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David A. Schnitzer

David
Schnitzer

Of Counsel

CONTACT INFO

dschnitzer@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 202.887.3775

FAX:+1 202.530.9611

Washington, D.C.

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036-5306 USA

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PRACTICE

Litigation Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Appellate and Constitutional Law Class Actions Labor and Employment

BIOGRAPHY

David A. Schnitzer is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses on high-stakes administrative law matters and other complex litigation.

Mr. Schnitzer has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star five times (2018-present), recognized by Best Lawyers as One To Watch for three straight years (2021-2023), and listed as a Rising Star in transportation by both Legal 500 (2019) and Law360 (2018).  He also served on Law360‘s Transportation Editorial Advisory Board, and is a recipient of the Burton Distinguished Legal Writing Award.

He represents clients before federal and state courts at the appellate and trial levels, as well as before a wide range of administrative agencies.  In addition to agency rulemaking and enforcement matters, Mr. Schnitzer is experienced in high-stakes general civil litigation, particularly those involving complex procedural and jurisdictional issues.  He is an experienced brief writer, and has argued before two federal courts of appeals and in several state courts.

Mr. Schnitzer also maintains an active pro-bono practice, with a particular focus on immigration.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Schnitzer worked in government and politics, 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 and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  In 2001, he earned Bachelor of Arts degrees from Columbia University, magna cum laude, and the Jewish Theological Seminary, summa cum laude.

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

EDUCATION

Georgetown University - 2013 Juris Doctor

Columbia University - 2001 Bachelor of Arts

Jewish Theological Seminary of America - 2001 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia Bar

Maryland Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - January 20, 2023 | Complying with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: Considerations for Employers
Client Alert - November 6, 2019 | Third Quarter 2019 Update on Class Actions
Client Alert - July 25, 2019 | Second Quarter 2019 Update on Class Actions
Firm News - July 11, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in 2019 U.S. Legal 500
Client Alert - October 24, 2018 | Third Quarter 2018 Update on Class Actions
Firm News - July 29, 2018 | Law360 Names Eight Gibson Dunn Lawyers as Rising Stars
Pro Bono News - March 21, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Team Named Among California Lawyers of the Year
Client Alert - September 5, 2017 | Trump Administration Rescinds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program
Article - August 11, 2017 | Plumbing the Depths of American Pipe
Client Alert - June 29, 2017 | Update on Immigration Executive Order
Client Alert - June 26, 2017 | United States Supreme Court Limits Class-Action Tolling
Client Alert - May 19, 2017 | First Quarter 2017 Update on Class Actions
Client Alert - March 16, 2017 | Court Orders Block Implementation of New Immigration Executive Order
Client Alert - March 7, 2017 | Analysis of March 6, 2017 Executive Order on Immigration
Client Alert - February 10, 2017 | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Issues Opinion Upholding Nationwide TRO of January 27 Immigration-Related Executive Order
Client Alert - February 1, 2017 | Recent Developments Regarding Executive Order on Immigration
Client Alert - January 30, 2017 | President Trump Issues Executive Order on Immigration
Article - August 20, 2015 | Inside EPA’s Plan For Reducing Methane Emissions
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