David Suchar Elected to Serve as Chair of The Trial Network

David Suchar, vice chair of Maslon's Board of Directors and chair of Maslon's Construction & Real Estate Litigation Group, has been elected to serve as chair of The Trial Network as of Jan. 1, 2023. The Trial Network is a professional association whose mission is to strengthen strategic business relationships among the country's leading trial law firms. Currently, the Network has 24 law firms, including Maslon, comprising over 5,000 attorneys in 120+ offices across the United States.

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David, a partner at Maslon, is a skilled trial attorney and former federal prosecutor who regularly represents clients in construction and insurance coverage disputes, government and internal investigations, and a variety of commercial litigation. Who's Who Legal has consistently ranked David as one of the top four under-45 construction lawyers in the United States (2019-22), describing him in their annual "Future Leaders" guide as "an impressive trial lawyer whose practice spans the spectrum of construction matters from insurance to payment claims." Chambers USA (ranked 2018-2022) published client commentary describing David's strengths as "mastery of insurance, understanding the construction industry, exceptional writing skills and aggressive negotiation." David worked closely with Maslon Partner Steve Schleicher representing the state of Minnesota in its prosecution of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, helping to coordinate the state's cross-examination on use-of-force issues.

David has acted as first-chair trial counsel for a variety of bench and jury trials in courts across the country. In addition to his work in the areas of construction and insurance coverage litigation and government investigations, David has successfully litigated various high-end contract and commercial litigation matters. Before joining Maslon, David served as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he successfully represented the United States as lead counsel in hundreds of contested hearings and several trials in federal district court and oral arguments in the United States Court of Appeals.