OVERVIEW
David Kornbluh has over 10 years of business litigation experience with a primary emphasis on employment related disputes, including representing clients in age, race, gender and disability discrimination, sexual harassment and wrongful termination litigation. In addition, David represents clients in business, partnership, landlord/tenant and real estate disputes. He has extensive experience representing clients in both state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies, such as the Labor Commissioner, Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Workers Compensation Appeals Board.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

	•		Obtained summary judgment for an employer in a disability discrimination lawsuit in the Federal Court of the Northern District of California.
	•		Defeated a nationwide class action claim for unfair business practices for a national health information client by having the case dismissed at the pleadings stage.
	•		Resolved claims of sexual harassment brought against a client through mediation.
	•		Obtained a jury verdict in favor of a client’s claim of breach of contract.

SEMINARS

	•		Guest Lecturer, Employment Law and Construction Law Classes, San Jose State University, April 2005.
	•		Lecturer, Sexual Harassment Training, Miller Morton Caillat & Nevis, March 2005.
	•		Lecturer, Employment Law Update: Harassment and Discrimination, Miller Morton Caillat & Nevis, June 2004.
	•		Lecturer, Employee Discharge and Documentation In California, Lorman Education Services, December 2003
	•		Lecturer, Fundamental Issues in California Human Resources Law, National Business Institute, June 2001.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

	•		Employment Law Section, American Bar Association.
	•		Labor and Employment Law Executive, Santa Clara County Bar Association.
	•		Santa Clara County Pro Bono Project.
	•		Federal Pro Bono Project.

PUBLISHED CASES

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Bugarin v. ChartOne 135 Cal. App. 4th 1558.

AWARDS & HONORS

	•		Recipient, School Of Law Medal, UC Davis Law School.
	•		Member, Order of the Coif.
	•		Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure and Torts.
	•		Recipient, Lasky Anti-Trust Award.

EDUCATION

			J.D., University of California at Davis School of Law, 1992.
			B.A., History, with Honors. University of California at Berkeley, 1981.