David J. Goldsmith has nearly fifteen years of experience representing public and private institutional investors in securities litigation.

Mr. Goldsmith was an integral member of the team representing the New York State Common Retirement Fund and several New York City pension funds as lead plaintiffs in In re Countrywide Financial Corporation Securities Litigation, which has settled for $624 million. Mr. Goldsmith currently represents these clients in an appeal brought by Countrywide's 401(k) plan in the Ninth Circuit concerning complex settlement allocation issues. 

Other current assignments include representations of a hedge fund and other investors harmed by the well-publicized collapse of four Regions Morgan Keegan closed-end investment companies, and a state pension fund in a notable action alleging deceptive acts and practices by State Street Bank in connection with foreign currency exchange trades executed for its custodial clients. 

Mr. Goldsmith has regularly represented the Genesee County (Mich.) Employees' Retirement System in securities and shareholder matters, including pending or settled actions against CBeyond, Inc., Compellent Technologies, Inc., Merck & Co., Spectranetics Corporation, Stryker Corporation, and Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. 

During law school, Mr. Goldsmith was managing editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal and served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, then a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.