David R Buchanan

Practice Areas

Antitrust, Catastrophic Injury, Environmental Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Drug Injury, Whistleblower Claims, Securities Fraud, and Product Liability

Career

A senior partner at Seeger Weiss, Dave represents individual and corporate plaintiffs in state and federal courts throughout the country. His practice focuses on litigating and trying complex commercial and product liability matters. Dave’s docket involves a wide variety of cases, including pharmaceutical injury, product liability claims, trade secrets, commercial disputes, pension challenges, securities and investment fraud, and consumer claims. Though the scope of his cases is broad, they are usually large, national, high-stakes cases, generally destined for trial. By their nature, they are often centered in federal multi-district proceedings or analogous state coordinated proceedings, where Dave is often selected by his co-counsel or appointed by the courts to lead them as liaison counsel, lead counsel, or a member of plaintiffs’ executive/steering committee.

Having majored in chemistry and biology in undergrad, Dave’s scientific background is a ready asset featured in the technical and pharmaceutical cases in which he often focuses. He is likewise known for his extensive experience in the discovery and preservation of electronic information and has served as a consultant in this capacity for many other law firms. He is frequently invited to speak to an array of audiences and conferences—directed to practicing plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys, judges, students, and professional organizations—on issues concerning trial practice, discovery, and complex product liability litigation.

Professional Memberships

- American Association for Justice

- American Bar Association, Litigation Section

- International Society of Barristers

- The National Trial Lawyers

- New York State Trial Lawyers

- New Jersey Association for Justice

- Summit Council

Publications

- Presenter, New Jersey Association for Justice, Choice of Law Update, May 2019

- Moderator, Cardozo Law School BALLSA Alumni Group CLE: U.S.-Cuban Sanctions CLE Update, March 2016

- Moderator, Cardozo Law School BALLSA Alumni Group CLE: Tips from the Bench, moderated panel discussion with Ret. Hon. Ariel Belen, Hon. Dennis Nieves and Hon. Tanya Kennedy, April 2015

- Presenter, New York American Inn of Court CLE: Trial Practice and Experts, March 2013

- Presenter, New York American Inn of Court CLE: The Fourth Amendment and Privacy, April 2012

- Presenter, New York American Inn of Court CLE: Preservation, Cost-allocation, and Cooperation: An Exploration of E-Discovery Issues, March 2011