David is the founding partner of Pinna Goldberg’s practice in Washington, D.C.

In arbitrations, David has acted before ICSID and UNCITRAL tribunals, as well as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).  He was recognized by International Financial Law Review as a 2020 Rising Star in Commercial Arbitration.

David has litigated international disputes before trial and appellate courts across the United States.  With local counsel, he has advised clients regarding transnational disputes before the courts of Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and Switzerland.

David has acted as a mediator in commercial disputes, including by court appointment and by private agreement.  He has authored or co-authored legal commentaries published by Oxford University Press, Brill, Kluwer, Thomson Reuters, and the American Society of International Law.  He has taught international arbitration as an adjunct professor for the University of Miami and made presentations for the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF).

David worked as law clerk to Judge W. Eugene Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Kathleen Cardone of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.  He is admitted to practice law in New York and the District of Columbia.  He holds a J.D. and LL.M. in international law and comparative law from Duke University School of Law, as well as a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California.