Cohen & Gresser LLP

Litigation & Arbitration

Partner

David F. Lisner’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and arbitration. Dave has significant trial experience, most recently as part of the trial team defending Sam Bankman-Fried in his criminal trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He has represented entities and individuals in class action, securities, breach of contract, trusts and estates, environmental, antitrust, trade secret, tort, patent infringement, and white collar cases, among other matters. Dave has represented board committees of public and private companies in internal investigations initiated by management and through shareholder demands. He has also been appointed by the New York Supreme Court to serve as defense liaison counsel to help coordinate significant tort litigation involving thousands of proceedings.

Prior to joining the firm, Dave was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Dave is a graduate of Columbia University Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He also served as the Senior Editor of American Review of International Arbitration. Dave received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Emory University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Dave is recognized in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America guide for his work in civil and criminal litigation and investigations. Super Lawyers has also recognized Dave on its annual New York Metro list for business litigation and previously named him a Rising Star.

Columbia Law School (J.D., 2009); Emory University (B.A.,summa cum laude, 2006); London School of Economics and Political Science (General Course, 2005)