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David A. Searles

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Biography

DAVID A. SEARLES, of counsel to the firm, is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth and Sixth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the District of Maryland, the District of Colorado, the Northern District of Oklahoma, and Eastern District of Pennsylvania, as well as the state courts of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the American University School of Law, Washington, D.C., where he served on law review.

Following graduation from law school, Mr. Searles was an attorney for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, where he specialized in consumer and bankruptcy law. In 1990, he successfully argued the first consumer reorganization bankruptcy case considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, Pennsylvania v. Davenport, 495 U.S. 552 (1990), and has served as lead counsel and presented argument in numerous consumer law cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 1992 through 1997, Mr. Searles was associated with the Philadelphia law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where his practice focused on Chapter 11 bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. Thereafter, he was a member of Donovan Searles, LLC until 2011, specializing in consumer class action litigation.

In 2005, Mr. Searles was awarded the Equal Justice Award at the Community Legal Services Breakfast of Champions for his role in directing funding for legal assistance for low-income residents of Philadelphia. Mr. Searles has served as the Pennsylvania contributor to Survey of State Class Action Law (ABA Section of Litigation – 2010), and as a contributing author of Pennsylvania Consumer Law (2010). He has taught advanced bankruptcy law at the Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, business law at Widener University and bankruptcy law at Pierce Junior College, Philadelphia. He is a past co-chairperson of the Education Committee of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Bankruptcy Conference. Mr. Searles has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for many years.

  • Lucas v. Accutrace, Inc., No. 18-9059 (S.D.N.Y. June 29, 2020);
  • Kelly v. Business Information Group</eM, 2019 WL 414915 (E.D. Pa. 2019);
  • Gibbons v. Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, 2018 WL 5720749 (E.D. Pa. Oct. 31, 2018);
  • Patel v. Trans Union, LLC, 2018 WL 1258194 (N.D. Ca. March 11, 2018);
  • Carter v. Shalhoub Management Company, Inc., 2017 WL 5634300 (C.D. Ca. March 15, 2017);
  • Flores v. Express Services, Inc., 2017 WL 1177098 (E.D. Pa. March 30, 2017);
  • Miller v. Trans Union, LLC, 2017 WL 412641 (M.D. Pa. Jan. 18, 2017);
  • Larson v. Trans Union, LLC, No. 12-5726 (N.D. Ca. June 26, 2015);
  • Blandina v. Midland Funding, LLC, 2014 WL 7338744 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 23, 2014);
  • King v. General Information Services, Inc., C.A. No. 2:11-cv-06850 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 4, 2014);
  • Robinson v. General Information Services, Inc., C.A. No. 2:11-cv-07782 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 4, 2014);
  • Jones v. Midland Funding, LLC, 2013 WL 12286081 (D. Conn. Dec. 3, 2013);
  • Sapp v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., 2:10-cv-04312 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 29, 2013);
  • Reibstein v. Rite Aid Corporation, 2011 WL 192512 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 18, 2011);
  • McCall v. Drive Financial, January Term 2006, No. 0005 (C.P. Phila. July 20, 2010);
  • Serrano v. Sterling Testing Systems, Inc., 711 F.Supp.2d 402 (E.D. Pa. 2010);
  • Summerfield v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, 264 F.R.D. 133 (D.N.J. 2009);
  • Chakejian v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, 256 F.R.D. 492 (E.D. Pa. 2009);
  • Barel v. Bank of America, 255 F.R.D. 393 (E.D. Pa. 2009);
  • Markocki v. Old Republic National Title Ins. Co., 254 F.R.D. 242 (E.D. Pa. 2008);
  • Strausser v. ACB Receivables Management, Inc., 2008 WL 859224 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 28, 2008);
  • Allen v. Holiday Universal, Inc., 249 F.R.D. 166 (E.D. Pa. 2008);
  • Cohen v. Chicago Title Insurance Company, 242 F.R.D. 295 (E.D. Pa. 2007);
  • Jordan v. Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc., 237 F.R.D. 132 (E.D. Pa. 2006);
  • Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2005 WL 3623389 (C.P. Phila. Dec. 27, 2005);
  • Perry v. FleetBoston Financial Corp., 229 F.R.D. 105 (E.D. Pa. 2005);
  • Beck v. Maximus, Inc., 2005 WL 589749 (E.D. Pa. March 11, 2005);
  • Stoner v. CBA Information Services, 352 F.Supp.2d 549 (E.D. Pa. 2005);
  • Orloff v. Syndicated Office Systems, Inc., 2004 WL 870691 (E.D. Pa. April 22, 2004);
  • Petrolito v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, 221 F.R.D. 303 (D. Conn. 2004);
  • Piper v. Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd., 216 F.R.D. 325 (E.D. Pa. 2003);
  • Bonett v. Education Debt Services, Inc., 2003 WL 21658267 (E.D. Pa. 2003).

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