Biography

David Kaufman has extensive experience in handling complex commercial, products liability, and mass tort cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts in Mississippi and elsewhere. Among others, he has tried to jury verdict antitrust, breach of contract, business torts, product liability, construction, personal injury, wrongful death, and premises liability lawsuits. He has been lead counsel in a number of the largest lawsuits ever filed in Mississippi, and has been a member of trial teams on multi-state litigation concerning issues of national importance.

David currently serves as Mississippi trial counsel for several Fortune 500 companies. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; a member, local chapter president, and former national director of the American Board of Trial Advocates; and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. David also is recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Securities, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation- Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants; Litigation in Antitrust; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions. Best Lawyers named him Lawyer of the Year for 2010 in the Bet-the-Company Litigation category, Lawyer of the Year for 2014 in the Securities Litigation, Lawyer of the Year for 2015 in Personal Injury- Defense Lawyer of the Year for 2017 in Product Liability Litigation; Lawyer of the Year for 2018 in Personal Injury Litigation Defendants, Lawyer of the Year for 2019 in Bet-the-Company Litigation and Lawyer of the Year for 2020 in Legal Malpractice Law-Defendants, and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers also lists him among America’s Leading Lawyers in Business Litigation. He is recognized in Mid-South Super Lawyers® as one of the top 50 lawyers in Mississippi, and one of the top business litigators in Mississippi. Benchmark Litigation has recognized him as a Local Litigation Star in Commercial, Environmental, Personal Injury, and Product Liability Litigation categories.

He is a past Chairman of the Firm’s litigation department and a former longtime member of the Firm’s Board of Directors. David has also been active in business and civic affairs. He has served as a member of the boards of directors of financial institutions and is a former president and

member of the Board of Directors of the Country Club of Jackson. He also has been active in bar organizations and is Past President of the Capital Area Bar Association.

Education

• J.D., University of Mississippi, 1978 (Phi Delta Phi Scholastic and Leadership Society, Comment Editor-Mississippi Law Journal)
• B.A., University of Mississippi, 1975 (Omicron Delta Kappa Scholastic and Leadership Society, Delta Sigma Pi Business Honorary Society)

Admissions

• Mississippi (1978)
• United States District Courts of Mississippi (1978)
• United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits (1978)
• United States Supreme Court