"A good litigator is a student of human nature: he tries to understand his adversary's point of view, and then he uses both litigation tools and common sense to obtain justice for his client."
David S. Stellings
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"One of the nation's premier plaintiffs' firms."
American Lawyer
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"Representing the best qualities of the plaintiffs' bar."
The National Law Journal
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"Their effective and caring advocacy for clients has earned Lieff Cabraser its first-class reputation."
The Daily Journal
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Super Lawyers Nationwide
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Attorneys
Obtaining Great Results For His Clients
David represents businesses and individuals from around the world in complex consumer, commercial and financial fraud litigation in federal and state courts. For the last fifteen years, David has focused on consumer fraud, financial fraud, antitrust, and breach of contract cases. He has recovered approximately $1.5 billion dollars for his clients.
David currently is part of the leadership team in the Checking Account Overdraft litigation pending in federal court in Miami, Florida. The lawsuits charge that the banks changed the order of debit card transactions for the purpose of maximizing the number of times they could assess their customers overdraft fees. On November 7, 2011, the judge in the litigation granted final approval to a $410 million settlement with Bank of America. Litigation continues against the remaining forty or so banks in the case.
David is co-lead counsel in several cases pending in federal court in Virginia, in which plaintiffs allege that certain oil and natural gas companies improperly underpaid gas royalties to the owners of the gas. In one case that recently settled, David recovered for his clients approximately 95% of the damages they suffered. David also brokered settlements on behalf of natural gas royalty owners in five other class actions outside Virginia. Those settlements -- in which class members recovered between 70% and 100% of their damages, excluding interest -- were valued at more than $160 million.
David played a leading role in the firm’s consumer fraud and antitrust litigation on behalf of businesses and consumers in New York, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee against Microsoft Corporation. The landmark litigation charged Microsoft with having committed anticompetitive conduct, violations of state deceptive and unfair business practices statutes, and overcharging of businesses and consumers for Windows and other software. The settlements in the litigation totaled over $700 million.
David also represents major music publishers -- as well as the largest music publisher trade organization -- in a significant copyright infringement case against YouTube and Google.
Awards & Honors
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"New York Metro Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers, 2012
- "Lawdragon Finalist," Lawdragon, 2009
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Super Lawyers Nationwide
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