About David A
David A Lewis built his legal foundation at Colgate University, earning a B.A. in 1998, and then completed his J.D. at Georgetown University Law Center in 2001. He moved from the classroom into practice at a time when questions about lawyer conduct and regulatory change were becoming central in the profession. Those early years shaped the direction of his career.
His résumé shows a steady involvement in ethics and professional responsibility. He served as chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee of the New York City Bar Association in 2011. He also served as vice-chair of the New York State Bar Association Non-Lawyer Ownership Task Force from 2011 to 2012. Membership on the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Standards of Lawyer Conduct is another indication of his long-standing engagement with rulemaking and advice on ethical matters.
Those committee roles put him in the middle of debates about how lawyers should practice and how outside investment might affect the profession. He has advised colleagues, participated in panel discussions, and helped shape committee reports. His work in bar associations has combined policy study and practical counseling. He does the analysis and then explains the choices that lawyers and firms face.
In private practice he has split time between solo practice and law firm work. He operates David A. Lewis Law PLLC and also serves of counsel at Kaufman & Company PLLC. The two roles allow him to respond to a range of client needs. Solo practice gives him flexibility to advise smaller firms and individual practitioners. The of-counsel position places him in a collaborative setting with other lawyers and consultants.
His day-to-day work concerns professional responsibility, ethics counseling, regulatory compliance, and firm governance. He helps lawyers and law firms assess conflicts, develop compliance programs, and respond to disciplinary inquiries. He also assists organizations that are exploring alternative structures for providing legal services, including questions that arise when non-lawyer participation is proposed.
Colleagues describe him as steady and precise in his approach to thorny regulatory issues. He tends to break problems down into discrete steps and to map out options for clients. He writes and speaks about developments in rules of professional conduct, and he brings that background to the advisory and practice work he does now.
He currently practices at Kaufman & Company PLLC and maintains David A. Lewis Law PLLC. His practice concentrates on professional responsibility, ethics counseling, and regulatory matters.
