David L. Doyle

Shareholder

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Chicago

Chair, Commercial Litigation Group

David L. Doyle joined Vedder Price in 1996 as a Shareholder and is a member of the firm’s Litigation practice area. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, including contract disputes, intellectual property, antitrust law, class actions, franchise litigation, products liability law, toxic tort litigation and related matters. He has been involved in numerous jury trials throughout the United States and several bench trials, including the successful defense at trial in Brussels of a client charged with an antitrust violation before the European Economic Commission.

Mr. Doyle is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Antitrust and Natural Resources; Vice Chairman, Oil Refining and Marketing Committee (1986–present)). He is a lecturer in the Northwestern University Graduate Studies in Legal Communication program and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University (1991–present).

Mr. Doyle was selected for inclusion from 2005 to 2012 in Illinois Super Lawyers. In addition, he received an "AV Preeminent" Peer Rating in Martindale-Hubbell.

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• Vedder Price Advises Board of Directors in Tronox, Inc.’s Emergence from Chapter 11
• Tronox Inc. Reorganization Plan Approved
• The Ten Commandments of Handling Franchise Dealer and Distributorship Litigation
• Long-Arm Statutes: A Fifty-State Survey

• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Financial Institution Litigation
• Franchise and Distributorship Litigation Services
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Securities Class Actions
• Securities Litigation
• Subprime Lending and Mortgage Task Force
• Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition
• White Collar Criminal Defense, Parallel Civil/Administrative Proceedings and Internal Investigations

• J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1975
• M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1980
• B.S., Miami University, 1972

• Illinois, 1975
• Georgia, 1975
• Federal Trial Bar, 1980
• US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• US District Court, Central District of Illinois
• US District Court, Southern District of Illinois 
• US District Court  Eastern District of Wisconsin
• US Court of Appeals, First Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
• US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Member, Chicago Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association (Vice Chairman, Oil Refining Marketing Committee (1986–present))
• Lecturer, Northwestern University Graduate Studies in Legal Communication (1991–present)
• Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University (1991–present)