in insurance and reinsurance business – including multiple federal and state court actions and arbitrations involving issues of contract, insurance, agency, corporate governance, employment and trademarks. All sixteen matters were settled globally. Represented the Knicks against former coach Larry Brown in a $40 million dispute concerning the termination of Mr. Brown's employment, which was arbitrated before NBA Commissioner David Stern. See 11/09/06 L.A. Times 7 (reporting that the parties had settled and the "the payout is $22.5 million less than the $41 million that remained on the five-year, $50-million contract Brown signed in July 2005 with the Knicks"). Represented a former director of a Canadian publicly-traded telecom company in the GT Telecom Litigation against breach of fiduciary duty and other claims by JPMorgan Chase, as Indenture Trustee, on behalf of bondholders holding more than $700 million in bonds. All claims were dismissed. Represented a preeminent national law firm against claims by a producer of major motion pictures that the law firm allegedly failed adequately to investigate and warn the client of risks involved in the underlying transaction. All claims were dismissed. Represented numerous entities and high profile individuals in executive compensation and "raiding" disputes, including Credit Suisse, UBS and Lehman Bros. Represented one of the underwriters in the In re Worldcom, Inc. Securities Litigation. and settled on favorable terms.

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