David J. Woll is a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP in the Firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s Finance and New Partners Committees. Mr. Woll is a commercial trial lawyer with extensive litigation experience and expertise in a variety of complex litigation areas, including securities, banking, bankruptcy, insurance and governmental and internal investigations.

Mr. Woll recently represented Travelers as lead trial counsel in a case involving insurance coverage for asbestos and silica claims brought by Warner-Lambert Company, a subsidiary of Pfizer, Inc. The trial, which took place in New Jersey state court, lasted three months before a settlement was reached and Mr. Woll and the Simpson Thacher trial team headed the defense effort for more than a dozen insurer defendants. Other recent engagements include:

• representing a major United States bank in connection with an internal investigation and government inquiries arising out of mortgage and appraisal practices;

• representing JPMorgan Chase in dozens of securities and other litigation arising out of the Enron bankruptcy, including obtaining dismissals of suits brought by holders of approximately $1.25 billion in Enron bonds;

• representing an airport screening company in civil suits pending in the Southern District of New York and arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks;

• acting as lead trial counsel for Travelers in an environmental coverage trial in New Jersey state court that resulted in a judgment in favor of Travelers.

Some of Mr. Woll’s other representative engagements have included representing insurers in several asbestos-related bankruptcies across the country, including the Northern District of Alabama, the District of Maryland, and the District of Minnesota; serving as one of the trial counsel for JPMorgan Chase in a trial against Motorola in the Southern District of New York, in which the bank obtained a judgment in excess of $300 million against Motorola for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase and numerous members of a loan syndicate; representing a commercial mortgage company in an arbitration arising out of an employment-related dispute; representing Seagram in a California state court trial involving the termination of a distribution agreement for Patron tequila, which resulted in a multi-million dollar judgment in favor of Seagram; and acting as lead trial counsel in an AAA arbitration arising out of a licensing dispute.

Mr. Woll joined the Firm in 1988 and became a partner in 1996. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1982 and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1987. Mr. Woll served as a Judicial Clerk from 1987 to 1988 for The Honorable Stanley S. Brotman in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and has taught legal writing as an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School for several years.

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Publications

•	Developments In New York Insurance Law: New York Joins States That Require Prejudice To Insurers For Disclaimer of Coverage Based on Late Notice; Allows Direct Actions Against Insurers

Speaking Engagements

•	Mary Beth Forshaw to Chair and David J. Woll to Speak at HarrisMartin's Drywall Insurance Conference September 11, 2009

Admissions

•	New York 1988
•	U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
•	U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
•	U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit

Clerkships

•	Hon. Stanley S. Brotman, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1987-1988

Education

•	Brooklyn Law School, 1987 J.D.