Title: Senior Counsel

Role(s):

David A. Rawi

David is Senior Counsel at Lagerlof, LLP, and is a dedicated and personable litigation and transaction lawyer with 15 years of experience in the healthcare and business sectors.

 

David has served as local and national litigation counsel for Fortune 100 and Fortune 200 companies, and currently focuses on representing small to medium healthcare and general businesses, including healthcare technology start-ups, billing companies, Management Services Organizations, Independent Physician Associations, medical groups and physician practices, and individual licensed providers and allied professionals. David consults business owners and providers through all stages of the business cycle, from strategic business formation, through equity structuring, employee and third-party contracting, and business risk assessment, to business valuation and sale. David also has extensive experience defending providers in all phases of professional malpractice claims and has consulted physicians through Wellbeing Committee reviews and other medical staff disciplinary actions as well as reimbursement auditing and investigations.

 

Prior to graduating law school, David clerked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services out of Washington, D.C., and the California Medical Association in Sacramento. While at UCLA, David interned as a legislative assistant for the Los Angeles County Medical Association.

 

David was a litigation attorney for several years in the Los Angeles office of a top ranked Global 200 law firm in a department that was named a “Litigation Powerhouse” in “one of the most competitive sectors” by BTI Consulting Group’s Litigation Outlook. Before joining Lagerlof, David grew a small Pasadena-based law practice for several years. In 2021, David was recognized by Best of the Bar for obtaining a bench-trial award ranked a “Top 100 Verdict” in California.

 

In addition to practicing law, David is an Editorial Board member for the American Health Law Association’s Journal of Health and Life Sciences and the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine.

 

David holds the AV Preeminent® Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, its highest ranking for ethics and legal ability.

CORE PRACTICES

Business
Business Transaction & Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Corporate
Healthcare
Litigation
Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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EDUCATION

J.D., Certificate of Health Law Concentration – Michigan State University College of Law
B.A., Economics and English – University of California, Los Angeles

LANGUAGES

English
Farsi (Dari)
Spanish

BAR ADMISSION

California

Awards & Recognitions

“Top Verdict” by Daily Journal (2023): high damages summary judgment defense for fraudulent
“Top 100 Verdict” and “Top 10 Bench Award” in California (2021): breach of fiduciary duty by management company
“AV Preeminent” by Martindale Hubbell
Voted “Top Lawyer” in Healthcare by Pasadena Magazine 2020/2021
Member, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team
Lead Author, How Berger v. Varum Affects Fraudulent Transfer Law, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine – June 2024
Lead Author, Sargon Update: Reforming the CA Standard of Expert Testimony, LJN’s Product Liability & Strategy, Vol. 34, No. 1 – July 2015
Author, “Chapter 4: Persons Hired to Work on the Land,” California Premises Liability, pp. 49-90 – The Recorder 2015
Panel Speaker, “Hello From the Other Side: What Litigators and Transactional Attorneys Wished the Other Knew,” Los Angeles County Bar Association, Health Law Section – April 9, 2019

Community & Charitable Affiliations

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Life Sciences – American Health Law Association
Member, Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine – Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member – American Health Law Association
Member – California Society of Healthcare Attorneys
Member – State Bar of California
Member – Los Angeles County Bar Association, Health Law Section
Member – Pasadena Bar Association

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