Press Release 12.20.23
Pillsbury Trial Team Wins $54 Million Jury Verdict in Oil Cargo Case for CITGO
Source: Bloomberg, Reuters, Law360, Business Insurance, Law.com
Sources describe David as 'eloquent,' 'outstanding,' 'expert in the practice area,' and a 'very strong negotiator … admired … for his extensive experience.'
David Klein, a Pillsbury Litigation partner, is repeatedly recognized in Chambers USA for his skill in resolving insurance coverage disputes through litigation and negotiation.
David brings extensive experience in insurance matters involving general and excess liability, pollution legal liability, first party/business interruption, fidelity/crime, directors and officers, and errors and omissions coverage. He has resolved insurance-related environmental and asbestos claims worth billions of dollars for his corporate clients in the petrochemical, mining and metals, forest products, transportation, aviation, financial, manufacturing and utilities industries, among others. He also advises clients on proposed terms of coverage at placement and renewal. In addition to his track record as a litigator, negotiator, and adviser, David has also served as party arbitrator in commercial insurance disputes.
Representing and advising Vale Canada Limited in multijurisdictional litigation (including in New York and Ontario), and in associated settlement negotiations and mediation, involving insurance coverage for environmental claims principally located in Canada
On a pro bono basis, argued before the United States Supreme Court in United States v, Abu Zubaydah, 595 U.S. __ (2021), a case testing the application of the state secrets privilege to block discovery in aid of a foreign investigation of alleged CIA torture at overseas “dark sites”
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“Insured Injuries under Coverage A: Bodily Injury, Property Damage, and Products-Completed Operations Hazard,” chapter, The Reference Handbook on the Commercial General Liability Policy (American Bar Association, 3d ed. 2022).
“New Roads: Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Law and Insurance,” Westlaw Journal: Insurance Coverage, Authors: David F. Klein, July 18, 2018
“'Viking Pump': Landmark Victory for Policyholders, New York Law Journal,” Authors: Joseph D. Jean, David F. Klein, May 29, 2016
Education
J.D., Yale Law School, 1988
Executive Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation
B.A., Boston University, 1985
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
Courts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Clerkships
Honorable Julia Cooper Mack, District of Columbia Court of Appeals