David M. “Dave” Gillen brings over 30 years of civil litigation experience as a trial and appellate attorney in a wide range of matters including real estate sales and finance, community associations, public entity liability, property and products liability, insurance, intellectual property, employment, business practices and complex litigation.
- Defense verdict for a public university involving catastrophic injuries and bike path design.
- Summary judgment for public school district in playground equipment injury case.
- Prevailed on consecutive appeals defending a favorable judgment obtained in an employment and disability discrimination matter.
- Prevailed on appeal defending a judgment in favor of a major retail client in a matter based upon negligence of a third-party truck driver entering the property and causing injury to a bicyclist.
- Prevailed in an appeal concerning enforcement of CC&Rs.
- Trial judgment in favor of a financial institution regarding a mortgage loan.
- Trial judgment in favor of a realtor in breach of lease/habitability case.
- Judgment of dismissal in favor of a fire department based on alleged due process violations.
- Judgment of dismissal in favor of a financial institution sued for malicious prosecution after reporting loan fraud to law enforcement.
- Judgment of dismissal in favor of film production company involving alleged wrongful termination.
- Judgment of dismissal in favor of advertising agency based on alleged breach of contract with vendor.
- Summary judgment in favor of insurance brokerage sued for alleged malpractice when a third-party casualty claim arose after the insured canceled coverage.
- Obtained multiple court injunctions for homeowners associations to enforce of CC&Rs and association rules.
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court, Central, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California
Community Involvement
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Attorney-Client Mediation and Arbitration Service, Volunteer Arbitrator, Retired
Education
- J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1991
- Florine Carmen Phelps Scholar
- Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review, Editor
- B.A., Political Science and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1986