David Cheifetz

Background

About David Cheifetz

David Cheifetz has nearly two decades of experience litigating all aspects of complex commercial cases for professional services firms and other business entities. His practice focuses principally on defending major accounting and consulting organizations from claims alleging up to billions of dollars in damages for professional malpractice, securities fraud, and other alleged misconduct. In addition to litigation, David also assists those clients in responding to regulatory inquiries, complying with professional standards, and mitigating risk. Of note, David frequently defends high-profile lawsuits brought against his professional services firm clients by trustees, foreign liquidators, and receivers following large-scale corporate frauds or bankruptcies, and he has been at the forefront of the development of defenses like in pari delicto, which preclude a corporation or its insolvency representatives from suing its outside professional advisors to recover for a fraud committed by the corporation’s own managers. David is also an expert on jurisdictional issues and often advises non-US based entities on reducing the risk of and defending against US-based litigation.Most recently, David has been one of the lead attorneys defending McKinsey & Co. in opioid-related multidistrict litigation. David received his law degree, cum laude, from Boston College Law School and his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University.