B.A. University of Rochester (Magna Cum Laude), 1975
J.D. Columbia University Law School, 1978
Admitted to the New York Bar, 1978
Admitted to U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern
    Districts of New York, 1979
Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1985
Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997

David Samel is the head of the firm’s appellate unit. After graduating from Columbia University Law School, he gained experience as an attorney at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and in the Appeals Bureau and Trial Division of the Legal Aid Society. He also served as a Legal Assistant to the Honorable Murray Mogel in New York County Supreme Court prior to joining the firm in 1992.

Mr. Samel has established an enviable record of success in dispositive motions and in appeals involving such areas as municipal, insurance coverage, police action, motor vehicle, premises liability and construction law.