David Rudin joined the firm in 2021. David’s trial and appellate practice focuses on federal civil rights lawsuits involving wrongful convictions or police misconduct, as well as state Unjust Conviction Act cases on behalf of clients who can prove their innocence. He has been part of three trial teams that won jury verdicts in federal court for clients who were wrongfully convicted, all featuring successful Monell claims holding municipalities liable for unlawful policies or practices: $80 million for a client who served 28 years in prison, $28 million for a client who served 21 years, and $1.9 million for a client who served 1.5 years. David was the principal lawyer in securing a $2.1 million settlement in another wrongful conviction case, and he has obtained substantial recoveries in numerous lawsuits alleging wrongful arrest or excessive force. David also handles reinvestigations of wrongful convictions and advocates for reductions in excessive sentences. David was recognized as a 2025 New York Metro Rising Star by Super Lawyers.
Before joining the firm, David was a senior associate at WilmerHale LLP, concentrating on complex civil litigation and criminal investigations. He worked on numerous pro bono cases, including post-conviction challenges to a wrongful murder conviction, a challenge to a sex offender’s civil confinement, and a federal lawsuit seeking the release of Massachusetts prisoners exposed to COVID-19. For the COVID-19 litigation, he was named a Boston Bar Association President’s Award honoree. David also assisted in voting rights litigation on behalf of the 2020 Biden Campaign. Before working at WilmerHale, David clerked for the Honorable Janet C. Hall, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
David graduated cum laude in 2017 from New York University School of Law, where he was a clinic student at the New York Civil Liberties Union, an editor on the N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change, and a Ford Foundation Public Interest Fellow with the Southern Africa Litigation Centre in Johannesburg. He received the Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize for Most Outstanding Note for the N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change for an article on the right of homeless individuals to remain in public space. Before law school, he was a paralegal in the Business and Securities Fraud Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. David graduated from Brown University in 2012.