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David L. Jordan is an accomplished civil litigator whose practice primarily focuses on the resolution of business and commercial litigation matters, including officer, director and shareholder fiduciary liability, corporate and partnership dissolutions, general business torts, unfair business practices, misappropriation trade secrets, trade name and trademark infringement, licensing and breach of contract. Mr. Jordan also has extensive experience in the resolution of complex insurance coverage disputes.
Mr. Jordan graduated magna cum laude from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1996, and received his J.D. in 1999 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and as a member of Hastings’ competitive moot court team that received the best brief award and placed second overall at the Wagner Labor Law Moot Court Competition. Mr. Jordan also served as a full-time judicial extern to the Hon. Maxine M. Chesney of the United States District Court, Northern District California in the Spring of 1999.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Practice primarily focuses on business advice and consultation and the resolution of complex business litigation matters, such as officer, director and shareholder fiduciary liability, corporate and partnership dissolutions, unfair business practices, misappropriation of trade secrets, non-competition agreements, licensing, trademark and trade name infringement, general business torts and breach of contract. Practice also includes insurance coverage advice and the resolution of complex insurance coverage disputes.
EMPLOYMENT
JANUARY 2006-PRESENT
ASSOCIATE
Livingston Law Firm
A Professional Corporation
Walnut Creek, California
General civil litigation practice with an emphasis on commercial and business disputes, as well as insurance coverage, product liability, premises liability, and general liability defense.
JULY 2000-DECEMBER 2005
ASSOCIATE
Hancock Rothert & Bunshoft, LLP
San Francisco, California
General civil litigation practice with expertise in the areas of insurance coverage, business and commercial litigation, including primary and excess level general liability and specialty lines of coverage; officer, director and shareholder fiduciary liability; unfair business practices; trade secrets; licensing; non-competition agreements; trademark and trade name infringement; business torts; and breach of contract.
NOVEMBER 1999-JUNE 2000
ASSOCIATE
Walsh Donovan & Keech, LLP
San Francisco, California
General civil litigation practice with an emphasis on the resolution of commercial, product liability and maritime disputes.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
State Bar of California; Bar Association of San Francisco; Contra Costa County Bar Association, Business Law Section; and Defense Research Institute (DRI), Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law Committees.
PUBLICATIONS
“Separation of Powers: The Appointment of Bill Lann Lee as Acting Attorney General For Civil Rights.” Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, vol. 26:4, Summer 1999.
EDUCATION
JURIS DOCTOR
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
MAY 1999, San Francisco, California
Senior Articles Editor, HASTINGS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW QUARTERLY
Member of the Wagner Labor Law Moot Court Competition Team
Assistant Instructor of Legal Research and Writing
Judicial Extern to the Hon. Maxine M. Chesney, U.S. District Court
Admitted to California Bar, November 1999
Admitted to United States District Court
Northern District of California, November 1999
Admitted to United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, November 1999
BACHELOR OF ARTS, POLITICAL SCIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles
Magna Cum Laude
JUNE 1996, Los Angeles, California
PERSONAL
Married with three children. Enjoys coaching childrens’ athletic teams, golf, snowboarding and cooking.
