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David R. Gelfand is a partner in Milbank’s National Litigation Department. He joined the Firm as an associate in 1987 and became a partner in 1996. From 2001 through 2009, Mr. Gelfand was the Practice Group Leader of the Litigation Department. Mr. Gelfand’s litigation practice is highly diversified, with a concentration in complex civil and corporate litigation. He regularly represents financial institutions and corporations in class actions, securities and bankruptcy litigation cases, and he has tried jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Gelfand also has extensive experience representing clients in fiduciary and estate litigation. He has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America for general commercial litigation by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation and New York Super Lawyers. Mr. Gelfand has authored articles and lectured on various aspects of litigation and trial practice.Mr. Gelfand is admitted to practice before the Bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Mr. Gelfand serves on the Disciplinary Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, First Department. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Fund for Modern Courts, a nonprofit organization committed to improving the administration of justice in New York. Mr. Gelfand is also a member of the American Bar Association and DC Bar Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York where he served in the Committee on Judicial Administration.Mr. Gelfand received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1984. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1987, where he served as an editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
David R. Gelfand is a partner in Milbank’s National Litigation Department. He joined the Firm as an associate in 1987 and became a partner in 1996. From 2001 through 2009, Mr. Gelfand was the Practice Group Leader of the Litigation Department.
Mr. Gelfand’s litigation practice is highly diversified, with a concentration in complex civil and corporate litigation. He regularly represents financial institutions and corporations in class actions, securities and bankruptcy litigation cases, and he has tried jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts throughout the country. Mr. Gelfand also has extensive experience representing clients in fiduciary and estate litigation. He has been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in America for general commercial litigation by Chambers USA, Benchmark Litigation and New York Super Lawyers. Mr. Gelfand has authored articles and lectured on various aspects of litigation and trial practice.Mr. Gelfand is admitted to practice before the Bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Mr. Gelfand serves on the Disciplinary Committee of the New York State Supreme Court, First Department. He is a member of the Board of Directors of The Fund for Modern Courts, a nonprofit organization committed to improving the administration of justice in New York. Mr. Gelfand is also a member of the American Bar Association and DC Bar Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York where he served in the Committee on Judicial Administration.Mr. Gelfand received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1984. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1987, where he served as an editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.
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