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David M. Brodsky

David M. Brodsky

www.lw.com
Partner
Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation and
Professional Liability Practice Group
Latham & Watkins
New York, New York

David M. Brodsky is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins, and Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation and Professional Liability Practice Group. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. Brodsky served as Managing Director and General Counsel – Americas at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) from 1999 to 2002, and was chairman of the Litigation Department of Schulte Roth & Zabel from 1980 to 1999.

With more than 30 years trial experience as both a federal prosecutor and private practitioner, Mr. Brodsky's practice focuses primarily on securities litigation with particular focus on internal investigations, SEC and other regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, securities actions and white collar criminal inquiries and prosecutions.

In recent years, in publicly-reported matters, he has represented Morgan Stanley, Societe Generale, CIBC, E&Y LLP, Footstar, Inc., Cambrex Corporation, Emcor Corporation, and numerous other public companies and their senior executives. In enforcement and other private matters, he has represented numerous Audit Committees, Boards of Directors, and officers, including General Counsel, of publicly-traded and privately-held companies, both domestic and foreign.

Mr. Brodsky is a frequent lecturer in forums on shareholder actions, securities enforcement, both civil and criminal, internal investigations, corporate attorney-client privilege, corporate ethics, and the roles of audit committees and boards of directors in crisis management in programs sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Practicing Law Institute, American Lawyer Conferences and American Conference Institute.

Mr. Brodsky was named by Chambers & Partners as one of the best business lawyers in the United States in 2004 and 2005 in both securities litigation and in white collar criminal litigation and enforcement. He was also recently named by Lawdragon Magazine as one of the Leading Litigators in America.

Mr. Brodsky has written numerous works on litigation topics, including "Federal Securities Litigation: A Deskbook for the Practitioner" (co-author with Daniel J. Kramer); "Opening Statements in Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts;" "Judgments in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts;" and "The Planning Process in Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel."

Mr. Brodsky is a member of the New York and District of Columbia Bars, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third and D.C. Circuits, and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York and the Northern District of Texas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a life member of The American Law Institute.

Education

JD, Harvard Law School, 1967
AB, Brown University, 1964