David Hodges Email & Phone Number

Arlington, VA

David Hodges is an attorney at IJ. David defends the civil rights of clients in court and works toward the same end in legislatures across the country.

Chatham

• Develops discreet solutions for high­-profile clients within the communications litigation space, ensuring that reputational threats are limited or countered, and works with legal teams to certify compliance with.
• Negotiates and drafts agreements for clients ranging from non­profit organizations to global corporations.
• Built the Governor’s STEM Scholars Program, an innovative public­-private partnership of the Governor’s Office, Fortune 100 companies, and top research universities to ensure the state continues to be a global STEM.
• Raised over $350,000 to fund the Program, earned national media coverage, achieved a 95% participant satisfaction rate,manages Program staff and volunteers, and organizes periodic events and quarterly conferences for.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Specialized in pretrial litigation issues, eDiscovery, and international arbitration and jurisdictional claims, focusing on antitrust, interstate insurance fraud, breach of contract, and other fiduciary matters.
• Translated French case components and researched how to resolve international arbitration claims based on choice of law issues.
• Worked with case team to identify specific client vulnerabilities and address them within the discovery process while ensuring compliance with the law and judicial orders.

Proofread, researched, spaded, and blue-booked dozens of law review articles and notes; helped organize annual international law symposium; and authored comment, “High Seas, High Risks: WMD Proliferation in a Post-9/11 World.”

Performed legal research and writing; drafted published and unpublished opinions under the direction of the judge; proofed and cite-checked proposed opinions; researched novel legal issues; prepared oral and written presentations on the D.C court system; assisted the judge in preparing a speech for the D.C. Courts Judicial Conference.

Drafted motions, researched cases, performed document review, assisted in trial preparation, drafted interrogatories and requests for production of documents for a senior attorney. Learned about negligence and insurance law, prepared cross-examination questions, discussed client issues, and assisted in litigation.

As sole researcher for a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer, provided analysis and research on many legal, political, and international issues, as well as assistance with columns, speeches, and media appearances.

Managed award-winning staff of six editors and 20 writers for award-winning student newspaper. Reported nearly 50 stories, helped design paper’s layout, edited 40 stories per week, and organized news placement for each issue.

Researched Middle East policy issues for Michael Eisenstadt and Max Abrahms

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: American University International Law Review Federalist Society Jewish Law Students Association

Ba, Middle East

Activities and Societies: The Eagle (Student Newspaper) Facilitating Leadership in Youth Washington Institute for Near East Policy