David J. Goldsmith has ten years of experience representing institutional and individual investors in securities litigation.

Mr. Goldsmith is presently a member of the team representing the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the New York City Pension Funds as lead plaintiffs in a major securities class action against Countrywide Financial Corporation and certain of its auditors and underwriters of its securities offerings. Mr. Goldsmith also represented several foreign institutions in individual securities actions against Vivendi, S.A., and recently was instrumental in achieving a significant settlement in an action alleging stock option backdating at American Tower Corporation.

Mr. Goldsmith also played a key role in a series of cases alleging that mutual funds sold by Van Kampen, Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance defrauded investors by overpricing senior loan interests. Mr. Goldsmith obtained a decision in one of these actions excluding before trial certain opinions of a nationally recognized economist who regularly serves as a defense expert in such cases. In 2001, Mr. Goldsmith obtained one of the earliest decisions finding that a class action had been improperly removed under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998.

Mr. Goldsmith has lectured on class actions and securities litigation for continuing legal education programs and investment symposia.

Mr. Goldsmith earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. He received a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was managing editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal. Mr. Goldsmith served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, then a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York.