David W. Lampl
Partner
David W. Lampl is a Partner and a member of the Business Restructuring & Insolvency Practice Group. David is based in the Pittsburgh office, where he is highly regarded for the major role he has played in numerous local and national high profile cases involving Chapter 11 bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Over the course of his career, David has served as lead counsel on behalf of banks, creditors’ committees and debtor companies in a wide variety of complex bankruptcy and creditors’ rights matters.
David has served on the faculty of many continuing education seminars on all areas of bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the Allegheny County Bar Association. During law school, he was a member of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review.
Academics
J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
B.A., Brandeis University
Admissions
Pennsylvania
Florida
Maryland
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Professional Memberships
Allegheny County Bar Association (Member, Executive Counsel and Former Chair of Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section)
American Bankruptcy Institute (Unsecured Trade Creditors Committee)
Professional Accolades
Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation
Martindale-Hubbell
Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated Attorney
Best Lawyers
The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 2011-2024); Litigation – Bankruptcy (2011-2024)
The Best Lawyers in America: Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Bankruptcy (2019), Pittsburgh
Best Lawyers Pennsylvania, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2015-2022), Litigation- Bankruptcy (2011-2022)
Best Lawyers Pittsburgh, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2015-2022), Litigation- Bankruptcy (2011-2022)
Super Lawyers
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2006- 2019)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2009)
Top 50 Pittsburgh Super Lawyers, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine (2008)
Publications
University of Pittsburgh Law Review
Community Involvement
Pittsburgh Chapter, Turnaround Management Association
The Cordoza Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh