David Harris is an Officer in the Litigation and Health Care Practice Groups. He also serves as the Manager of the Litigation Practice Group and is a former member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
The principal focus of Mr. Harris’ litigation practice is in class actions, antitrust, securities, consumer fraud and franchise and distribution disputes. Within these areas, Mr. Harris regularly represents large integrated energy companies, broker/dealers in securities matters and a broad spectrum of other companies and industries.
In the health care field, Mr. Harris typically represents institutional providers in payment disputes with both governmental and private payors, including managed care plans, state and federal regulating authorities concerning licensure, certificate of need and conditions of participation including governmental compliance with program requirements, and medical staff privileging disputes.
Mr. Harris has been listed in Best Lawyers in American and in Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyers for his health care and litigation experience. He also serves on various community boards including serving as chairperson of the St. Louis Urban Debate League, which sponsors policy debate programs for inner city schools unable to otherwise afford such programs.
Seminars
- Hospital Law Update, Missouri Hospital Association Annual Meeting, 2001.
- 2008 Petroleum Marketing Attorneys Meeting: “Post Market Divestment Litigation,” Washington, D.C.
- 2008 ABA Forum on Franchising “Litigating A Case Under The Petroleum Marketing Practices Act,” October, 2008, Austin, Texas
Cases
- Lead Counsel for one of the big six oil companies in multi-district litigation involving 34 class actions alleging consumer fraud for allegedly failing to temperature adjust motor fuel sales. Mr. Harris serves on the Steering Committee, as well as other defense committees in the MDL.
- Lead Counsel for a national stock brokerage firm in defending its revenue sharing practices. This included Consolidated Securities Class Actions alleging the failure to adequately disclose over $384 million in revenue sharing payments, negotiating with federal and state agencies to resolve regulatory concerns, and defending state civil enforcement actions including those brought by California.
- Lead Counsel for national brokerage firm in consolidated class actions alleging wage and hour violations for over 10,000 brokers.
- Lead Counsel in multi-jurisdiction price discrimination claims brought by present and former dealers of major oil companies. (Missouri, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland).
- Recently prevailed in a month long trial in California defending a major oil company in its model contract used throughout the United States with ancillary cases in Indiana, Missouri and Ohio.
- Was selected as counsel for the Missouri Hospital Associate to prepare its amicus brief on the seminal case establishing the limitations on a physician’s right to sue hospitals for credentialing decisions.
- Successfully defending numerous hospital systems in putative class actions challenging hospital charges to uninsured patients.