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Bethesda Business Dispute Law Firm
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With 41 years of legal experience, I provide civil litigation, and federal and state trade regulation services at the Bethesda, Maryland law office of David J. Federbush, Esq., just across the District of Columbia line. Admitted to practice in Maryland, D.C. and Florida, I represent individual and corporate clients and also provide consulting and advisory services to other lawyers and law firms who seek me out...
With 41 years of legal experience, I provide civil litigation, and federal and state trade regulation services at the Bethesda, Maryland law office of David J. Federbush, Esq., just across the District of Columbia line. Admitted to practice in Maryland, D.C. and Florida, I represent individual and corporate clients and also provide consulting and advisory services to other lawyers and law firms who seek me out...
With 41 years of legal experience, I provide civil litigation, and federal and state trade regulation services at the Bethesda, Maryland law office of David J. Federbush, Esq., just across the District of Columbia line. Admitted to practice in Maryland, D.C. and Florida, I represent individual and corporate clients and also provide consulting and advisory services to other lawyers and law firms who seek me out. Such matters chiefly involve federal and state investigations of client compliance with consumer protection laws. My cases have also included complex business dispute litigation, intellectual property matters, and plaintiffs’ and financial fraud claims. I also serve as Of Counsel for Antitrust to a Miami area health care industry law firm.
My time in private practice was preceded by 12 years as a civil prosecutor at the Federal Trade Commission, where I concentrated on consumer and investment fraud cases. I appeared as counsel of record in multiple federal district courts and federal courts of appeals. During my tenure at the FTC, I won awards for Meritorious Service for excellence and dedication to the public interest, and for Superior Service for excellent performance in the prosecution of investment fraud. Of course, I also learned how the agency works.
After leaving the FTC, I published numerous articles on Florida’s chief consumer protection law, numerous of which have been cited in state and federal court judicial decisions. I was subsequently appointed to the Board of Editors of The Florida Bar Journal, including a term as Board Chair. I was also selected by the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section to prepare the Maryland state law summary of its consumer protection statute judicial decisions for its Consumer Protection Law Developments publications in 2013 and 2016.
In my view, one of the key assets a litigator can bring to evaluating a case and formulating and executing an individualistic strategy, is a well-honed judgment based on a broad substantive and procedural experience. It must be complemented by an equal ability to present the particular merits of my client’s case forcefully and persuasively, both orally and in writing, whether to opposing counsel, a court, or an administrative agency. Tenacity and perseverance are also critical.
I am a graduate of Yale University (summa cum laude) and Stanford Law School.
About David J. Federbush, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business Dispute
- Administrative Law - FTC
- Regulatory, including Regulatory Takings
- Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices and Antitrust
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Consumer Law and Privacy
- Contracts
- Financial Fraud
- Financial Institutions
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
Litigation
- 80%
Languages
- English (Primary)
Classes and Seminars
- Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, CLE Seminar - Current Issues in Litigation - Miami, FL, - 2003
- Trying and Defending a Consumer Protection Case, CLE Seminar - Miami FL, - 2004
- Litigation under FDUTPA, Florida Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Coral Gables, Fla., - 2004
Representative Clients
- Representative Past and Present Clients:
- Davis Paul, Former CEO, CenTrust Savings & Loan
- Commodore Aviation, Inc.
- Receiver for FBA, Inc.
- Fininvest America Corp. Liquidating Trust
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company
- Vesta Insurance Group
- AT&T Corp.
- Barnett Bank of South Florida
- Data Lease Financial Corp.
- Care Florida, Inc.
- IVAX Industries, Inc
- Trustee, Television Film Trust Agreement with Jackie Gleason Ent.
- with Jackie Gleason Enterprises, Inc.
- Arthur Andersen & Co.
- Farm Fresh Supermarkets of Maryland, Inc.
- Numerous individuals
Office Information
Address
4977 Battery LaneSuite 913 Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone
Fax
- 301-657-4684
Websites
Achievements
Honors
- FTC Award for Meritorious Service: For Tireless Efforts, Commitment to excellence and dedication to the public interest, 1983
- FTC Award for Superior Service: For Sustained Excellent Performance in the Prosecution of Investment Fraud, 1988
Published
Articles
- "The Unexplored Territory of Unfairness in Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices", The Florida Bar Journal, May, 1999
- "Little FTC Act Claims Are Some Big Deal", The National Law Journal (In Focus Health Care section), July 5, 1999
- "The Unclear Scope of Unconscionability in FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, July-August, 2000
- "Florida and Federal Protection of Privacy in E-Commerce", The Florida Bar Business Law Section Quarterly Report, February, 2001
- "Halting Unauthorized Access to Personal Data", The National Law Journal (In Focus Computer Law section), March 5, 2001
- "Obtaining Relief for Deceptive Practices Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, November, 2001
- "FDUTPA for Civil Antitrust: Additional Conduct, Party, and Geographic Coverage; State Actions for Consumer Restitution", The Florida Bar Journal, December, 2002
- "Rebuttable Presumption of Reliance in Class Actions", The Maryland Bar Journal, July/August, 2003
- "Entitlement to Attorney's Fees Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, January, 2004
- "Damages Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, May, 2004
- "The Unexplored Territory of Unfairness in Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices", The Florida Bar Journal, May, 1999
- "Little FTC Act Claims Are Some Big Deal", The National Law Journal (In Focus Health Care section), July 5, 1999
- "The Unclear Scope of Unconscionability in FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, July-August, 2000
- "Florida and Federal Protection of Privacy in E-Commerce", The Florida Bar Business Law Section Quarterly Report, February, 2001
- "Halting Unauthorized Access to Personal Data", The National Law Journal (In Focus Computer Law section), March 5, 2001
- "Obtaining Relief for Deceptive Practices Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, November, 2001
- "FDUTPA for Civil Antitrust: Additional Conduct, Party, and Geographic Coverage; State Actions for Consumer Restitution", The Florida Bar Journal, December, 2002
- "Rebuttable Presumption of Reliance in Class Actions", The Maryland Bar Journal, July/August, 2003
- "Entitlement to Attorney's Fees Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, January, 2004
- "Damages Under FDUTPA", The Florida Bar Journal, May, 2004
Representative Cases
- In re Subpoena Duces Tecum To Testify Before Grand Jury, 633 F. 2d 825 (9th Cir. 1980)
- Matter of Grand Jury Empanelled Aug. 14, 1979, 638 F. 2d 1235 (3rd Cir. 1981)
- In the Matter of Trans Union Credit Information Company, 102 F.T.C. 1109 (1983)
- FTC v. Alaska Land Leasing, Inc. et al., 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14727 (C.D. Ca. 1984)
- FTC v. U.S. Oil & Gas Corp., et al, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16137 (S.D. Fla. 1987)
- Receiver for FBA, Inc. v. FB Air, Inc., 995 F. 2d 378 (2nd Cir. 1993)
- Lewis v. AT&T, 78 F. 3d 599 (11th Cir. 1996)
- Vesta Fire Insurance Corporation v. Florida Dept. of Insurance, 141 F. 3d 1427 (11th Cir. 1998)
- Penberthy v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., 354 F.Supp. 2nd 1323 (M.D. Fla. 2005 )
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