David B. Weinstein, Appellate Attorney in New York
focused on Appellate, Litigation, and Personal Injury · 4.7/5 rating from 4 verified client reviews
Chair, Environmental & Toxic Torts Litigation Practice; Tampa Managing ShareholderatGreenberg Traurig, LLP
New, NY
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David B. Weinstein is a chair, environmental & toxic torts litigation practice; tampa managing shareholder based in New York, NY. The practice focuses on Appellate, Litigation, and Personal Injury. Currently practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 4 client reviews.
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- New York, NY
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- Appellate · Litigation · Personal Injury
- Handles Appellate, Litigation, and Personal Injury matters from New York, NY.
- Recognized with AV Preeminent.
About David B. Weinstein: David B. Weinstein is a chair, environmental & toxic torts litigation practice; tampa managing shareholder based in New York, NY. The practice focuses on Appellate, Litigation, and Personal Injury. Currently practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 4 client reviews.
Areas of practice
David's practice areas in New York
David concentrates on appellate, litigation, and personal injury. Each area below outlines the kind of case David handles, typical outcomes to expect, and how the intake process starts.
Appellate
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Litigation
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Personal Injury
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Appellate cases in New York
David takes appellate matters in New York. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before David agrees to represent you.
Litigation cases in New York
David takes litigation matters in New York. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before David agrees to represent you.
Personal Injury cases in New York
David takes personal injury matters in New York. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before David agrees to represent you.
Biography
David B. Weinstein, appellate attorney serving New York
David B. Weinstein is a chair, environmental & toxic torts litigation practice; tampa managing shareholder based in New York, NY. The practice focuses on Appellate, Litigation, and Personal Injury. Currently practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 4 client reviews. David works from New York and takes on appellate matters across the region.
David Weinstein is the Managing Shareholder of GT’s Tampa office. With over 30 years of experience, David is a “go to” litigator and strategist for high-stakes and complex civil and white-collar litigation, including business, environmental, toxic tort, real estate, land use, health care, and other challenging matters. An accomplished lawyer who takes pride in his courtroom advocacy, David also works to help clients find practical and effective out-of-court solutions to their legal issues whenever appropriate. Drawing on his business experience and acumen, David handles a wide variety of matters for clients, including Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, major real estate developers, allied foreign governments, and professional sports teams, and has assisted them with their most difficult challenges. In the civil context, he represents clients in class actions, mass torts, and other complex litigation. He also represents organizations and individuals in federal and state white-collar criminal investigations. David helps clients develop and implement crisis management, public relations, and other external and internal communications strategies for both civil actions and government investigations. He has significant “first-chair” trial experience in jury and non-jury trials, as well as arbitrations. David also serves as the Chair of the firm’s Environmental and Toxic Tort Litigation Practice.
David’s versatility and skills are exemplified by his recognition in multiple categories by the most prestigious legal rating services. Both Chambers and Partners USA Guide and The Best Lawyers in America list David in three distinct categories: Commercial Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense, and Environmental Law. In 2025, The Legal 500 United States recognized him as one of only 20 “Leading Partners” nationally in “Litigation - Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Toxic Tort.” Who's Who Legal describes him as “a distinguished litigator and a well-known name for civil and white-collar disputes,” and Benchmark Litigation recognizes David as a “Litigation Star.” In 2023, David was selected as a fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, which is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society limited to less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers, judges, and scholars. Fellows are selected based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and for superior ethical reputation. David is recognized as one of “Florida's Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine-which inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 2010. And Florida Super Lawyers has rated David as one of Florida's “Top 100” lawyers seven times.
Ranked in Chambers and Partners USA Guide since 2009, David has been described by clients in the following ways:
•“[A] really fabulous lawyer . . . well-liked by clients . . . the kind of guy you would want leading the charge if you had a problem.”
•“[A] stellar reputation” with a “wealth of expertise in high-stakes civil and white-collar criminal disputes. He offers additional strengths in appellate work, healthcare disputes, and wider business litigation. Interviewees report that he ‘has good judgement and is a pleasure to work with.’”
•“The way he handles litigation is truly a sight to behold. He is a fantastic lawyer.”
•“‘[I]ncredibly skilled and adept in the courtroom.’”
•“David is very savvy, super hard-working with good managerial skills. He is the gold standard of environmental lawyers.”
•“‘[A] master litigator not only in the thoughtfulness of his drafting and pre-trial work, but also as a great trial attorney.’ He is recognized for his litigation strength in matters including toxic tort class action cases as well as in criminal environmental cases.”
•“He's top-notch, he's one of the best. If I was accused of a white-collar environmental crime I would use him. He's tenacious, bright and extremely capable.”
•“David is outstanding, a committed and passionate advocate, and he has the technical knowledge of environmental law.”
•“He shows incredible judgment and is very helpful to clients. He has a good understanding of local regulatory climates.”
David has a long record of service to the legal profession and the community, which include: Member, Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay; Former Member, Board of Trustees, Straz Center for the Performing Arts (three terms); Member, Former Chair and current Co-Chair, Environmental Enforcement and Crimes Committee, ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources; and Co-Chair, Criminal Litigation and Enforcement Subcommittee, ABA Environmental Litigation Committee. He is also a member emeritus of the Herbert G. Goldburg-Ronald K. Cacciatore Criminal Law American Inn of Court and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. A Fourth-Degree Black Belt, David served as the senior instructor of Tampa Moo Duk Kwan, a not-for-profit martial arts club.
David was recently recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a member of their “Power 100” and in Florida Trend’s “People to Know in Tampa/Hillsborough County.”
Coverage of representations have appeared in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, USA Today, the Associated Press, CNN, BBC News, the Miami Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, the Tampa Bay Times, Florida Trend magazine, Tampa Bay Business Journal, the Daily Business Review, The American Lawyer, Law360, and other print and electronic media.
Concentrations
•Business litigation
•Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
•Real estate and land use litigation
•White-collar criminal defense
•Class actions
•Mass torts
•Trial and appellate practice
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Accolades
•Listed, Chambers and Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of the world's leading business lawyers and law firms, 2009-2025: “Environment,” “Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations,” “Litigation: General Commercial”
•Listed, The Legal 500 United States, 2011-2024
•Recognized as one of only 20 “Leading Lawyers/Leading Partners” nationally in Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort, 2021-2025
•Listed, Industry Focus - Environment: Transactional, 'Recommended Lawyer,' 2023-2025
•Listed, Industry Focus - Environment: Litigation, 2016-2025
•Listed, Industry Focus - Environment: Regulatory, 2018, 2020-2025
•Listed, Dispute Resolution - General Commercial Disputes, 2025
•Listed, Dispute Resolution - Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action - Defense: Toxic Tort, 2011-2014, 2016-2024
•Listed, Dispute Resolution - Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense, 2017-2019
•Listed, Dispute Resolution - Appellate, 2019
•Listed, Benchmark Litigation, “Litigation Star,” 2023-2026
•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2025: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environment; Environmental Law; and Criminal Defense: White-Collar
•Listed, Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal), 2013-2024
•Global Leader, Environment, 2013-2023
•National Leader, Florida - Environment, 2013-2021
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023
•Team Member, a Law360 “Environmental Practice Group of the Year, ” 2022
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, “Law Firm of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate,” 2022
•Team Member, The American Lawyer, “Florida Regional Litigation Department of the Year,” 2019
•Team Member, a Law360 “Florida Powerhouse,” 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021-2025
•Listed, Florida Trend magazine, “Legal Elite,” 2004-2025
•“Notable Managing Partners,” 2023-2025
•“Hall of Fame,” 2010-2023
•“Litigation,” 2021
•“Environmental & Land Use,” 2004-2022
•Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, 2009-2025
•Listed as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Florida” seven times
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023
•Recipient, “Excellence in Writing Award,” Journal & News Editorial Board, The Florida Bar, 2015
•Listed, “People to Know in Tampa/Hillsborough County,” Florida Trend, November 2020 and November 2023
•Listed, Tampa Bay Business Journal, “Power 100,” 2021
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0
David's approach to appellate cases
David Weinstein is the Managing Shareholder of GT’s Tampa office. With over 30 years of experience, David is a “go to” litigator and strategist for high-stakes and complex civil and white-collar litigation, including business, environmental, toxic tort, real estate, land use, health care, and other challenging matters. An accomplished lawyer who takes pride in his courtroom advocacy, David also…
Clients David works with
David reviews new inquiries case-by-case for appellate, litigation, and personal injury matters across New York.
Credentials
Credentials — where David studied and practices
University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Trial Competition Team University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Member University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. 1986 Member Unive
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University of Florida
B.S.B.A. University · 1981
David studied at — in University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Trial Competition Team University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Member University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. 1986 Member Unive and B.S.B.A. University in University of Florida.
Law school and academic background
David completed — in University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Trial Competition Team University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. Member University of Florida Levin College of Law J.D. 1986 Member Unive and B.S.B.A. University in University of Florida. Formal legal training is one signal of substantive knowledge — the day-to-day practice David runs in New York is where that training gets applied to real client questions.
Recognition
David's legal honors and published work
David has received 1 formal recognition from bar associations, industry bodies, and peer-review services.
AV Preeminent
Legal awards and honors
AV Preeminent.
Affiliations
David's professional memberships and bar associations
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membership
Straz, Jr
membership
Center for the Performing Arts, 2013-2022 •Fourth Degree Black Belt Senior Instructor, Tampa Moo Duk Kwan
a not-for-profit martial arts club · membership
Locations
David B. Weinstein's office in New York
David's primary office is at One Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY, 10017. In-person meetings are by appointment; a phone intake usually comes first.
Client feedback
Client reviews of David B. Weinstein — 4.7/5 rating from 4 verified client reviews
Every review below is from a verified client of David. Reviews cover communication, case outcome, and value — the three signals that matter most when comparing appellate attorneys in New York.
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How to hire David B. Weinstein — what to expect in your first consultation
Working with a new appellate attorney should feel structured. Here's how the first two conversations with David usually go, from the moment you request a consult to the day representation begins.
Consultation formats and pricing
David charges for the initial consult. That fee is credited toward representation if you retain David's office.
What to bring to your first meeting
Bring any documents you already have — police reports, medical records, filed pleadings, correspondence from an insurer, a copy of the contract at issue. If you're not sure, err on the side of bringing everything; David will tell you what matters and what doesn't.
Questions to ask a appellate attorney in New York
A short list to run through before you commit: How many appellate matters have you handled in the last year? What's your fee structure? Who else in the office will work on this? What's your realistic estimate of timeline and range of outcomes? How do I reach you between meetings?
Fees & payment
Fees, payment methods, and consultation options for David
David discusses fees during intake so the arrangement fits the matter. Contingency, hourly, and flat-fee options are all common in appellate practice — ask which fits.
Hourly rates, contingency fees, and flat-fee options
Every appellate matter is priced differently. Simple document review might be a flat fee. Injury litigation is often contingency. Complex commercial disputes usually run hourly with a retainer. David confirms the model in the engagement letter before any work starts.
Payment methods and payment plans
David's office accepts standard payment methods. Ask about payment plans if the retainer is a stretch — many appellate practices work with clients on structured schedules.
Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions about David B. Weinstein
How much does it cost to hire David for a appellate case?
Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. David walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.
Does David offer a free consultation?
David charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain David's office. Some appellate attorneys offer free consults — check David's current terms during booking.
How long do appellate cases in New York typically take?
Simple appellate matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. David gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.
Can David take my case if I'm outside New York?
David is licensed in New York. Matters governed by New York law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — David will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.
What should I bring to my first meeting with David?
Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. David will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.
Is David accepting new appellate clients right now?
David's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.
Areas served
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