David Fine, AB ‘93, JD ‘99

David M. Fine is the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation at KPMG LLP (US) and a Principal of the Firm. He leads the OGC Litigation Group, which consists of teams of talented and experienced attorneys, audit partners, paralegals, and electronic discovery specialists. Together, they actively manage the Firm’s civil litigation, arbitration, and government/regulatory investigation and enforcement matters. David develops legal strategy, manages litigation risk and budget, retains and supervises outside counsel, and advises the Firm’s senior leadership on insurance matters and other significant issues. He also serves as Executive Sponsor of the Legal, Regulatory & Compliance (LRC) DEI Advisory Council, helps lead the Firm’s Veterans Business Resource Group, and has a role representing KPMG Americas Ltd. He reports to the General Counsel/Vice Chair for LRC.

David has nearly twenty-five years of experience with high-stakes, complex litigation and regulatory investigations. He was previously a partner at the global law firms King & Spalding LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. He served as the Deputy Chair of Litigation at Orrick and also as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan while employed by that firm. David began his legal career at Arnold & Porter LLP following a clerkship for a federal appellate judge in Philadelphia.

As outside counsel, David represented accounting firms and their professionals in state and federal courts around the United States as well as before a variety of regulatory agencies. David tried cases to complete defense verdicts for two of the Big Four firms. Most recently, he served as trial counsel for a Big Four firm that successfully defended against a USD$3 billion claim in federal court.

David is currently a member of the Legal Services Corporation’s Leaders Council and previously served as a Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Accountants’ Liability Subcommittee, as a member of the NYC Bar Association’s Financial Reporting Committee, and on Law360’s Editorial Advisory Boards for Trials and White Collar matters. He has been recognized for Business Litigation and Professional Liability Defense by Super Lawyers, which ranked him in the top 5% of lawyers practicing in the NYC metropolitan area while he was at a law firm. Before becoming a lawyer, he served nearly five years as a police officer in upstate New York and was a certified police instructor.