David L. Zifkin

Associate
Santa Monica

t: 310.395.5800
f: 310.578.7898

dzifkin@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property

Investigations / Corporate Governance

Pro Bono

Securities Litigation

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D., 2004; American Jurisprudence Award (ADR Process, Policy); Prosser Prize for Evidence; Moot Court Writing Award

University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude, History/Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 1999; Dean's List; Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Prize in History

Admissions

District of Columbia and California

United States District Courts: Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California

United States Courts of Appeal: Ninth Circuit

David Zifkin's main practice areas are trial and appellate litigation. He is a general litigator, with substantial experience across a variety of areas of law.

Mr. Zifkin has successfully represented individuals and entities in complex and important litigation throughout the country. The cases Mr. Zifkin has handled often involve unusually high stakes. In that regard, for example, he represented Genesco Inc. in its successful litigation against The Finish Line Inc. and UBS AG to obtain specific performance of a $1.5 billion merger agreement.

Mr. Zifkin has broad experience in a number of important substantive areas. He has successfully litigated a wide variety of commercial disputes, as well as cases raising unique legal issues under state and federal copyright, trademark, antitrust and securities laws, the False Claims Act, and California's Unfair Competition Law and Unfair Practices Act.

In addition to his litigation work, Mr. Zifkin has conducted internal corporate investigations, including the internal review of business and accounting practices for a major reinsurer.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Zifkin worked for the Milken Family Foundation in Santa Monica, California where he participated in projects to improve public education. He conducted research on the importance of creativity in learning and co-authored an article based on that research.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association

Selected Publications and Presentations

Update author of Chapter 5 (Antitrust) of California Business Litigation (2008), a two volume attorney's handbook published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar.

Schacter, J., Thum, Y.M., & Zifkin, D., Does Teaching Creatively Increase Student Achievement?, Journal of Creative Behavior, 2006 Vol. 40, No. 1