Overview
Legal Design
David is a leader in the emerging field of legal design, which uses design thinking to address challenges facing participants and advocates in our legal system. David serves as an Advisory Board Member for Stanford’s Center on the Legal Profession and helps coordinate our firm’s activities as an official Partner with the Center’s Legal Design Lab.
Past Experience
Prior to joining Faegre Drinker, David was a litigator in Washington, D.C., serving as a trial attorney in the Honors Program of the United States Department of Justice, a litigation associate at Covington & Burling, and a litigation associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Firm Leadership
David is a past member of the firm's board.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
California
Minnesota
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Hon. Levin H. Campbell, 1989-1990
Education
Harvard Law School
J.D. magna cum laude (1989)
University of Minnesota
B.A. summa cum laude (1985)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- Design Thinking Sprint
CLE, CEO Strategic Leadership Forum, 2018
- Design Thinking in Technology
Silicon Valley Business Journal Seminar, 2017 - Winning Trials With the Power Trial Method
Albuquerque, Anchorage, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Minneapolis, Nashville, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, others, 2000-17 - The Lost Art of Cross Examination
Alaska Annual Bar Convention, Juneau, 2017 - Delivering an Effective Opening Statement in Plaintiff Cases (Plaintiff v. Defendant)
Patent Litigation 2017: Practising Law Institute, Chicago, 2017 - A Whirlwind Tour of Everything You Need to Know to Win Your Trial in Federal Court
CLE Webinar, 2017 - The Past, Present and Future of Data
Silicon Valley Business Journal Seminar, 2016 - Winning Patent Litigation Casebook (4th Edition)
Faegre Baker Daniels, 2016 - The Power Trial Method (2nd Edition)
National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2014
Leadership & Community
Civic Activities
- Stanford Law School's Center on the Legal Profession — Advisory Board Member
- Stanford Law School's Introduction to Legal Design Course — Coach
- Stanford Law School's Legal Design Lab — Official Partner
Firm Leadership
- Board Member, 2020-21
Honors
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Super Lawyers, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2005-19
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BTI Consulting Group — BTI Client Service All-Star, 2016
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Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) 250: The World's Leading Patent Litigators, 2016
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Best Lawyers®— Patent Litigation, 2013-22
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Acritas — Star Lawyer, 2019
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Managing Intellectual Property — "IP Star," 2017, 2020-21
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Benchmark Litigation — Intellectual Property, 2017, 2019
- National Law Journal — Top 10 Winning Litigators, 2009
- The American Lawyer — Litigation's Rising Stars, 2008