David W Trotter - Walnut Creek, CA

Walnut Creek Business & Commercial Law Lawyer
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Bowles & Verna LLP

2121 North California Boulevard
Suite 875


Post Office Box 8180
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

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David W. Trotter is a 1977 graduate of Occidental College and a 1980 graduate of Stanford Law School. Upon graduating from Stanford, Mr. Trotter received a Henry Luce Foundation scholarship and spent a year working for the Attorney General of Hong Kong. He was an associate and senior litigation counsel with Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP from 1981 to 1998. He joined Bowles & Verna in September 1998. In November 2006 Mr. Trotter was elected to a four-year term on the Moraga Town Council.

Mr. Trotter has a broad range of civil litigation and arbitration/ADR experience. He has tried and managed complex environmental, land use, real estate, eminent domain/regulatory taking, construction and general commercial and business litigation and administrative/regulatory proceedings.  As a lobbyist, Mr. Trotter has represented natural resource, mining and intellectual property companies with respect to proposed legislation and administrative rulemaking matters before agencies and legislative bodies at the federal, state and local levels. Mr. Trotter’s practice also includes appellate and post-trial litigation.

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Practice Areas

  • Business & Commercial Law
  • Banking & Finance Law
  • Litigation & Appeals
  • Real Estate Law
  • Securities Law

Bar Admissions

  • California, 1981
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of California

Other Affiliations

  • California State Bar (Member)
  • United States Court of Federal Claims Bars (Member)
  • American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation)
  • San Francisco Bar Association (Member)

Education

  • Stanford Law School, Stanford, California, 1980
    J.D.
  • Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 1977
    B.A.
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Past Positions

  • Hong Kong Government, Attorney General's Chambers

Honors

  • Henry Luce Foundation Scholarship

Address

2121 North California Boulevard
Suite 875


Post Office Box 8180
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Phones

(925) 935-3300

Faxes

925-935-0371

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Articles

The Taking of Private Property Without Just Compensation: A New Constitutional Price Tag (Co-Author), Barclays Law Journal, January, 1988

Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council: Good News for Property Rights (Co-Author), California Environmental Law Reporter, August, 1992

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2121 North California Boulevard
Suite 875


Post Office Box 8180
Walnut Creek, CA 94596