David P. Ackerman Primary Practice Areas: Business Litigation Securities Litigation & Arbitration Legal Ethics & Professional Malpractice Telecommunications Law Class Actions

Education:
George Washington Law School, J.D., 1982
Bucknell University, B.A., 1979 with honors

E-mail: dackerman@alslaw.com

David P. Ackerman, a founding partner of Ackerman, Link & Sartory, practices in the areas of complex business litigation, securities litigation and arbitration, legal ethics and professional malpractice, telecommunications litigation, and class actions.
 
David is Board Certified in Business Litigation and has received the 'AV' rating from the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory. David has been listed in recent editions of The Best Lawyers of America. David was also named one of the Top Lawyers in South Florida for business litigation as designated by the South Florida Legal Guide. He is listed in Florida Trend Magazine as one of the 'Florida Legal Elite' for business litigation and business law and he is listed in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition. He was named Best Lawyer's 2010 West Palm Beach Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year 

David is the 2006 recipient of the Professionalism Award given by the Palm Beach County Bar Association to recognize an individual who exemplifies the highest ideals of ethics within the legal system.  He is a past recipient of the Pro Bono Service Award for the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
 
David is an Emeritus member and Past President of the Federal Bar Association, Palm Beach Chapter. He is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and serves on the Federal Civil Procedure Committee and as Vice Chair of the Florida State Committee.  He was appointed by the Chief Judge to the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Mediation for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

David is a member of The Florida Bar.  He also serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar.  He serves as Co-Chair of the Judicial Liaison Committee – State and Federal Courts of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar.  David is Past Chair of the Law School Liaison and Business Litigation Committees of the Business Law Section.  He is a member of the Steering Committee of Business Litigation in Florida (Fla. CLE 5th Ed. 2007) and authored “Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees”.  David is a Florida Bar Foundation fellow.

David is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association.  He is Past Chair of the Professionalism and Commercial Litigation Committees of the Palm Beach County Bar Association.  David currently serves on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fourth District Court of Appeals.  He is Past Chair of The Judicial Nominating Commission for the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. 

David is a member of the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Seventh Circuits; United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida; and The Florida Bar.