W. David Maxwell

David has a track record of success at all stages of civil litigation. He has served as trial counsel in both bench and jury trials. He also has deep experience briefing dispositive motions, class certification motions, and appeals. David has frequently led expert strategy, developing persuasive economics and other expert testimony. He has leveraged technology to manage discovery efficiently and has extensive experience taking and defending depositions.  And when litigating is not the best path forward, he has crafted favorable settlements. He has particular experience with antitrust, health insurance, and consumer protection disputes.

David is committed to pro bono. For nearly two years (2018-2020), he served as the firm's senior associate in charge of U.S. Pro Bono, litigating high-profile civil rights cases and managing the firm's Pro Bono practice. Recently, David won the largest jury verdict in a wrongful conviction case in U.S. history (US$75m) as co-lead trial counsel, for which he was named a “Litigator of the Week” by the American Lawyer.  He also received national recognition for his work to exonerate Curtis Flowers, who was wrongfully convicted and spent over 23 years on death row in Mississippi. He was a key member of a team that successfully challenged the use of solitary confinement on death row in Virginia, resulting in a landmark federal court decision. And he represents a class of indigent defendants in Idaho deprived of their Sixth Amendment right to counsel.        

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, David served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Todd M. Hughes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.