David Nabors is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Miami office. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and he has experience on appeal, in all stages of trial-court litigation, and in state and federal court. David examined the lead witness in a bench trial that secured approval of a favorable settlement for the developer of Fisher Island, one of the world’s wealthiest residential communities. David was also described as “very talented” in a The American Lawyer article discussing his role in helping obtain a yearlong injunction prohibiting enforcement of Florida’s anti-vaccine passport statute against a major cruise line during the COVID-19 pandemic.
David rejoined the firm in 2023 after clerkships with Judge Barbara Lagoa of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. David graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as a Supervising Editor on the Harvard Law Review.
- Harvard Law School
(J.D., cum laude, 2020)-
Harvard Law Review:
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Supervising Editor
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- Florida International University
(B.A., summa cum laude, 2016)
- The State Bar of Florida
- Note, State Courts and the Federalization of Arbitration Law, 134 Harv. L. Rev. 1184 (2021).
- Leading Case, Nielsen v. Preap, 133 Harv. L. Rev. 392 (2019)
- Recent Case, United States v. Touset: Eleventh Circuit Holds that Border Searches of Property Require No Suspicion, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 1112 (2019)
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Barbara Lagoa:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2022-2023
- Law Clerk for the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga:
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2021-2022