David Myre is a trial lawyer and partner in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office. His practice is distinguished by a proven track record of success at trial and arbitration. For plaintiffs, he has secured significant damages awards, obtained critical injunctive relief advancing his clients’ business interests or protecting their core technologies, and prevailed in complex corporate governance and management disputes. For defendants, he has obtained complete defense verdicts in securities fraud, breach of contract, and wrongful termination actions, and defeated multiple injunctions brought by competitors seeking to disrupt the commercialization of his clients’ products.
He represents a broad range of companies and individuals including venture capital and private equity funds, cutting-edge technology and biotech companies, real estate firms, and high net worth individuals and executives. David has obtained favorable outcomes across a diverse set of subject matters, including cases involving trade secret misappropriation, securities fraud, breach of contract, construction and real estate litigation, corporate governance disputes, and employment claims. His litigation experience spans a wide array of venues, with his practice focused in particular on California, Delaware, and New York state and federal courts, as well as AAA and JAMS arbitrations.
Examples of David’s victories include defending a technology company in a bench trial where he secured a complete defense verdict on claims for Section 10(b) securities fraud, common law fraud, and breach of contract; obtaining a nine-figure arbitration award for a professional sports team in a breach of contract action related to broadcasting fees; obtaining an award following a bench trial that invalidated a city ordinance which had restricted a real estate developer’s activities; and obtaining a complete defense verdict following a jury trial in a dispute with a company’s former employee over wrongful termination and commission payments.
- Accenture
- Alumis, Inc.
- C3.ai
- Foresite Capital Management
- IAC, Inc.
- NowDiagnostics
- Redis Ltd.
- Samsung
- Salesforce
- Twist Bioscience
Trials, Arbitrations, and Evidentiary Matters
- Defended technology company in a bench trial brought by investors in the company, securing a complete defense verdict on claims for Section 10(b) securities fraud, common law fraud, and breach of contract. The Court also awarded defendants all attorney’s fees and costs associated with defending the action.
- Represented plaintiff in a bench trial involving a complex LLC management dispute, obtaining award permitting client to participate in the management of a multi-billion dollar real estate empire.
- Obtained nine-figure arbitration award for professional sports team in breach of contract action related to fees owed to it by a broadcasting station.
- Represented real estate developer in a bench trial against the City of Oakland, prevailing on breach of contract claims and invalidating a local ordinance that had restricted the developer’s activities.
- Defended technology company in a dispute with former employee over wrongful termination and commission payments, securing a complete defense verdict following jury trial.
- Represented departed founders of a venture capital firm in a confidential arbitration regarding their right to returns from the fund.
- Obtained arbitration award for technology company in breach of contract action against reseller for improper “gray marketing” of the company’s product, while also defeating counterclaims asserted by the reseller.
- Represented a senior executive in a confidential arbitration against a company, asserting claims for wrongful termination and defamation.
- Represented start-up technology company in a jury trial, securing a breach of contract verdict against a major telecommunications company.
- Defended client in arbitration involving a dispute over a significant California construction project.
- Represented multi-national construction company in an arbitration against a former employee for trade secret misappropriation, securing expedited injunctive relief.
- Defeated motion for temporary restraining order in trade secret case, allowing a medical diagnostics company to continue commercialization of its primary testing product.
- Obtained temporary restraining order against former general counsel of cryptocurrency client for alleged theft of proprietary trade secret technology.
- Following evidentiary hearing, defeated motion for preliminary injunction seeking to prevent online gaming company’s primary revenue-generating game from remaining on the App Store based on trade secret claims.
Other Representative Matters
- Represented venture capital firm in a securities case against portfolio company for fraudulent inducement related to DNA sequencing technology investment, with litigation leading to the defendant’s bankruptcy.
- Obtained settlement for media conglomerate one day before jury trial, and following favorable summary judgment ruling, in a dispute over the valuation of a privately-held company.
- Defeated fraudulent inducement and federal securities fraud claims on motion to dismiss based on anti-reliance language in an investment agreement.
- Represented investor in a securities fraud suit against a real estate investment fund, securing the return of all invested funds.
- Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of software company on eve of preliminary injunction hearing that threatened to halt marketing of its core product in trade secret dispute.
- Defended DNA sequencing company in a bet-the-company trade secret litigation, obtaining favorable settlement pre-trial while dispositive motions were pending.
- Successfully defended technology company in software implementation dispute, resulting in plaintiff dropping all claims while dismissal motion was pending.
- While at a prior firm, represented plaintiff in a $1.1 billion breach of contract case related to failed collateralized loan obligations which plaintiff prevailed on at trial.
- Representing consulting company in breach of contract dispute involving IT infrastructure implementation project.
- Representing biotechnology company in dispute involving collaboration agreement related to the development of a new drug product.
- Representing consulting firm in a negligence case involving the installation of fire safety measures in a public hospital.
- Defending venture capital firm, portfolio company, and its Board in a corporate governance dispute brought by former founder.
- Accounting & Financial Reporting Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Corporate Governance Litigation
- Delaware Practice
- Investment Advisor & Asset Manager Litigation
- Life Science: Biotechnology
- Litigation Representing Plaintiffs
- Partnership and Founders Dispute Litigation
- Venture Capital Litigation
- Investment Fund Litigation
- Trade Secret Litigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Private Equity Fund Litigation
- Employment Litigation
- Domestic U.S. Arbitration
- New York University School of Law
(J.D. 2010) - University of Washington
(B.A. Accounting, with Distinction, 2007)
- The State Bar of California
- The State Bar of New York
- United States District Court:
- Northern District of California
- Eastern District of California
- Southern District of California
- Central District of Illinois
- District of Kansas
- Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals:
- Third Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP:
- Associate, 2010-2015