David McLendon

David McLendon is an attorney in Morgan & Morgan’s complex litigation department in New Orleans. McLendon focuses primarily on multidistrict litigation, including Mass Tort and Social Media Harm matters. He works on coordinated cases that require extensive factual development, document review, deposition preparation, expert work, and trial support. His practice is built around large, complex proceedings in which many individual claims are organized within broader national litigation.

McLendon earned a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 2001. He also received an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1996, with concentrations in finance and marketing, and a B.S. in Business Administration in Management from the university’s Honors College in 1993. His business and legal education supports detailed case analysis, strategic planning, negotiation, and the management of information across complex litigation portfolios.

McLendon has worked on major multidistrict matters involving FEMA trailers, the BP oil spill, pelvic repair systems, pharmaceuticals, wildfires, combat earplugs, JUUL, Zantac, Elmiron, infant nutrition, antitrust claims, and social media addiction. His responsibilities have included developing deposition outlines, preparing witnesses, managing experts, reviewing records, defending and taking depositions, and working on trial teams through resolution or global settlement.

David McLendon is licensed in Louisiana and admitted to federal courts including the Eastern District of Louisiana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is also a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and Louisiana Association for Justice. His experience gives clients a litigation-focused perspective on coordinated proceedings that demand careful organization, sustained research, and consistent attention to individual claims.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Morgan & Morgan
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

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