David S. Golub

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Nationally recognized litigator making history

David S. Golub is an experienced litigator who served as lead private counsel for the State of Connecticut in its action against the tobacco industry. Connecticut’s leading role in the nationwide litigation and helping achieve the nationwide settlement was specifically recognized by a special panel of former attorneys general, which concluded that the contribution of Connecticut’s legal team to the national settlement was among the top five of the 57 states and other entities involved in that litigation. Connecticut stands to recover nearly $4 billion as a result of its team’s legal efforts.

Mr. Golub has also successfully represented corporate whistleblowers in actions brought on behalf of the United States government under the False Claims Act. His $150 million settlement in 1994 of a claim against United Technologies Corporation was, at the time, the largest such award ever recovered for the United States government under the Act. Mr. Golub’s client received a relator's share of $22.5 million, then also the largest such award ever given to a relator under the Act.

In December 1987, in recognition of his work on the cases, he received the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s annual award for outstanding volunteer contributions by a private attorney to legal assistance for the poor. He has also been active in constitutional and civil rights litigation.

He has represented The New York Times and Times Mirror Corporation in First Amendment litigation, the Chief State's Attorney for the State of Connecticut in a civil rights action and one of Connecticut’s U.S. senators in a case arguing the constitutional rights of the mentally retarded.

In 1986, he successfully argued a voting rights case in the United States Supreme Court establishing the right of a political party to determine who may vote in a party primary. He was also involved in an amicus role in Connecticut’s landmark school desegregation decision.

Successfully taking on industry giants

In the employment sphere, Mr. Golub has successfully represented plaintiffs in numerous discrimination, ERISA, and other employment-related actions in state and federal courts. Most recently, he obtained a multimillion-dollar recovery for a former executive at Ultramar Corporation, twice obtaining reversal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit of adverse rulings in the district court.

• In 1986, Mr. Golub prosecuted a fraud and breach of contract action against Exxon Corporation in Bridgeport federal court, resulting in a $10 million verdict in favor of a former Exxon employee, then one of the highest employment law verdicts for an individual in the country.
• In 1987, he was lead counsel in a class action against Xerox Corporation for violation of ERISA pension laws, resulting in what is believed to be the largest class action case in Connecticut history, involving a settlement affecting approximately 40,000 present and former Xerox employees.
• In 1989, Mr. Golub obtained a $4 million judgment for a former employee of IBM as a result of a private security firm’s wrongful invasion of his privacy.
• In 1992, he successfully concluded a nearly ten-year battle to obtain severance benefits for 178 former employees of Olin Corporation, obtaining a $4 million settlement.
• In 1999, Mr. Golub obtained a verdict of over $8 million for a female news anchor terminated from her position by a Connecticut television station.
• In 1984, Mr. Golub represented Ernie Cobb, a former basketball star at Boston College accused of point shaving. Cobb was acquitted after a jury trial in federal court in Brooklyn. Mr. Golub also has been involved in representing two inmates on death row in Florida, successfully helping to obtain a reversal of the death sentence in both cases.

Areas of Practice

• Civil rights litigation
• Civil appeals
• Employment litigation
• False Claims Act
• ERISA

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1973, Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1970, Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Human Rights Commentator Connecticut Bar Journal, April, 1981

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Trial Practice, Yale Law School
• Trial Practice, University of Connecticut School of Law

Honors and Awards

• National Legal Aid and Defender Association's Annual Award

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association
• Connecticut Bar Association
• American Association for Justice

Contact David S. Golub to discuss your legal needs

Individuals and businesses in Connecticut rely on the skill and professionalism of the trial attorneys at Silver Golub & Teitell. We take both business and personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis. Contact us online to find out how we can help.

We represent individuals and businesses in personal injury, wrongful death, and business litigation throughout the state of Connecticut, including Fairfield County, New Haven County, Hartford County, and the following communities: