David A. Schnitzer is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses on appellate, administrative law, and complex civil litigation. He regularly appears before a wide variety of courts and administrative agencies at both the federal and state levels.

Mr. Schnitzer was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2018, and he served on the Transportation Editorial Advisory Board for Law360. Prior to his legal career, Mr. Schnitzer worked in the government and political sphere, including positions at the Department of Defense, for two United States Senators, and on two presidential campaigns.

Mr. Schnitzer earned a Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2013, where he was an executive editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.  He was recognized with a Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award in 2013.  He earned Bachelors of Arts from Columbia University, magna cum laude, and the Jewish Theological Seminary, summa cum laude, in 2001.

Mr. Schnitzer is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States; the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Fourth, and Eighth Circuits; the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; and the courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia.