| Donald R. Davidson, III has been a litigation and trial attorney for over 40 years, representing a national clientele of businesses, financial institutions, non-profit educational and religious groups, trustees, contractors, insurers and health care corporations, including some of the largest companies in the United States. His practice is focused on representing and protecting client interests in a wide variety of transactional and litigation matters, including banking, construction, commercial law, creditor collections and enforcement of judgments, bankruptcy, fraud, misrepresentation and unfair business practices, insurance coverage and claims disputes, bad faith claims practices, officer, director and shareholder litigation, health care and health service professionals, probate and trust litigation, real estate, commercial and residential mortgage lending, lender liability, fiduciary litigation, foreclosure and trustee litigation, fraud recovery, title, escrow and lien disputes, unlawful detainer, real estate and broker liability claims, labor and employment litigation, and state and federal regulatory compliance matters. His trial experience includes jury and non-jury trials in the Courts of California and Nevada, including Contra Costa, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara and Ventura Counties (California) and Clark and Nye Counties (Nevada). He has appeared in appellate matters before the California Courts of Appeal (First, Second and Fourth Appellate Districts) as well as the Nevada Supreme Court.
Education: Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (B.A., 1968); George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (J.D., 1971).
Admitted To Practice: State of Nevada, 1972; United States District Court, District of Nevada, 1972; State of California, 1987; United States District Court, Central, Eastern and Southern Districts of California, 1988.
Author: "Nine Guaranteed Ways To Save On Litigation Costs", 2002. Seminar Outline, Syllabus and Materials, "Introduction to Commercial and Consumer Lending In California", Lorman Education Service, January 2001; "Lender's Aftershock-Loss of Insurance Proceeds," California Trustee's Association Newsletter, Fall 1995; "Legislative Update," Real Estate Owned Managers Association of California Newsletter, March 1995; "Boston Harbor-Safety Net or Gill Net for Borrowers," Real Estate Owned Managers Association of California Newsletter, January 1995.
Speaker: "Fraud Prevention and Recovery", Lorman Education Seminar, Costa Mesa, CA January 2001; "Commercial Real Estate Lending and Default Servicing", Lorman Education Seminar, Costa Mesa, CA January, 2001; "Everything You Need to Know to Avoid Legal Indigestion", Real Estate Owned Managers Association of California [REOMAC] Annual Retreat, Palm Springs, CA, March 1997; "Handling California Evictions," United States Foreclosure Network Seminar for GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Waterloo, Iowa, October, 1996; "Consolidating Superior Court and Municipal Court Litigation," Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation [Freddie Mac] Regional Counsel Seminar, October, 1994.
Member: State Bar of California; State Bar of Nevada; Orange County Bar Association.
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