David H. Schwartz
Member
Email: dhs@lodhs.com

Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation(20%); Business Fraud(10%); Business Torts(10%); Securities Litigation(20%); Shareholder Derivative Actions(10%); Insurance(10%); Theft of Trade Secrets(10%); Nonprofit Organizations Law(10%); Business Litigation; Franchises; Legal Malpractice; Employment Law; Securities; Securities Fraud; Securities Fraud Arbitration; Securities Fraud Class Action; Consumer Fraud; Breach of Contract; Corporate Law; Franchises and Franchising; Insurance Bad Faith; Americans with Disabilities Act; Wrongful Termination; Appellate Practice; Litigation; Shareholder Agreements; Shareholder Disputes; Shareholder Rights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Business Law.

Admitted: 1974, California; 1989, Hawaii and U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Hastings College of Law, University of California, J.D., with honors, 1974

College: Dartmouth College and University of California at Berkeley, B.A., with honors, 1969

Member: State Bar of California (Member, Litigation Section).

Biography: Master, San Francisco Lawyers Club Inns of Court, 1998-. Author: Publications: "Civil RICO Against Fraudulent Enterprises," in <i>Civil RICO Practice: <i>Causes of Action, </i></b> H. Brown, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1991.

Reported Cases: Murtishaw v. Woodford, 255 F.3d 926 (9th Cir. 2001); Dew v. Appelberry, 23 Cal.3d 630, (1979); Virden v. Graphics One, 623 F.Supp. 1417 (C.D. Cal. 1986); Gray v. First Winthrop Corp., 989 F.2d 1564 (9th Cir. 1993); Granberry v. Islay Investments, 9 Cal.4th 738, (1995).

Born: Haverford, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1947

ISLN: 903916903