David Stute focuses his practice on international arbitration and appellate litigation.
David represents clients in cross-border disputes between private and public companies, investors, states, and state-owned entities in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Europe, including UNCITRAL, ICDR, ICC, ad hoc, and ICSID arbitrations, and in related actions in U.S. and foreign fora. David has authored briefs for state and federal appeals, and his articles on transnational and comparative law have been published by Arbitration International, the Michigan Journal of International Law, the New Law Journal, Thomson Reuters, the American Journal of Comparative Law (2021), and ITA in Review (2021).
David was a visiting scholar and Herz Fellow at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and he served as a judicial law clerk on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Professional Highlights
External Publications
Education
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2015
Eric Stein Award for the best note published by the Michigan Journal of International Law
B.M., Cleveland Institute of Music, 2010
Academic Honors
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2010
Philosophy magna cum laude, Departmental Honors in Philosophy
Admissions
District of Columbia
Maryland
Courts
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Clerkships
Law Clerk to the Honorable Senior Judges, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Law Clerk to Charles Schumer, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
Languages
German
External Publications
Looking for Consensus in Federal Court Discovery for Private Foreign or International Arbitral Proceedings, International Arbitration, Oxford University Press, Authors: David J. Stute, 10/25/2019
Firm Publications
Supreme Court Affirms FHA Disparate Impact Claims, Authors: Deborah B. Baum, Julia E. Judish, David J. Stute, John Scalia, 07/21/2015
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