PARTNER

DAVID BALTER

  • Before joining DP&F, David worked for ten years at Shapiro Buchman Provine & Patton, LLP, Walnut Creek, California. David also worked at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office as a Collection Enforcement Deputy and was a Senior Legal Assistant at the international law firm of Coudert Brothers.

CONTACT

dbalter@dpf-law.com

707-261-7000

1500 First St., Ste. 200
Napa, CA 94559

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PRACTICE AREAS

Litigation

Wine Law

  • J.D., John F. Kennedy University School of Law (1999)

    University of California at Berkeley (Extension)

    Diablo Valley College

    College of the Redwoods

  • DP&F General Counsel,2011-2021

    DP&F Managing Partner,2007-2008, 2021-present

    California Bar Association: Real Property, Litigation, ADR Sections

    United States District Court for the Northern, Central, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California

    United States Court of Appeal – Ninth Circuit

    United States Court of Federal Claims

    Contra Costa County Bar Association – Litigation Section

    Napa County Bar Association

    Delegate to the State Bar of California, Conference of Delegates, 2002 – 2009

    Outstanding Legal Services Attorney, Legal Aid of Napa Valley,2009

  • Ureide Holland & Knight General Counsel Summit (2011-2021)

    Successfully handled the appeal in Lerner v. I80 Properties, LLC, et. al., 2019

    “Grape Grower’s Liens”, Contra Costa Lawyer Magazine,October 2013

    “Asset Protection Techniques in California”, National Business Institute

    “Collection Law”, National Business Institute

    Guest lecturer, National Business Institute, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin,2003 – present

    Successfully handled the appeal in Moore v. Hill 188 Cal. App. 4th 1267,2010