David R. Donadio, Esq.

David R. Donadio, Junior Partner; University of Pennsylvania (B.A. Philosophy, 1985), University of San Francisco Law School (J.D. 1991), Vermont Law School (M.S.L. 1991).

Mr. Donadio was raised in Concord, Massachusetts where he graduated in the top 10% of his high school class. In 1985 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

After moving to California, Mr. Donadio went to the University of San Francisco Law School (USF), where he was president of the Environmental Law Society. After his second year of law school, Mr. Donadio spent a summer clerking for the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. Concurrently with his J.D. he obtained a master’s degree in law, with a concentration in environmental law, from Vermont Law School.

Mr. Donadio began work with the Novato, California office of Brayton Purcell in 1991 as a law clerk and an associate immediately after his admission to the California Bar. His responsibilities included case management, law and motion, and all phases of discovery. In January 2000, Mr. Donadio became a junior partner. He is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of associate attorneys and paralegals in both the Novato and Los Angeles offices. He was listed as one of Northern California’s “Super Lawyers” in 2009, 2010 and 2011 by Super Lawyer Magazine.  He is currently Chairperson of the Plaintiff Steering Committee regarding revision of the San Francisco General Orders.

Mr. Donadio is admitted to the California Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; and the U. S. District Court, Northern California. He is a member of Consumer Attorneys of California and Public Justice. Mr. Donadio and his wife live in Novato, California.

 

Practicing: Personal Injury, Products Liability and Mass Tort Litigation