CredentialsEducationUniversity of Chicago Law School, J.D., 1991Pomona College, B.A., Economics, 1988– magna cum laude AdmissionsIllinoisUnited States Supreme CourtU.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the Central District of IllinoisU.S. District Court for the District of ColoradoU.S. District Court for the Northern District of IndianaU.S. District Court for the Eastern District of WisconsinU.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaU.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitU.S. Court of Federal ClaimsNewsNews11.2.23Litigation Group Chair David Chizewer Honored as a Litigation TrailblazerNews10.12.23David Chizewer Quoted in “Court Examines Intent in Whistleblower Retaliation Case”News9.27.23Goldberg Kohn Sponsoring the Illinois Network of Charter Schools’ 2023 Excellence AwardsNews8.14.23Litigation Chair David Chizewer Offers “Expert Reaction” for Westlaw Today’s Coverage of a U.S. Supreme Court FCA RulingNews6.20.23Goldberg Kohn’s Commercial Finance, Bankruptcy and Litigation Practices Once Again Receive Acclaim in Chambers USA 2023; Nine Attorneys Individually RankedNews6.5.23David Chizewer Quoted in “SCOTUS Tosses 7th Cir. FCA Scienter Rulings, Saying ‘Subjective Beliefs’ Matter”News6.2.23David Chizewer Quoted in “Supreme Court Reopens Fraud Suits Against SuperValu, Safeway”News5.5.23Litigation Chair David Chizewer Interviews Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at Global ConferenceNews3.21.23David Chizewer Quoted in “Vallas and Johnson Clash on School Choice, Fueling Different Donor Bases in Mayor’s Race”News8.3.22David Chizewer Presenting “CIFPA, IICFPA, and the FCA,” at a Federal Bar Association QuiTam Section RoundtableNews1.18.22David Chizewer Named Chair of Goldberg Kohn’s Litigation Group; Succeeds Ken UlrichNews7.28.21David Chizewer Quoted in “FCA Overhaul Bill May Miss Mark On Reining In Fraudsters”News7.26.21David Chizewer Quoted in “DuPont, Others Must Face Claims in Indiana Superfund Row”News7.19.21Goldberg Kohn Southside Recycling Case Featured in “General Iron Turns to Cook Co. Court, Says it Followed Rules, Yet City Refuses Permit for New Scrap Metal Recycling Plant”News6.30.21Goldberg Kohn Southside Recycling Case Featured in “Judge: Chicago’s Bow to Activists, Imperling General Iron Permit, Not ‘Final Decision,’ So Not Yet Illegal Taking”News5.18.21Goldberg Kohn Representing Southside Recycling in $100M Lawsuit Against the City of ChicagoNews3.30.21David Chizewer Case Covered in “General Iron Owners Say They’ve Been Demonized, Deny Environmental Racism Charge in New Court Filing”News3.10.21David Chizewer Quoted in “Judge To Rule Next Month on Bid to Stop General Iron Permit”News3.8.21David Chizewer Quoted in “Chicago Residents Urge Court to Block Scrap Metal Move”News2.3.21Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers; One Young Attorney Also Named a Rising StarNews8.31.20David Chizewer Quoted in “Superfund Homeowners Fight to Keep Legacy Polluter Lawsuit Alive In E.C.”Event1.2.20David Chizewer Presenting “How Honest Companies Wind Up On the Wrong Side of FCA Liability”News10.29.19David Chizewer Quoted in “Asbestos Defendant That Fought Hundreds of Gori Suits Appears to Have Escaped Madison County”News7.3.19David Chizewer’s Mock Trial Team Victorious at the ABA’s False Claims Act and Qui Tam Trial InstituteNews5.13.19David Chizewer Quoted in “High Court Sides With Plaintiffs on False Claims Timeliness”News5.13.19David Chizewer Quoted in Law360 Article, “Attys React to High Court FCA Statue of Limitations Ruling”News3.21.19David Chizewer Quoted in Law360 Article, “Pointed Questions Suggest Longer FCA Time Limit Is Likely”News1.28.19Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2019 Illinois Super LawyersNews1.4.19David Chizewer Quoted in “Damages Could Pile Up If High Court Affirms False Claims Ruling”News9.25.18Health Management Associates Agrees to Pay $260 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuits; DOJ Settles Suit Filed By Goldberg KohnNews6.15.18David Chizewer Quoted in “Attorneys Reflect On Escobar’s FCA Impact 2 Years Later”Event6.14.18David Chizewer Discussing Procurement Fraud at the 12th National Institute on the Civil False Claims Act and Qui Tam EnforcementNews3.1.18David Chizewer Named an “Energy and Environmental Trailblazer” By The National Law Journal for His Pro Bono Representation of East Chicago ResidentsNews1.16.18Goldberg Kohn Pro Bono Case Reported On in “Federal Judge Hears Arguments in East Chicago Superfund Case”News11.1.17David Chizewer Quoted in “Superfund Homeowners Bring Lawsuit in East Chicago for Property Damage, Emotional Distress”News11.1.17The U.S. Department of Justice and Illinois Intervene in Goldberg Kohn Whistleblower Case Against Laynie FoundationNews10.20.17Shriver Center on Poverty Law Honors Goldberg Kohn With Its Corporate Partner AwardNews10.10.17David Chizewer Quoted in “Two Rulings Force Whistle-Blowers to Wait, Maybe Too Long”News8.29.17David Chizewer Quoted in “Asbestos Defendant Seeking Sanctions in Madison Co. Argues It Was Named ‘Only to Harass,’ and for ‘Settlement Ransom’”News6.9.17Goldberg Kohn Fighting to Ensure Illinois Children Living in Poverty Receive the Medical Care They DeserveNews6.7.17David Chizewer, With The Shriver Center and Legal Council for Health Justice, Secures More Money for Medicaid ProgramNews2.6.17Team Health Holdings Agrees to Pay $60 Million to Settle Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed By Goldberg KohnNews1.19.17Goldberg Kohn Pro Bono Case Covered in “Superfund Residents: Feds Wrong About Our Say in Court” ArticleNews1.14.17Goldberg Kohn Pro Bono Case Covered in Article, “East Chicago Residents Ask Court to Keep Them in Future Superfund Site Proceedings”News1.13.17Twelve Goldberg Kohn Attorneys Named 2017 Illinois Super LawyersNews12.6.16Goldberg Kohn Pro Bono Case Subject of Article, “Health Expert Discusses Effects of Lead Exposure”News11.16.16David Chizewer Quoted in Chicago Tribune Article, “East Chicago Residents Seek Larger Voice in Cleanup”News10.1.16David Chizewer Quoted in “Questions Mount With Lead Contamination, EPA Cleanup”All AI Generated Related People