David is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Miami office. He focuses his practice on appellate and complex commercial litigation, with particular emphasis on cases raising novel statutory and constitutional questions, defamation actions, civil RICO claims, and complex financial and trading matters.
David is known for his skilled written advocacy and regularly leads briefing in high-profile matters. At the trial level, David recently obtained complete dismissal of a sex-trafficking suit against a global content platform, as well as dismissal of a $150 million federal RICO suit against a foreign real estate developer. At the appellate level, he has helped author both a merits and an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court, as well as many briefs in the United States Courts of Appeals, including one on behalf of more than 20 members of Congress as amici curiae supporting a challenge to a multibillion-dollar SEC rule. David also led the briefing in defense of the validity of a $5 billion bond-validation judgment in an appeal pending before the Florida Supreme Court. David was described as “very talented” in a The American Lawyer article discussing his role in obtaining a yearlong injunction prohibiting enforcement of a Florida statute.
David is also the rare litigator who is just as comfortable in the throes of trial as writing case-winning briefs. David examined the lead witness at a trial that secured approval of favorable settlement for a renowned developer, enabling the sale of real estate valued at more than $120 million. He has also argued a motion to dismiss in federal district court, first- and second-chaired many depositions, and counseled executives of a multinational commodities firm in a complex white-collar investigation.
David rejoined the firm in 2023 after clerking for Judge Barbara Lagoa of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. David graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was a Supervising Editor on the Harvard Law Review.
- Harvard Law School
(J.D., cum laude, 2020)-
Harvard Law Review:
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Supervising Editor
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- Florida International University
(B.A., summa cum laude, 2016)
- The State Bar of Florida
- Note, State Courts and the Federalization of Arbitration Law, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 1184 (2021).
- Leading Case, Nielsen v. Preap, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 392 (2019)
- Recent Case, United States v. Touset: Eleventh Circuit Holds that Border Searches of Property Require No Suspicion, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 1112 (2019)
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Barbara Lagoa:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2022-2023
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga:
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2021-2022