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David C. Tobin
Biographical Sketch
David C. Tobin, in forty years of practice, has successfully represented individuals and
corporations, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in a host of trials in federal and state courts
nationwide. In the commercial arena, he has represented the nation’s leading supplier of
educational supplies, a major commercial real estate developer in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan areas, the principal officers of a leading worldwide actuarial firm, and one of the
fastest growing telecom firms in Northern Virginia. His cases involve a variety of substantive
issues, including ERISA, restrictive covenant litigation, corporate governance and control,
fiduciary duties, and breach of contract.
Mr. Tobin’s criminal defense practice has included representation of a high-level Presidential
appointee in connection with potential grand jury investigation issues, the general counsel of a
Fortune Global 500 company in connection with the investigation of violations of various federal
international trade restrictions, a privately-owned defense contracting company in a United
States Defense Department investigation of alleged billing irregularities, and a Saudi Arabian-
based educational institution in response to a raid and investigation conducted jointly by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Tobin served as a law clerk to the Hon. Judge John R.
Brown on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Thereafter, he entered
practice with the international law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in its Washington
D.C. office, where he was elected a partner in 1992. He subsequently served as a founding
partner of Tobin O’Connor Concino P.C.
Education
• George Washington University, J.D.
• Westminster College – New Wilmington, PA, B.A.
