David I. Schifrin

David Schifrin is first and foremost a litigator. Adept at synthesizing complex facts and legal argument in support of his clients, David is a loyal and tireless advocate with a proven track record of success.

David brings these skills to bear in products liability, toxic tort, and environmental matters across the country. He served as trial counsel in the first ever trial involving claims of environmental PFAS contamination and litigates other PFAS-related personal injury cases involving claims of negligence, public/private nuisance, trespass, and strict products liability. David has also led case work-up in a multimillion-dollar products liability litigation involving personal injury and product liability claims stemming from plaintiffs’ alleged exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides.

David’s practice includes extensive expert discovery work, including taking expert depositions and preparing and defending expert witnesses at deposition and trial. He has a knack for helping experts develop into effective testifiers capable of providing readily digestible and jury-friendly testimony on complex scientific topics. In addition to his expert work, David has considerable experience preparing corporate witnesses in both their personal and representative capacities, drafting dispositive and other motions, and managing corporate discovery issues, including the review and analysis of corporate documents to prepare strategic defenses to likely liability themes.

Prior to joining the firm, David worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Anthony C. Epstein at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In that capacity, he drafted orders resolving dispositive, discovery-related, and post-trial motions, and conducted appellate review of magistrate decisions. Following law school, David served as Assistant Attorney General at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Civil Litigation Division, where he cut his teeth defending the District in civil lawsuits in both state and federal court. His litigation responsibilities included extensive motions practice, oral argument, taking and defending depositions of both expert and lay witnesses, discovery, settlement negotiations, and direct and cross-examination of witnesses at trial.

David received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown Law, where he was Staff Editor of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with College Honors and a B.A. in economics.