David B Anders

David B. Anders is a partner in Wachtell Lipton’s Litigation Department. His practice focuses on the representation of Fortune 500 and other companies in connection with the defense of regulatory, white-collar criminal and complex civil litigation matters. He also regularly advises clients in connection with internal investigations and corporate governance and compliance reviews.

Joined Wachtell Lipton in 2006 and became partner in 2008. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Anders served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from September 1998 through December 2005. During his time at the U.S. Attorneys’ Office, he investigated and prosecuted a wide variety of securities, commodities, and other investment fraud schemes, money laundering, immigration, racketeering, and associated violent crime. He tried 13 felony cases to verdict, and briefed and argued numerous appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was involved in several significant prosecutions during that time, including the investigation and prosecution of the fraud at WorldCom.

Mr. Anders served on the New York State White-Collar Crime Task Force, which was charged with examining New York’s white-collar crime laws with the goal of recommending legislative and executive changes.

Mr. Anders is a frequent speaker at bar associations and professional organizations on issues relating to securities and commodities fraud and internal investigations. He was an associate adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law from 1997 through 2006.

He is an officer of the Board of Directors of the Fordham Law School Alumni Association and a director of the Fund for Modern Courts.

Dartmouth College

A.B.

1991

Fordham University School of Law

J.D.

1994