David Brownstein

David Brownstein has over 35 years of experience litigating antitrust matters, class actions, and business disputes in federal and state courts and in administrative forums. He often provides guidance to clients on competition law issues related to information sharing, distribution and pricing issues. He has represented companies in a broad spectrum of industries, including traditional manufacturing, professional services, utilities, semiconductor manufacturing, banking, and payment processing companies. He has litigated business torts, antitrust claims, consumer class actions, and tax cases, among many other types of litigation for defendants and plaintiffs alike.

Prior to forming Farmer Brownstein Jaeger, David practiced for 19 years with Heller Ehrman LLP as a Shareholder and served as Managing Shareholder of the San Francisco office of Heller Ehrman from 2000 through 2003, and was a Partner at Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe from 2008 until 2012.

David is a Chambers-ranked lawyer for antitrust law in California. David has been selected as a Northern California Super Lawyer in the field of antitrust litigation for the last fifteen years. In 2022, David was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a global honorary society that recognizes attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. Membership is limited to just one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction.