David Genender

Practice Areas

David Genender represents companies in high-stakes litigation. An experienced first-chair trial lawyer, he has represented clients in the energy, technology, private equity, professional services, real estate, and life sciences industries in disputes including trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, antitrust, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, environmental, product liability, post-acquisition accounting, royalty, and toxic tort matters in addition to typical breach of contract and commercial fraud cases. He has also handled class actions and multi-district litigation. In addition to representing clients in disputes, David counsels clients regarding dispute resolution agreements, risk management, and other matters designed to minimize litigation risk and/or exposure.

David routinely appears in federal and state courts as well as in arbitrations. Notable trial and arbitrations include a bet-the-company private equity arbitration in New York, an energy patent infringement jury trial involving transformational industry technology, an arbitration seeking forfeiture and damages in Oklahoma, and a trial against an institutional investor’s partner for breach of contract and defense of dozens of counterclaims in state court in Houston. More recently, David led his client through a five-year dispute starting in Texas state court before proceeding with a remote arbitration. David has argued appeals before state appellate courts in Texas and New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

David frequently speaks on litigation matters and has presented on topics including the CPA witness in the COVID-10 era, reasonable certainty and the AICPA practice aid, staff counsel, lawsuit economics, electronic discovery, and best practices for minimizing litigation risk.

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