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David S. Stone is a 1984 graduate of Harvard
Law School and a 1979 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College.
He is an experienced trial lawyer in both federal and state
courts and specializes in prosecution of False Claims Act cases.
He is a member of Taxpayers Against Fraud and a former member
of TAF's Committee on Practice Issues.
Currently, Mr. Stone is representing relators in several sealed
and
unsealed
False
Claims
Acts
cases on behalf of the firm. These cases are being heard in jurisdictions across
the United
States.
Previously, Mr. Stone served as outside
General Counsel of YankeeNets, LLC where he was co-trial counsel
with David Boies in a successful suit to recover the New York
Yankees' television rights from Madison Square Garden Network.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Stone was a founding name partner of the firm
Freedman & Stone and a founding partner of the firm Stern & Greenberg
with the former Federal Judge, Honorable Herbert J. Stern. In his years prior
to
joining the firm, Mr. Stone was involved in numerous complex trials and appeals
in both
federal
and state court. Among the matters in which Mr. Stone participated were the appeal
in State of Rhode Island v. Claus Von Bulow, the defense
of W.R. Grace in City of Woburn v. W.R. Grace, et al.,
the representation of
the Estate of Doris Duke
and various litigations pertaining to the probate of that Estate, a successful
multi-million dollar malpractice action in the State of Minnesota; a successful
multi-million dollar Medicare False Claims Act action in the State of Minnesota,
serving as lead counsel in the defense of a class action against 28 temporary
technical service firms by the California Pension Fund and numerous successful
appeals on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, various trade associations and individuals.
Mr. Stone also served as special appellate counsel to The Medical Society of
New Jersey and Hertz Claims Management Corporation and currently also serves
as special antitrust counsel to The Medical Society of New Jersey and, in that
capacity, is responsible for drafting legislation and regulations to implement
the Joint Negotiations Law permitting physicians to negotiate with health maintenance
organizations.
Since joining the firm as a partner, Mr. Stone has handled the defense of an
antitrust class action, the defense of securities litigation against a Fortune
500 company, and the defense of a Fortune 500 company in a complex breach of
contract and RICO action filed in the United States District Court for the District
of New Jersey.
In addition, Mr. Stone also serves as Vice Chairman and General Counsel of
the
Federal Enforcement & Homeland Security Foundation, Adjunct Professor at
Seton Hall Law School in the area of antitrust and complex commercial litigation,
and on the Boards of Directors of the Federal Drug Agents Foundation, the Smart
Family Foundation and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Mr. Stone's publications include Who Really Won The Microsoft Appeal, published
in the New York Law Journal October 29, 2001 and The Computer And Internet Lawyer
October 2001 and Antitrust and Healthcare an Update (distributed at the Colorado
Medical Society Annual meeting). Mr. Stone has also been a guest speaker and
panelist in numerous seminars, including seminars conducted for the benefit of
the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the Minnesota Association of
Nurse Anesthetists, the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Medical Society
of Colorado. Mr. Stone also participated in the presentation of testimony on
antitrust and healthcare before Congressional Subcommittee on Antitrust and Healthcare.
Mr. Stone is a member of the New York State Bar, New Jersey State Bar, American
Bar Association, Taxpayers Against Fraud, Health Care Lawyers Association and
Trial Lawyers of America. He is admitted to federal courts in the District of
New Jersey, Southern, Northern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District
of Massachusetts and the District of Minnesota. He is admitted to the state courts
of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. Mr. Stone is also admitted to the
United States Supreme Court.
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