David S. Wilgus

Partner

Direct Dial (510) 835-6803

Practice Expertise

Extensive experience in multiple areas of civil litigation and trial work, including premises liability, product liability, complex tort, landlord/tenant, wrongful death, mobile home park, trucking/transportation and contract cases throughout California
Represents and counsels individuals, small businesses, municipalities and large corporations in all aspects of litigation, including successful mediations, arbitrations and trials
Provides pro-active, strategic counsel to a diverse client base in areas of risk management with the goal of avoiding litigation and minimizing exposure

Defends manufacturers, retailers and distributors of commercial and consumer products in cases involving alleged manufacturing and/or design defects, failure to warn, and breach of warranty claims
Defends and counsels property owners and managers against premises liability claims of dangerous conditions, trespass and nuisance claims, mobile home parks and landlord/tenant issues
Defends insurance companies against claims of bad faith and unfair business practices (Business & Professions Code section 17200 et. seq.)
Defends commercial transportation companies and common carriers in claims ranging from moderate to catastrophic losses
Experience defending horse and ranch owners against horse-related injuries
Experience in developing strategy and litigating complex and high-exposure cases involving bad faith, landlord/tenant claims and toxic tort

31 McGeorge Law Review 447, Nonpoint source Pollution and the Semi-Clean Water Enforcement and Pollution Act of 1999
33 McGeorge Law Review 99, The Nature of Nuisance: Judicial Environmental Ethics and Landowner Stewardship in the Age of Ecology

Extensive experience in multiple areas of civil litigation and trial work, including premises liability, product liability, complex tort, landlord/tenant, wrongful death, mobile home park, trucking/transportation and contract cases throughout California
Represents and counsels individuals, small businesses, municipalities and large corporations in all aspects of litigation, including successful mediations, arbitrations and trials
Provides pro-active, strategic counsel to a diverse client base in areas of risk management with the goal of avoiding litigation and minimizing exposure

Defends manufacturers, retailers and distributors of commercial and consumer products in cases involving alleged manufacturing and/or design defects, failure to warn, and breach of warranty claims
Defends and counsels property owners and managers against premises liability claims of dangerous conditions, trespass and nuisance claims, mobile home parks and landlord/tenant issues
Defends insurance companies against claims of bad faith and unfair business practices (Business & Professions Code section 17200 et. seq.)
Defends commercial transportation companies and common carriers in claims ranging from moderate to catastrophic losses
Experience defending horse and ranch owners against horse-related injuries
Experience in developing strategy and litigating complex and high-exposure cases involving bad faith, landlord/tenant claims and toxic tort

31 McGeorge Law Review 447, Nonpoint source Pollution and the Semi-Clean Water Enforcement and Pollution Act of 1999
33 McGeorge Law Review 99, The Nature of Nuisance: Judicial Environmental Ethics and Landowner Stewardship in the Age of Ecology

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 2001)
University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. in History, with honors and distinction, 1997)