David S. Stone

Administrative Partner
Short Hills

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dstone@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

False Claims Act

Intellectual Property

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., 1984; Assistant to Professors Laurence Tribe and Alan Dershowitz

Harvard University, B.A. , magna cum laude, Psychology, 1979; John Harvard Scholarship

Admissions

New York

United States Supreme Court

United States District Courts: District of New Jersey, the Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of Massachusetts and the District of Minnesota

David Stone oversees the firm’s false claims litigation practice area.

Since joining the firm as a partner, Mr. Stone has headed up the trial team which recently obtained a $163 million settlement on behalf of the Government and the firm’s client Relator against Medco Pharmaceutical Corporation and is handling numerous additional False Claims Act cases venued throughout the country both sealed and unsealed. In addition, Mr. Stone recently concluded the successful defense of a number of well-known New Jersey companies in a civil price-fixing class action and related criminal investigation, is defending several Fortune 500 companies in ongoing securities litigations, is representing several Fortune 500 companies in intellectual property litigations, and is representing various corporations and high net individuals in complex commercial litigations pending throughout the United States.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stone was a founding name partner of the firm Freedman & Stone and a founding partner of the firm Stern & Greenberg with the former, Honorable Herbert J. Stern. In his years prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stone was involved in numerous complex trials and appeals in both federal and state court. Among the matters in which Mr. Stone participated were the appeal in State of Rhode Island v. Claus Von Bulow, the defense of W.R. Grace in City of Woburn v. W.R. Grace, et al., the representation of the Estate of Doris Duke and various litigations pertaining to the probate of that Estate, a successful multi-million dollar malpractice action in the State of Minnesota; a successful multi-million dollar Medicare False Claims Act action in the State of Minnesota, serving as lead counsel in the defense of a class action against 28 temporary technical service firms by the California Pension Fund and numerous successful appeals on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, various trade associations and individuals. Mr. Stone also served as special appellate counsel to The Medical Society of New Jersey and Hertz Claims Management Corporation and currently also serves as special antitrust counsel to The Medical Society of New Jersey and, in that capacity, is responsible for drafting legislation and regulations to implement the Joint Negotiations Law permitting physicians to negotiate with health maintenance organizations.

Previously, Mr. Stone served as outside General Counsel of YankeeNets, LLC where he was co-trial counsel with David Boies in a successful suit to recover the New York Yankees' television rights from Madison Square Garden Network.

Mr. Stone has been a guest speaker and panelist in numerous seminars, including seminars conducted for the benefit of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Medical Society of Colorado. Mr. Stone also participated in the presentation of testimony on antitrust and healthcare before Congressional Subcommittee on Antitrust and Healthcare.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Advisory Board Taxpayers Against Fraud: Trial Lawyers Association
Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation (General Counsel)
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Board of Directors)
Smart Foundation (Board of Directors)
Yivo Institute (Board of Overseers)
Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law School, 2001-2002

Selected Publications

Who Really Won the Microsoft Appeal?, New York Law Journal, Computer and Internet Lawyer (Oct. 2001)