David W Kinkopf

Practice Areas

Education

Employment

Litigation

Land Use and Government Affairs

Religious Freedom/First Amendment Litigation

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Permanent Member

Maryland State Bar Association

National Diocesan Attorneys Association, Executive Committee

The Lawyers' Round Table, Secretary-Treasurer

U.S. District Court Bench-Bar Liaison Committee

Career

Dave Kinkopf is a litigator with extensive experience as lead counsel in disputes involving civil litigation, religious and nonprofit organizations, employment law and land use. He represents entities and individuals in complex discrimination, constitutional, and commercial litigation in federal and state courts. A number of Dave’s employment and land use lawsuits resulted in published opinions.

Work Highlights

A permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, Dave was appointed by the Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit to serve as the Maryland representative on the Fourth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures.

Dave is a ranked lawyer in the Chambers USA 2022 guide in Litigation: General Commercial, and is recognized by Best Lawyers in America 2020 as one of Maryland’s leading litigation lawyers.

Experience

He served a clerkship with the Honorable J. Frederick Motz, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland prior to joining the firm.

Education