David W. Kesselman

David W. Kesselman is a partner with Blecher & Collins. Since joining the firm in 2000, he has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters including: antitrust, unfair competition, business torts, copyright, class action, wrongful termination and professional malpractice cases. Mr. Kesselman has experience in all facets of civil litigation, including examination of lay and expert witnesses at trial, arguing dispositive motions and taking and defending depositions in state and federal litigation matters. He has appellate experience and has argued cases before federal & state appellate courts. He has been selected as a "Rising Star" in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 editions of Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine.

Significant Matters:

• Defended a Taiwan based company against breach of contract and business tort claims in federal district courts.
• Represented a U.S. based company against a large multinational conglomerate in a business interference lawsuit involving military procurement contracts in the Republic of Korea.
• Defended a national motion picture theater chain against alleged antitrust claims brought by a competitor motion picture theater.
• Represented three separate classes of music composers and owners of sound recordings against major television studios and distributors for failure to pay licensing fees in violation of federal Copyright Law.
• Represented a company in a professional malpractice suit arising out of an antitrust case.
• Represented an individual in a wrongful termination against a multinational conglomerate.
• Represented a U.S.-based company against a company based in the Federal Republic of Germany for breach of contract and business torts.
• Defended a transportation company in an alleged below cost pricing lawsuit brought by a smaller competitor.

Education:

B.A., University of California, Irvine (1994)
M.A., London School of Economics (1995)
J.D., University of California, Davis  (1999)
U.C. Davis Lasky Antitrust Award
Member, U.C. Davis Law Review

Teaching Experience:

Adjunct Professor, Antitrust Law, Loyola Law School (2009, 2010, 2011).
Lecturer, Business Law, California State University, Northridge (2010).

Publications:

"Changing Channels," Op-ed in Los Angeles Daily Journal, October 30, 2007 (with Maxwell Blecher)

Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, The State Bar of California, California State Antitrust And Unfair Competition Law (Chapter 16) (Cheryl Lee Johnson ed. & Matthew Bender & Co. 2009) (Contributing author and co-editor of Unfair Competition Chapter)

Bar Admissions:

1999 State Bar of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Professional Affiliations:

State Bar of California
Executive Committee Member, State Bar of California Antitrust And Unfair Competition Law Section (Fall 2011 - present). 
American Bar Association
Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Los Angeles County Bar Association

Speaking Engagements:

Panelist, "Standing and Class Certification in Unfair Competition Law Cases," The 20th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, San Francisco (October 2010).