David C Scheper

David Scheper is a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, internal investigations, and white collar criminal defense. A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, David is described in the authoritative Chambers USA professional directory as a “premier, go-to lawyer.”

In the civil arena, David’s practice is both international and varied; he has represented numerous businesses and financial institutions in federal and state courts throughout the country. He served as lead counsel for an international law firm facing allegations arising out of its defense of a client that operated a Ponzi scheme. After granting in its entirety a motion to dismiss, the Los Angeles Superior Court Judge stated that David’s client was “fully entitled to hire the A-team and get a great service as they did. I've never used the word “superb” before in a fee motion and I don’t know if I’ll ever use it again, but [your] work was certainly superb.”

In recent years, David served as lead counsel for a German-based manufacturer of wind turbines in multiple international arbitrations involving allegations of design defects and fraudulent inducement. His white collar practice is similarly diverse. He currently serves as lead counsel for a partner of an international law firm facing conflict of interest charges, and recently negotiated a deferred prosecution agreement in a food contamination case for an international restaurant chain.