David M. Berger

David Berger is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office.

Areas of Practice

David represents clients in a variety of complex commercial and business litigation matters in state and federal court, and arbitration tribunals. His experience includes litigating claims involving breach of contract, fraud, real estate disputes, shareholder actions, whistleblower retaliation under Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank, and California law, and other complex business disputes.

David is experienced in all aspects of California and federal civil procedure, including filing and responding to complaints, conducting discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation. He is also experienced in FINRA arbitration procedure.

David is experienced in taking cases to trial and final arbitration hearings, having tried multiple jury trials in state and federal court to verdict. He is also an experienced appellate lawyer, having fully briefed various appellate issues in state and federal court.

During law school, David served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Manuel L. Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He also served as a note and comment editor for the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.

Articles

• "Mechanics Liens, Construction Bonds and Stop Payment Notices – Special Remedies in California," Sheppard Mullin, 2017

Corporate and Securities Law Blog Posts

• "Third Circuit Holds that SLUSA Does Not Preclude Class Action Opt-Outs from Pursuing Individual Actions," October 3, 2019