Partner Los Angeles, California Phone: 310.789.3104 Fax: 310.789.3011 dorozco@susmangodfrey.com* Print this Profile (PDF) Download Business Card David Orozco handles complex, high-stakes commercial disputes for plaintiffs and defendants, in a wide variety of matters, including antirust, labor, class actions, intellectual property, securities, contract, and tort and product liability. Mr. Orozco has substantial trial experience and has tried to verdict a number of cases in state and federal courts across the country. Those cases include a consumer class action against the nation's major telecommunications carriers, the defense of a class action on behalf of one of the world's largest retailers, and a massive antitrust action against one of the largest medical device companies in the world. Mr. Orozco has conducted the direct and cross examinations of key fact and expert witnesses at trial, argued and won significant motions in state and federal court, and defended these results on appeal. Most recently, after a six-week trial in federal court in Kansas City, Mr. Orozco obtained a $17 million dollar verdict for beach of contract on behalf of a class of California telephone consumers against AT&T. (The case is currently on appeal to the Tenth Circuit for the second time). Prior to trial, Sprint reached a settlement with the plaintiff class worth $25 million in phone cards. Mr. Orozco also succeeded in helping a different class obtain a settlement from Sprint in a consumer fraud case filed in California state court. Mr. Orozco has extensive experience in antitrust matters. Currently, he is representing Tessera Technologies in its antitrust action against DRAM chip manufacturer Hynix. Tessera alleges that Hynix conspired with several other DRAM manufacturers to suppress the adoption of Tessera's patented packaging technology designed for use with the revolutionary memory chip technology known as RDRAM. After extensive international discovery, the case is set for trial later this year.  Mr. Orozco and Susman Godfrey L.L.P. also represent plaintiffs in numerous antitrust class actions as lead counsel. Mr. Orozco has also arbitrated cases before domestic and international tribunals. Mr. Orozco and his Houston-based colleague Harry Susman represented Tequila Herradura, the largest tequila manufacturer in Mexico, in a dispute with its United States distributor. Shortly after receiving the decision in the arbitration, Herradura sold its assets for almost $800 million. In addition to recovering substantial sums for plaintiffs, Mr. Orozco has successfully defended clients facing multi-million and multi-billion dollar claims. In Minnesota state court, Mr. Orozco defended one of the world's largest retailers in a wage and hour class action, tried to verdict over three months.  That same year, Mr. Orozco defended an airline parts manufacturer at trial in Daytona Beach, Florida. Mr. Orozco encourages potential clients to speak with his former clients, former co-counsel and even opposing counsel - please see a partial list of references and phone numbers below - about his work inside the courtroom and beyond. Mr. Orozco has been recognized by his peers as a "California Rising Star" for five consecutive years. Mr. Orozco serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican-American Bar Foundation (www.themabf.org). Mr. Orozco also is a member of the Advisory Board of the East Palo Alto Mural Art Project (www.epamap.org). Mr. Orozco is married to Susman Godfrey partner, Victoria L. Cook. They reside in Manhattan Beach, California. EDUCATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994) Stanford Law School (J.D., with distinction, 2001) HONORS & DISTINCTIONS Phi Beta Kappa Editor, Stanford Law Review Law Clerk to The Honorable Michael S. Kanne, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  American Bar Association Hispanic National Bar Association Los Angeles County Bar Association REFERENCES Name Company Phone Lester Kaney Cobb Cole 386.323.9233 Joseph Goldberg Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg & Ives P.A. 505.842.9960 Chuck Douglas Sidley Austin LLP 312.853.7706 Jeff Kavy Clemens & Spencer 210.227.7121 David Giardina Sidley Austin LLP 312.853.4155   *Internet mail is not fully secure or private. Therefore, please do not transmit confidential information via Internet mail. Transmission of information is not intended to and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not assume that your communications sent using Internet mail are privileged or confidential. Please do not send Susman Godfrey any confidential information via the Internet without previously consulting one of our attorneys. **Nothing on this web page is intended to represent that Susman Godfrey currently represents any particular clients mentioned because matters and client relationships naturally terminate from time to time.