David T. Freenock is an important member of KBK’s skilled legal team with experience representing notable clients that include major Fortune 500 companies and large public entities. He has represented clients in a variety of civil litigation matters in both state and federal court.

Mr. Freenock’s practice spans all stages of complex civil litigation, and he has deftly managed the development of key documents and arguments for clients in a wide range of complex commercial litigation cases.

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2017

  • Magna cum laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Articles Editor
  • Williams Institute Moot Court Competition, National Finalist

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Bioethics, 2017

Georgetown University, B.A., Government, 2012

  • Magna cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Clerkships

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, August 2018—August 2019

  • Law Clerk, Hon. Kimba Wood

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 2017—August 2018

  • Law Clerk, Hon. Raymond Fisher

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 2015—August 2015

  • Judicial Extern, Hon. Kathleen O’Malley

Complex Commercial Litigation

  • Oversaw all aspects of discovery, including drafting discovery responses and managing document review and production for Fortune 500 company.
  • Drafted ligation documents, including discovery responses, pre-trial motions, and briefs for a large public utility.
  • Drafted discovery requests and responses and prepared for and second-chaired depositions for a large public university.

Constitutional Litigation, Appeals, and Advice

  • Drafted a petition of writ for certiorari in death penalty case in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Pro Bono

  • Drafted a successful petition for review in the California Supreme Court on behalf of an immigrant who fought to vacate an unlawful criminal conviction for almost two decades.
  • ACLU of Southern California, Immigrants’ Rights Award, 2021
  • Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
    Associate, 2019-2022
  • Williams & Connolly LLP
    Summer Associate, 2016
  • California, 2020
  • Washington, D.C., 2017