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David Duffy

David Duffy

Partner

Chicago
312 580 2225 312 580 2225 direct


  • OVERVIEW
  • EXPERIENCE
  • INSIGHTS
  • NEWS & EVENTS

PRACTICES

  • Education

    • Emory University School of Law,

      J.D., 1994

      Special Team Member of Emory’s Moot Court Society

      August A. Rendigs Product Liability Competition

      Articles Editor, Bankruptcy Developments Journal

    • University of Tulsa,

      B.A., cum laude, 1991

    • Leningrad Polytechnic Institute,

      1990

  • Admissions

    • Illinois

    • Georgia

    • US Ct Appeals, 7th Circuit (Covers IL, IN, WI)

    • Georgia USDC, Northern District

  • Affiliations

    • American Bar Association

    • Defense Research Institute

    • Illinois Association of Defense Counsel

    • Illinois State Bar Associations

      Section Member, Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section

      Section Member, Civil Practice & Procedure Section

    • State Bar of Georgia

  • Recognitions

    • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (by BL Rankings), 2023-2025

    • 2014 BTI Client Service All-Star

      Product Liability and Commercial Litigation (by BTI Consulting Group)

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2007-Present

David concentrates his practice in product liability and complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts in Illinois and elsewhere.

He has experience in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters including, among others: failed multi-million dollar enterprise software implementations, consumer class actions, employment-related claims, including the enforcement of restrictive covenants, wrongful termination and defamation. His product liability experience includes the defense of mass tort and serious injury matters. David also has litigated insurance coverage disputes and has experience managing complex e-discovery issues.

David has provided advice to companies regarding electronic records management and litigation preparedness, and lectures on each of these subjects. Prior to joining Thompson Coburn, he served the public as a prosecutor, public defender and personal injury attorney in a Chicago firm dedicated to the prosecution of serious injury and wrongful death cases. These employments provided David with significant jury and non-jury trial experience.