Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP
David is a skilled courtroom advocate and trusted business advisor for technology-focused companies facing high-stakes commercial and intellectual property disputes. As a partner in the IP & Technology Litigation Group at Robins Kaplan LLP, and a leader of the firm’s trade secret litigation practice, David provides pragmatic advice that aligns legal strategies with business goals, guiding his clients through complex legal disputes. David’s clients appreciate his leadership, integrity, and proven ability to deliver business-minded solutions for their most sophisticated commercial and IP-related challenges.
As an experienced trial attorney and counselor, David has represented clients from individual inventors and small businesses to Fortune 500 companies in the assertion and defense of their intellectual property and contractual rights. David’s record of success includes a judgment of more than $12 million for infringing upon patents covering audio player technology, as well as multiple confidential settlements in the maritime navigation industry involving the assertion of navigation and display patents applicable for navigating aircraft.
As defense counsel, David was lead trial counsel for two small-business clients in a jury trial on claims of copyright infringement, breach of contract, and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage; on the plaintiff’s jury demand of $27.4 million, a jury delivered a complete defense verdict in favor of our clients. The plaintiff had initially demanded over $160 million.
When not practicing law, David can be found on the sideline of a soccer, hockey, or softball game, or a dance competition, for one of his three children.
