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140 BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10005
NEW YORK
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David Schwartz
Work Department
Securities Litigation
Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
David J. Schwartz is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Sucharow LLP, focusing on event-driven and special situation litigation using legal strategies to enhance clients’ investment returns.
David has been named a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation and was also selected, three years in a row, to their “40 & Under Hot List,” which recognized him as one of the nation’s most accomplished attorneys. He has also been featured in Lawdragon’s Lawyer Limelight series.
Over the last several years, David has helped secure leadership roles on behalf of his clients in some of the largest pending securities class action and SPAC litigations, including cases against Lordstown, Nikola, Alta Mesa, Paypal, and others.
David’s extensive experience includes prosecuting, as well as defending against, securities and corporate governance actions for an array of domestic and international clients, including retail investors, hedge funds, merger arbitrageurs, pension funds, mutual funds, and asset management companies. He has played a pivotal role in some of the largest securities class action cases in recent years—including a milestone CA$129.5 million settlement in In re CannTrust, Inc. Securities Litigation and a $55 million settlement in In re Resideo Securities Litigation (one of the three largest in the Eighth Circuit). David has also done substantial work in mergers and acquisitions appraisal litigation and direct action/opt-out litigation.
Among other cases, David is currently prosecuting In re Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. Securities Litigation; In re Mindbody, Inc. Securities Litigation; and several international appraisal actions.
Education
Fordham University School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2008
The University of Chicago
Bachelor’s Degree, with honors, 2003