David J Burman

Practice Areas

Antitrust & Unfair Competition Litigation

Patent Litigation

Class-Action Defense

Higher Education

Business Litigation

Consumer Protection

Trade Secrets

Trademark, Copyright, Internet & Advertising

Political Law

Trial Practice

Semiconductor

Interactive Entertainment

Educational Institutions & Services

Regulated Gaming

Sports

Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports

Career

David Burman is the former chair of the firm's Business Litigation practice, has served on its management and executive committees, and has acted as client service partner for one of the firm's largest institutional clients.

Dave has worked on many high-profile cases, including two arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. He was part of the trial contesting the 2004 Washington state governor's election, Costco Wholesale Corporation's precedent-setting antitrust and constitutional challenges to state wine and liquor laws, and the Yellow Pages publishers' successful constitutional challenge to municipal restrictions on distribution. He served as national counsel for defendants in two of the largest multidistrict litigations in Boston and Cleveland.

Dave was selected by judges as a representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and as a member of the national Civil Rules Advisory Committee and the Ninth Circuit Rules Advisory Committee. He was also chosen as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and as a member of the American Law Institute, where he was an advisor in drafting the Principles of Aggregate Litigation.