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David R. Gelfand is the Practice Group Leader of Milbank's National Litigation Department. He joined the Firm as an associate in 1987 and became a partner in 1996.
His litigation practice is highly diversified, with a concentration in complex civil and corporate litigation. Mr. Gelfand 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. 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 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 Association of the Bar of the City of New York where he served as a member of the Committee on Judicial Administration. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and DC Bar Association.
Mr. Gelfand received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1984. He received a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1987, where he served as an editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. | 