David Gehrig

David S. Gehrig assists public agency clients such as transit districts, water districts and cities, with the full range of legal issues related to public works construction projects. He has worked on numerous large-scale infrastructure projects from the drafting of the contract specifications, through the bid process to contract conclusion and claims resolution. He has considerable experience with contract award disputes, prevailing wage laws, subcontractor substitution issues, and alternative project delivery methods like design-build and bidder pre-qualification. He has also successfully resolved several stop notice lawsuits for public agency clients. David also assists public agency clients with a wide variety of other legal issues, including Public Records Act compliance, record retention issues, Endangered Species Act compliance strategies, drafting professional service agreements and communication site leases, and condemnation law. Prior to joining Hanson Bridgett, David practiced public agency defense litigation where he worked in all phases of pre-trial litigation practice, and became familiar with many legal provisions unique to public agency clients such as immunities under the California Government Code, claim filing procedures, and liability under inverse condemnation, and other property damage causes of action. Academic Distinctions • Phi Beta Kappa • Articles Editor, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly (1994-1995) Publications • Public Contract Disclosures, San Francisco Daily Journal (December 11, 2006) • Changes to Prevailing Wage Laws Expose Public Agencies to Potential Liability, PUB. Agency Advisory (Feb. 2004) • Note, The Gun Free School Zones Act: The Shootout Over Legislative • Findings, the Commerce Clause and Federalism, 22 Hastings Const. L.Q. 179 (1994) Professional Affiliations • Bar Association of San Francisco Language Skills • German • Swiss-German Education • J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1995) • B.A., with distinction, University of Washington (1991) Admissions and Courts • State of California • State of Washington • United States District Courts for the Northern and Eastern Districts of California. http://www.hansonbridgett.com/attorneys/?id=27