David S. Siegel

David Siegel has helped thousands of people obtain redress through our court system. He has nearly 20 years of experience advising businesses and individuals in commercial disputes, product liability suits, mass tort actions, consumer class actions, and bankruptcy litigation.  His cross-border work includes arguing on behalf of clients located in the Philippines and Latin America, among other regions.

Representative Matters

• Currently representing investors who lost money in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.
• Currently representing investors in FINRA arbitration proceedings against brokerage firms.
• Currently representing physicians in actions against multiple health insurers for their fraudulent reimbursement practices.
• Successfully represented tens of thousands of overseas agricultural workers who sought recovery for injuries arising from exposure to pesticides banned in the United States. The litigation was brought in U.S. courts.
• Advised a class of Texas purchasers of workers’ compensation insurance in overcharge litigation, yielding settlements refunding the illegal overcharges.
• Successfully represented thousands of users of the diet drug combination fen-phen in cases brought across the country.
• Represented plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of business litigation contexts, including breach of contract, fraud, business interference, preference, fraudulent transfer, non-compete clause enforcement, trade secret matters, and fiduciary duty claims.
• Assisted with winning a substantial settlement for a class of purchasers of life insurance policies. The clients had been defrauded into their purchases by false representations about premium payments.
• Assisted with winning a $112,119,005 jury verdict after a three-week trial in a case brought under civil RICO against defendants who conspired to extort money from our corporate client and then tamper with trial witnesses.
• Helped obtain the release of a wrongly convicted person in a habeas proceeding. The client’s innocence was proven by DNA evidence.