Ballard Spahr LLP

Litigation

Partner and Practice Leader the Securities Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation Group

David Axelrod is a first-chair trial lawyer who has tried more than 15 federal court cases to judgment. He has secured favorable jury and bench verdicts in high-profile trials under intense media and public scrutiny, and has extensive experience arguing cases on appeal. David has successfully designed and executed courtroom strategy in a wide range of cases, both civil and criminal.

In cases involving criminal or regulatory enforcement, David has broad experience in cases alleging securities fraud, stock and market manipulation, insider trading, accounting fraud, bank fraud, tax evasion, and public corruption. In private civil litigation, David has secured significant victories in a broad range of cases from securities fraud to contracts to defamation.

District of Columbia

New York

Pennsylvania

Harvard Law School (J.D. 2003)

Haverford College (B.A. 1999, high honors in Economics, Political Science) Phi Beta Kappa