David Lender Email & Phone Number

I serve as Co-Chair of Weil’s global Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. I have more than 25 years of experience trying and litigating complex international commercial disputes in state and federal courts around the country, as well as in arbitration proceedings. I oversee a multi-disciplinary practice that encompasses matters involving RICO, patent, antitrust, consumer fraud, and contracts issues, among others, including in the class action context. My trial record includes trying more than 20 cases to verdict as a first chair – many of which have resulted in verdicts implicating hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.I've been recognized by The American Lawyer as a Litigator of the Year (2020), by the National Law Journal as a Litigation Trailblazer (2018), and by Benchmark Litigation as a Top 100 U.S. Trial Lawyer (2018-2020). I'm recognized as one of the top commercial litigators in New York by Chambers USA, and as one of the top commercial litigators nationally by Legal 500.I am on the Executive Board of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest and recently won a jury verdict in the Southern District of New York for a prisoner in a §1983 lawsuit.This material may be considered attorney advertising under certain rules of professional attorney conduct.

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