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David Pitofsky is a Lecturer at Columbia Law School, specializing in law with a focus on current issues in media, internet, and artificial intelligence. He also serves as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at News Corp, where he oversees global legal operations, including litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters. Prior to his roles at News Corp, he was a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP for eight years, where his litigation practice concentrated on white-collar defense and government investigations. Notably, he represented a Big 4 accountant in a high-profile tax fraud case in U.S. history. His significant experience in law includes serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he was involved in prosecution cases against senior executives in a national computer software company for securities fraud, achieving groundbreaking convictions. He was recognized in the “Attorneys Matter” list by the Ethisphere Institute and was awarded the George Katz Torch Learning Award by the American Friends of Hebrew University. Pitofsky is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Georgetown University Law Center, where he was Executive Editor of the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.
Juris Doctor (J.D.) program. While 'Department of Law' is not a formal administrative division for admissions, this entry covers the primary J.D. program.