David A. Forkner is Chair of the firm’s Food, Beverage and Pet practice group and focuses his practice on complex litigation.  He has successfully defended commercial, class action, and criminal cases for a wide array of corporate and individual clients before federal and state courts, regulatory agencies, and arbitrators throughout the country.  These matters have involved a variety of substantive claims, including products liability, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Act, antitrust, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, accounting malpractice, securities and financial services, trade secrets, health care, gaming, and corporate espionage.

Representative Experience

Though all cases vary and none are predictive, David’s experience includes:

  • Represented a leading multinational food company in defense of a multiple putative nationwide class action alleging that the marketing and labelling of certain products was deceptive and misleading.
  • Represented a global chocolate company in a private attorney general action, alleging that certain products were misbranded and in violation of D.C.’s Consumer Protection Act.
  • Represented a global confectionary company in defense of a putative nationwide class action alleging that the marketing and labelling of certain products was deceptive and misleading.
  • Represented a global chocolate company in defense of a consumer fraud class action brought in New York federal court alleging that the marketing and labelling of certain products was deceptive and misleading.
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