About David S.
David S. Rich trained at two Ivy League schools. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1991. Those years set the stage for a career that moved quickly from the courtroom to private practice.
He began his post-law school work inside the judiciary. In 1994 he served as a law clerk to The Hon. Michael W. Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The following year he worked as a motions law clerk at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Those early positions gave him regular exposure to appellate briefing and procedural work.
Rich joined private practice at firms based in major legal markets. He was an associate at Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal LLP starting in 2001, and later worked as an associate at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP in 2005. In 2008 he became a partner at Lax & Neville, LLP. The next year he established the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC and has led that practice since 2009.
He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia. He has been a member of the New York City Bar Association since 1998 and remains an active member. Over the years his work has spanned courtroom procedure, motion practice and client counseling across those jurisdictions.
Columbia and Penn provide a throughline in his background: substantial legal training paired with a humanities undergraduate degree. That combination appears in his written work and courtroom presentations. Colleagues describe his filings as precise and focused; clients have encountered concise and direct courtroom argument. His résumé reflects steady movement from judicial clerkships into firms and then into his own practice.
He maintains the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC and practices under that firm name. He works with clients in his admitted jurisdictions and handles matters that require detailed procedural work. He currently focuses his practice through the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC, serving clients in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia.
