David Gossett focuses his practice on US Supreme Court and appellate
litigation, with particular emphasis on administrative law, ERISA, class
actions, federal preemption, and arbitration.
David was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2009 edition of
The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Appellate Law. He has
also been recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the "Top 40
Lawyers Under 40" in Washington, and by Lawdragon Magazine as one of its
"Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds" recipients. David has argued two cases in
the US Supreme Court; has also argued in the Ninth Circuit, the Eleventh
Circuit, the New Jersey Supreme Court, and various state and federal trial
courts; and has drafted numerous briefs in the US Supreme Court and various
other federal and state courts of appeals.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2000, David practiced in the Civil Division at
the US Department of Justice (1998-2000). He has also
twice been a Visiting Associate Professor at the Riga Graduate School of Law
(summers of 1999 and 2000), and, between 1997 and 1998, clerked for the
Honorable Diane P. Wood on the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He
is one of the founders of The Green Bag, a quarterly law journal, and has
served as its Executive Editor since 1997. David is conversant in French and
Italian.