David S. Almeida is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Almeida Law Group LLC. Based in Chicago, David brings a unique and incredibly experienced perspective to representing consumers in class action lawsuits as, for the majority of his career thus far, he has served primarily as a class action defense lawyer representing hospital systems, medical providers, retail and hospitality companies as well as all manner of consumer-facing companies in privacy-related class action lawsuits. Prior to founding ALG, David was, most recently, a Partner with Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan and Aronoff LLP in its Chicago office. While at Benesch, David founded and chaired the Firm’s Class Action Practice Group and he also served as the Chair of the Firm’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act Team and its Retail, Hospitality and Consumer Products Practice Group. David is a 1999 graduate of Cornell Law School and since then he has practiced at several prominent firms in New York City and Chicago. David is admitted to the New York, Illinois and Wisconsin bars as well as admitted to practice in numerous federal courts including the United States District for the Northern District of Illinois (including Trial Bar).

David has been involved in more than 350 class action lawsuits throughout the country, representing clients in a wide-range of claims, including data breach and privacy violations, state consumer fraud and deceptive business practices, false advertising and false labeling, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the CAN-SPAM Act, the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and “do not call” registries, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regulations.

Some of David’s current matters include:

• Reedy v. Everylywell, Inc., 1:24-cv-02713 (N.D. Ill., April 4, 2024) (co-lead counsel in telehealth pixel tracking class action)
• Edwards v. Mubi Inc., 5:24-cv-00638 (N.D. Cal., February 2, 2024) (co-counsel in VPPA class action)
• Taylor, et al. v. Teladoc Health, Inc., 7:24-cv-00664-NSR (S.D.N.Y, January 30, 2024) (co-lead counsel in operative pixel tracking class action)
• Pattison, et al. v. Teladoc Health, Inc., 7:23-cv-11305-NSR (S.D.N.Y, December 29, 2023)
• Smith et al v. Loyola University Medical Center, 1:23-cv-15828 (N.D. Ill. November 9, 2023)
• Cooper v. Mount Sinai Health System Inc., 1:23-cv-09485 (S.D.N.Y., October 27, 2023) (counsel in pixel tracking class action)
• John v. Delta Defense LLC & U.S. Concealed Carry Association Inc., 2:23-cv-01253 (E.D. Wisc., Sept. 21, 2023) (lead counsel in VPPA class action)
• Doe v. Workit Health Inc., 2:23-cv-11691 (E.D. Mich., July 14, 2023) 
• Vriezen v. Group Health Plan, Inc., 23-cv-00267 (D. Minn. Feb. 2, 2023)
• Kane v. University of Rochester Medical Center, 6:23-cv-06027 (W.D.N.Y., January 11, 2023) (co- counsel in pixel tracking class action) 
• In re Advocate Aurora Health Pixel Litigation, 2:22-cv-01253 (E.D. Wis. Oct. 24, 2022) (co-lead counsel in consolidated data privacy class action)
• In re Practice Resources, LLC Data Security Breach Litigation, 6:22-cv-00890 (N.D.N.Y. Aug. 29, 2022) (co-lead counsel in consolidated data breach class action)
• Karling v. Samsara Inc., 1:22-cv-00295 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 18, 2022)

David is a prominent authority on data privacy and security issues, direct and mobile marketing, emerging payment systems as well as social and digital media issues. He is a frequent author and speaker on such topics and is often called upon by local and national publications for comment. David has been listed as an Illinois Super Lawyers numerous times as well as recognized as a “Rising Star” by the National Law Jo