David B. Fawcett

David B. Fawcett

David Fawcett has successfully pursued fraud and punitive damage claims arising out of business transactions. He has also obtained many injunctions of various kinds on an emergency basis. David has obtained several jury verdicts, which rank among the largest in the country. He has handled scores of cases involving trade secrets and restrictive covenants.

David is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America since 2001. He has also been repeatedly selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® list. David previously served as an elected official in Allegheny County and has extensive community involvement with civic and charitable organizations.

David has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Legal Times, Of Counsel, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Charleston Gazette, and he has been interviewed on the Lou Dobbs Show and Nightline.

David's notable engagements include:

· Winning a fraud claim on behalf of a steel producer and collecting a jury verdict in an amount exceeding $267 million, including $100 million in punitive damages.

· Representing a small coal mining company in a tortious interference claim and winning a jury verdict in an amount exceeding $50 million, including $6 million in punitive damages.

· Representing a client in the United States Supreme Court in a landmark case involving the issue of when a judge must recuse himself from a case involving his political supporters.

· Protecting companies' confidential and trade secret information by obtaining injunctions to prevent former employees' and competitors' misuse of that information.

· Advising shareholders in closely held companies to avoid overreaching by majority shareholders.

· Winning and collecting a $7.2 million jury verdict rendered in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Virginia.

· Successfully obtaining a mandatory injunction on behalf of a steel producer requiring its raw materials supplier to ship product.

Before attending law school, David briefly taught high school English in a public high school in New York State. David is a frequent lecturer on trial tactics, courtroom strategy and witness examinations.

Publications & Speeches

W.V. Supreme Court Reconsiders Massey Case for 3rd Time, Note Media; Buchanan's Fawcett Continues Fight for Client in 10+ Year Battle
September 10, 2009

70 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys and Specialists Named Best Lawyers in America; Firm Ranks First in Several Categories
August 5, 2009

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Client in Landmark Decision, Sending Caperton v. Massey Back to WV Supreme Court,
June 10, 2009

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Litigation Attorney David Fawcett Noted in 100+ News Outlets for Roles in Supreme Court's Landmark Ruling on Behalf Client,
June 10, 2009

40 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List,
May 26, 2009

Pittsburgh Litigation Attorney Dave Fawcett Featured in Post-Gazette Article, Noted in Multiple Other Sources on Supreme Court's Hearing of Caperton v. Massey,
March 4, 2009

Fourteen Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected to Corporate Counsel Super Lawyers List,
February 20, 2009

Buchanan Client Severstal Wheeling Receives $267 Million in Damages Following Court Decision Rejecting Massey Appeal from Jury Verdict,
December 11, 2008

10-Year Battle Makes its Way to the Highest Court: United States Supreme Court to Hear Caperton vs. Massey,
November 18, 2008

Multiple Sources - Including The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, The New York Times - Note that High Court Will Hear Caperton vs. Massey,
November 17, 2008

Pittsburgh Litigation Attorney Dave Fawcett Quoted on Caperton vs. Massey Case in Post-Gazette,
September 24, 2008

David Fawcett Quoted on Supreme Court Petition in Legal Times,
August 27, 2008

Forty-Five Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Selected as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers,
May 28, 2008

VerdictSearch Ranks Wheeling-Pitt Verdict Seventh Among its National List of 'Top 100 Verdicts of 2007',
February 28, 2008

The National Law Journal Notes Wheeling-Pitt Verdict Among Prominent Cases of Businesses Suing Businesses,
February 19, 2008

Litigation Attorney Dave Fawcett Quoted in New York Times on Withdrawal of West Virginia Supreme Court Justice,
January 25, 2008

Wheeling-Pitt Verdict Recognized Among 'Cases of Note' in ALM's VerdictSearch,
December 24, 2007

Of Counsel Profile ... David Beats Goliath in Litigation That Might Signal Rise in Contingency Cases, interviewed by Of Counsel, Vol. 21, No.11,
November 2002

Civic & Charitable

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, trustee

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, trustee

Riverlife Task Force, member

Steel City Rowing, board member

Affiliations

Allegheny County Bar Association

American Bar Association

Pennsylvania Bar Association

American College of Trial Lawyers

Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County

Member, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation