David B. Siegel

David clerked for The Honorable Clarence C. Newcomer of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before joining Crowell & Moring.

He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, various district and courts of appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

David has served as Caterpillar's national counsel in the welding rod litigation and in the Company's friction products and silica litigations. He served as national counsel for the American Psychiatric Association in the Ritalin class action litigation. He has served as national counsel for DuPont in the Company's premises liability and benzene litigations. David was inducted into the DuPont Leaders Circle. David has served as national counsel for AT&T in the Company’s asbestos litigation. He served as national counsel for a major manufacturer of building products. David regularly provides strategic counseling for companies with a range of toxic tort or products liability claims.

Finally, David has counseled clients who were considering purchasing or investing in companies that face potential tort liabilities—including assessing potential risks and benefits of such proposed transactions as well as possible structures for such transactions.