Meet Our Attorneys

David B. Burnett

Partner

dburnett@rlattorneys.com

(415) 651-3363

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-burnett-66a475b/

David B. Burnett is a Partner at the Sacramento office of Resnick & Louis, P.C.. His practice includes personal injury, catastrophic injuries, products liability, homeowners’ claims, construction defect, third party liability, general liability, auto liability and premises liability. He has tried fifteen cases to juries and has had five judge trials over the span of his career.

David began his career at Southern Pacific, handling a wide variety of state and federal claims including workers’ injury cases, crossing accident cases and asbestos exposure cases. He has argued a case before the state Appellate Court, and wrote briefs for cases in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

David enjoyed coaching his daughter’s high school water polo and swim teams.

David practices in Walnut Creek in the Bay Area and throughout Northern California and is licensed to practice law in California and as well as U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Courts – Northern District, Eastern District, and Southern District of California, and Arizona.

Education

Stanford University, American Studies
University of San Francisco Law School, 1986, top 10%, law review

Licenses & Admissions

State Bar of California – 1987
State Bar of Arizona – 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit – 1987
U.S. District Courts
Northern District CA – 1987
Eastern District CA – 1990
Southern District CA – 1991

Areas of Practice

  • Architects & Engineers
  • Automobile Liability
  • Bodily Injury Defense
  • Catastrophic & Personal Injury
  • Commercial Litigation & Transactional
  • Construction Defect
  • Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)
  • General Liability
  • Insurance Defense
  • Products Liability
  • SIU Insurance Fraud Defense
  • Transportation, Trucking, and Logistics

Locations

  • Sacramento
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