David S. Gehrig, Senior Counsel

Practice Areas/Industries
Construction; Public Agency; Infrastructure Blog

Firm Leadership
Infrastructure Group, co-chair

Based in our San Francisco Office
415-995-5063 Direct Phone
415-541-9366 Fax
dgehrig@hansonbridgett.com
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David S. Gehrig assists public agency clients such as transit districts, health care 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 completion and claims resolution. He has considerable experience with contract award disputes, prevailing wage laws, subcontractor substitution issues, bidder pre-qualification, and alternative project delivery methods like design-build and integrated project delivery principles. 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 open meeting laws, Endangered Species Act compliance strategies, and drafting professional service agreements and communication site leases. 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)

Press
"More Attorneys Are Jockeying for Public Projects," Daily Journal (June 2, 2009)

Publications

• "Alternative Project Delivery Methods for Public Works Projects in California," Integrated Project Delivery Seminar Series: Introduction to IPD (2009)
• "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)

Published Opinion

DIR Public Works Coverage Determination: The Commons at Elk Grove, City of Elk Grove (January 2, 2009)

Presentations

• Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Video Series (July 2010)
• "Alternative Project Delivery Methods for Public Works Projects," League of California Cities Annual Conference (September 18, 2009)

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