
biography
David Mesa is an experienced litigator focused on complex civil disputes for clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automobile, and consumer product industries. He has won numerous dispositive motions and has managed cases from inception through judgment in product liability cases as well as commercial business disputes for clients ranging in size from regional business entities to Fortune 500 companies. He has served as national counsel, regional and state counsel in complex litigation matters, including multidistrict litigation and consolidated proceedings in state courts. Mr. Mesa effectively counsels clients at every stage of the litigation life cycle, from case management and discovery strategy, dispositive motions and depositions through fact and expert witness preparation, mediation, and preparing for trial. He also advises manufacturer clients in regulatory compliance and communications with federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and state pharmacy boards.
From brick-and-mortar retailers to online merchants, luxury retailers to big-box stores, start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and travel retailers to hotels and restaurants, Mr. M...
Palo Alto
Credentials
Admissions
California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Education
J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law, cum laude, 2007
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2001
Prior Law Firm Experience
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Sedgwick LLP