David M. Helbraun

David M. Helbraun is a California attorney and a principal of Helbraun Law Firm whose practice focuses on legal malpractice, insurance litigation, civil rights law, and police misconduct matters. He has extensive experience handling professional liability claims involving lawyers, architects, real estate professionals, and insurance professionals. His work includes trial and appellate matters, along with litigation involving intellectual property, franchise law, and constitutional tort claims. He represents clients in complex disputes requiring detailed legal and factual analysis statewide.

David earned his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, now known as UC Law San Francisco, in 1987. He earned his B.A. from Yale University in 1982. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in California. His education and admissions support a litigation practice spanning professional liability, insurance coverage, civil rights, and other complex disputes in both trial and appellate courts throughout California regularly.

David has successfully litigated insurance coverage and liability cases through summary judgment and trial. He served as trial and appellate counsel in Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company v. Haslam and obtained a multimillion-dollar recovery for the Tennessee Insurance Commissioner. He has also represented design professionals in litigation arising from construction of the San Francisco International Airport terminal, bringing significant courtroom experience to disputes involving professional responsibility and insurance issues in California.

David M. Helbraun has lectured on legal ethics and avoiding legal malpractice and has written on internet domain name infringement. He co-authored the Insurance Settlement Handbook and served on the California State Bar Committee on Professional Liability Insurance. He also serves as an arbitrator for Kaiser arbitration matters. His professional background combines litigation, appellate work, ethics knowledge, and insurance experience in representing clients facing complex civil disputes across California courts.

Law Office Affiliations

• Principal, Helbraun Law Firm
• Member, State Bar of California
• Founding Board Member, National LGBT Bar Association
• Member, Bar Association of San Francisco

Licensed State

• California

Education

• University of California
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Yale University
  Bachelor of Arts

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