HAGENS BERMAN

David S. Nalven - Partner

David Nalven is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro's Cambridge office where he has worked since 2004. His practice focuses on prosecution of multi-state and nationwide class actions involving the pharmaceutical industry, securities fraud, and consumer protection.

Mr. Nalven has extensive experience in the prosecution of antitrust, fraudulent marketing, and unfair pricing claims against manufacturers of pharmaceutical products and medical devices, representing prescription drug wholesalers and retailers, health insurers, and consumers in these matters. Mr. Nalven has served in leadership roles in nationwide antitrust class actions against the manufacturers of Ovcon 35, OxyContin, Tricor, Wellbutrin XL, Toprol XL, Norvir, and others. Mr. Nalven also has prosecuted fraudulent marketing class actions against the manufacturers of Serostim, Nexium, Actimmune, and Zyprexa, as well as substantial matters against medical device manufacturers DePuy Spine, Inc. and Becton Dickinson. Mr. Nalven also has worked extensively on the nationwide Average Wholesale Price Litigation and in the representation of the State of Connecticut in multiple prescription drug pricing matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Nalven served as Chief of the Business and Labor Protection Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, where he oversaw a staff of more than 100 on all cases and initiatives involving healthcare fraud, insurance fraud, workplace offenses, and other civil and criminal business matters.

Mr. Nalven graduated magna cum laude from University of Pennsylvania in 1980 with a bachelor’s degree in English, and from New York University School of Law in 1985, where he was Senior Research Editor of the Annual Survey of American Law. After law school, Mr. Nalven served as a law clerk to the Hon. John R. Gibson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Mr. Nalven is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York.