{"id":417390,"date":"2026-07-30T01:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417390\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:37:12","slug":"the-indispensables-2026-david-willingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417390\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indispensables 2026: David Willingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-height: 400px; max-width: 300px; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"David Willingham\" width=\"90%\" height=\"auto\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785375432_906_w=9999.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"max-height: 400px; max-width: 300px; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785375432_906_w=9999.jpeg\" alt=\"David Willingham\" width=\"90%\" height=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Partner<br \/>King &amp; Spalding<\/p>\n<p>With numerous rankings, awards and Top 100 Lawyers lists under his belt, David Willingham is more than a sought-after, seasoned litigator with an excellent track record in white-collar criminal defense, government investigations and complex litigation in high-profile and highly confidential matters. A former federal prosecutor with a history of successful representations in white-collar criminal matters, Willingham is trusted without reservation by colleagues and clients with their reputation and freedom at stake. He is an indispensable leader in King &amp; Spalding\u2019s Los Angeles office and embodies the firm\u2019s culture and esprit de corps \u2013 when there is a need, his hand is up.<\/p>\n<p>Words To Describe Them: Strategic, mentor, honest, approachable, tenacious, integrity<\/p>\n<p>From the Indispensable: \u201cI am driven to do more because of my amazing colleagues. We are building a special institution, not for me, but for them. We have grown in Los Angeles for the next generation \u2013 leaving it better than we found it \u2013 so they can carry it forward. That is the promise we make to the law students, associates and partners that we hire in Los Angeles, and I am deeply motivated to fulfill that promise. My friends and family here at K&amp;S drive me to do more and set the bar high for them to take forward and shine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PartnerKing &amp; Spalding With numerous rankings, awards and Top 100 Lawyers lists under his belt, David Willingham is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[166935,166936,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-417390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-david-willingham","tag-king-spalding","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}