dave is
a certified family law specialist in San Francisco, California handling a wide variety of family law matters
settlement oriented, client / family focused
able to serve as mediator, mediation review attorney, consulting attorney, divorce coach, or litigation attorney
a graduate of Columbia University (BA European History with honors 1991) and University of San Francisco School of Law (JD 2005)
President (2024-2026) of the California chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC-CA), co-chair of both its 2020 and 2022 annual conferences, and a founding member of its diversity, equity and inclusion council
a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
a volunteer settlement master, San Francisco Superior Court, 2014 - present
an educator: has guest lectured at USF School of Law, is a past
panelist in family law Continuing Legal Education for the San Francisco Bar Association, and has coached mock trial
at SF’s Thurgood Marshall High School
continuously engaged in projects to reconceive the family law system to better serve families going through it
divorce, legal separation, annulment
high net worth cases, asset division including complex characterization and valuation issues
spousal support, child support
custody and visitation issues
parentage cases
post-judgment modifications
