attorney Profiles: David Rich

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David S. Rich is a partner of LAX & NEVILLE, LLP. Mr. Rich focuses in the areas of commercial and civil litigation, as well as labor, employment, and employee benefits litigation, in both federal and state courts.

Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other civil and commercial matters, securities litigation, breach of contract actions, business torts cases, bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, civil racketeering actions, oppressed minority shareholder disputes, product liability litigation, franchisor-franchisee litigation, qui tam actions, divorce actions and post-divorce judgment proceedings.

Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other labor, employment, and employee benefits matters, breach of employment contract actions, employment discrimination cases, sexual harassment actions, actions for breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements, ERISA actions to recover pension or health benefits, and employee benefit funds’ actions to recover withdrawal liability payments and delinquent ERISA contributions.

Prior to joining LAX & NEVILLE LLP, Mr. Rich was an associate at the law firms of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP and Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal LLP.  He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael W. Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and as a Motions Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Mr. Rich has litigated many noteworthy cases, such as Pastore v. Witco Corporation Severance Plan, No. 05-4157, 2006 WL 2335161 (2d Cir. Aug. 10, 2006) and Donohue v. Teamsters Local 282 Welfare, Pension, Annuity, Job Training & Vacation & Sick Leave Trust Funds, 12 F. Supp.2d 273 (E.D.N.Y. 1998).

Mr. Rich earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the Columbia University School of Law.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar.  Mr. Rich is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and for the District of New Jersey.  He is a member of the New York City Bar Association.