David Feder focuses on appeals and motions practice. He has drafted numerous briefs and motions in federal and state courts on behalf of a wide variety of clients ranging from professional sports teams to telecommunication, entertainment, and transportation companies. He also has argued numerous cases, including on behalf of the County of Los Angeles (California Court of Appeal), an employer in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) dispute (C.D. Cal. District Court), 99 Cents Only Stores (California Labor Commission), a religious refugee from China (Tenth Circuit), a Native American inmate denied access to a sweatlodge and ceremonial tobacco (Tenth Circuit), and a severely injured prison inmate (Seventh Circuit).
David is a coauthor of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch's New York Times best seller, A Republic, If You Can Keep It. His scholarly works have been cited in the Supreme Court (Sveen v. Melin, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)), Harvard Law Review (130 Harv. L. Rev. 1496 (2017)), Stanford Law Review Online (69 Stan. L. Rev. Online 171 & 185 (2017)), and in other publications.
David received his law degree from Harvard in 2014, winning the Fay Diploma for graduating first in his class as well as the Project on the Foundations of Private Law Award and the Irving Oberman Family Law Award for best papers in their respective fields. David received his undergraduate degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2011, where he received numerous awards for academic excellence and community service.
Experience
Speaking Engagements
- October 21, 2020
Appellate Litigation in Canada and the US: Former Supreme Court Clerks' Perspectives -- Runnymede Society -- Zoom Presentation - November 14, 2019-November 16, 2019
2019 National Lawyers Convention - September 11, 2019
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Visits Pepperdine School of Law, panelist
- Harvard University (J.D. summa cum laude 2014; Articles Editor, Harvard Law Review); Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (B.A. summa cum laude 2011)
- California and District of Columbia
- Best Lawyers in America "Ones to Watch" — appellate practice (2021)
- Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States (2016 & 2017 terms); Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit (2014 term)