David B. Siegel specializes in complex litigation, toxic tort and products litigation and counseling. He is the former Chair of the firm's Litigation Group. David has served as national coordinating counsel and national strategic counsel for companies with national "mass tort" litigations involving claims of both property damage and personal injury. David also has significant experience in working with clients to improve the cost effectiveness of large-scale litigation, including the expanded use of technology to improve efficiency and use of law firm networks to efficiently manage n
ational litigation.
David received his B.A. (summa cum laude) and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. He received his J.D. from Penn in 1979. He clerked for The Honorable Clarence C. Newcomer of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1979 before joining Crowell & Moring in 1981.
David is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, various district and courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
David serves as Caterpillar's National counsel in the welding rod litigation and in the Company's friction products liability litigation. He served as national counsel for the American Psychiatric Association in the Ritalin class action litigation. He presently serves as national counsel for DuPont in the Company's premises liability litigation and has served as national counsel for DuPont in the silica and benzene litigations. He also provides strategic counseling for companies with a range of toxic tort or products liability claims. Finally, David served as national counsel for a major manufacturer of building products in the asbestos-in-buildings litigation. He tried and won the first case brought by a State Attorney General against a manufacturer in that litigation.
David has written on ways to streamline the litigation process, e.g., "Creating a Fast-Track Alternative Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" (Notre Dame Law Review), "Cutting Transaction Costs Through Fast-Track Litigation" (National Legal Center for the Public Interest) and has used alternative dispute resolution techniques effectively in resolving claims in the toxic tort area.