David Dormont

Admitted to Practice District of Columbia Minnesota Pennsylvania United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States District Court for the District of Minnesota United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Selected Representations Obtained full dismissal of claims brought against client for abuse of process, tortious interference with a contract and declaratory judgment from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and successfully obtained affirmance of judgment in Third Circuit appeal. Obtained complete defense verdict in defamation and false light action brought against Transport Workers Union Local 234s former president, its key officers, and members of its Executive Board by an unsuccessful candidate for the unions presidency. The plaintiff sought punitive damages and approximately $675,000 in compensatory damages. After a six-day jury trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, the jury returned a verdict for our clients on all counts. Tried valuation and plan confirmation case on behalf of Official Committee of Equity Security Holders in the billion-dollar plus bankruptcy in Delaware Obtained judgment for labor union in a Duty of Fair Representation case after trying a two-day federal bench trial Serves as outside general counsel to a national flooring distributor Lead trial counsel during an 12-day federal jury trial representing a national flooring manufacturer in a breach-of-contract suit filed by its former distributor, seeking a multi-million dollar damages award Obtained summary judgment and successfully defended an appeal before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of majority owner/president of closely-held corporation in veil piercing action brought by minority owner/officer Successfully defended national flooring distributor against a $6 million counterclaim brought by former distributor during a 2011 jury trial Recovered more than $160 million in settlement from claims brought by the Chapter 7 Trustee of a failed subprime lender against the Debtors former attorneys, the Debtors former accountants and several Wall Street investment banks that had extended warehouse financing and had served as underwriters for the failed lenders securitization of subprime mortgages Recovered a $24 million judgment, including a $7 million punitive damage award, against a large, national bank on claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation in two separate jury trials Recovered a $6 million settlement on behalf of Chapter 11 Trustee in claims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfer and deepening of the insolvency against shareholders, former officers, directors and others; settled claims against national bank and recovered $500,000 for the Estate and subordination of lenders $4 million claim Recovered an eight-figure verdict in a breach of contract case involving a dispute with respect to a television station Successfully defended a furnace manufacturer in product liability case, including obtaining the key evidentiary ruling that led to summary judgment Successfully defended client against $68 million confessed judgment Selected Speaking Engagements Speaker, Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Symposium, November 2019 Panelist, American Zionist Movement Discussion Forum, September 2018 Presenter, Chester County Bar Association Spring Bench Bar Conference, March 2016 Presenter, City of Philadelphia Law Department, July 2014 Lecturer, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Association of Legal Secretaries, 2009-2013 Selected Publications Co-Author, CFPB Adopts Strict Liability Standard for Debt Collectors Who Sue or Threaten Suit Over Time-Barred Debt, The Temple 10-Q, April 2021 Co-Author, Rebutting the Presumption of Insolvency During a Pandemic, ABI Journal, November 2020 Co-Author, Virus Relief Bill Could Harm Lending, Collections Landscape, Law360, September 2020 Co-Author, Proposed HEROES Act Poses Great Risks to Those Extending Credit or Attempting to Collect on a Debt, August 2020 Co-Author, Preference Payments in Bankruptcy: Rebutting the Presumption of Insolvency during the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 2020 Co-Author, How Employers Should Prepare for the Restart of Business, April 2020 Co-Author, WARN Obligations In Light of COVID-19, March 2020 Mentioned, Montgomery McCracken Adds 2 Litigation Partners In Philly, Law360, July 2015 Author, Separate and Unequal: School District Financing, 11 Law Ineq. J. 261, 1992 Quoted, For the Good of the Adult: An Examination of the Constitutionality of Using Prior Juvenile Adjudications to Enhance Adult Sentences, 75 Minn. L. Rev. 1769, 1991 Honors & Awards Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list in 2013 and 2014. This award is issued by Thomson Reuters a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state. Honoree, Chapter Supporter of the Year by ORT America, 2005 Honoree, Presidents Award by ORT America, 2003 Professional Activities Member, Philadelphia Bar Association Montgomery Bar Association Member, Bench Bar Committee Fellow, Montgomery Bar Foundation Community Involvement Committee Member, Jewish Agency for Israel Member, Democratic Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth Finance Committee Member, Maternity Care Coalition Member, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Member, Neighborhood Club of Bala Cynwyd Education Law School University of Minnesota Law School Graduate School University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Undergraduate School University of Pennsylvania