David Korvin is of counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson Dunn where he practices in the firm’s Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance Practice Group.

David advises public companies and their boards with respect to corporate governance, federal securities, financial reporting and accounting, insider trading, shareholder engagement and activism matters, and executive compensation matters. He is a Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) FSA Credential Holder and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charterholder. David is recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for his work in Corporate Law. He has co-authored two chapters in “A Practical Guide to Section 16: Reporting and Compliance.”

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, David was an attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Corporation Finance, where he handled the legal review of Securities Act and Exchange Act filings and served as a member of the Shareholder Proposal Taskforce.

David received his Juris Doctor in 2013 from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He graduated with distinction from Cornell University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Government.

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Credentials

Education:
  • Columbia University - 2013 Juris Doctor
  • Cornell University - 2010 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • New York Bar