David J. Berardinelli is a partner in the law firm of DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis Kaplan & Berardinelli, where he began his legal career in 1996. David's work focuses primarily on litigation in the areas of white collar criminal defense for both corporate and individual clients, products liability law, aviation litigation defense, commercial and business litigation, First Amendment and defamation litigation and labor and employment disputes. David has tried numerous cases in both state and federal courts and has argued in the U.S. Courts of Appeals on multiple occasions. David serves as a faculty member for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute to instruct other lawyers on topics related to white collar crime.

Between September 2000 and July 2005, David left private practice to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. There he handled a variety of criminal prosecutions and investigations, including prosecutions and investigations focusing on money laundering, bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. David worked closely with representatives of financial institutions, including internal auditors, compliance officers and counsel, as well as corporate representatives. For several years David specialized in investigating complex international money laundering and narcotics importation cases. In July of 2004, David was a speaker at the annual money laundering conference hosted by the Colombian Association of Banks and Financial Institutions in Cartagena, Colombia. In 2005, the Attorney General of the United States awarded David the John Marshall Award for Asset Forfeiture.

David graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1996. David received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude in 1993 from Bucknell University, where he was captain of the varsity football team and President of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He received all-league honors as a wide-receiver and twice was elected to the GTE First Team Academic All-American team. He also was recipient of the Robey Prize – the highest honor awarded to a graduating senior by Bucknell.

A native of Altoona, Pennsylvania, David is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Allegheny County Bar Association.