David S Fisher

David S. Fisher, Partner with Gray·Duffy, LLP, has more than 25 years’ experience handling complex real estate litigation, business litigation and transactions.

His real estate practice includes the representation of private and institutional lenders, developers and investors in all areas of real estate, including commercial leasing, ground leasing and financing, construction and permanent financing, loan restructuring and workouts, commercial development and construction litigation. He acts as outside corporate counsel to real estate developers, general contractors, architects and engineers in matters involving real estate.

His practice also includes administrative law before the Department of Real Estate, Employment Development Department and the Department of Corporations. He also represents escrow companies, real estate brokerage firms and affiliated businesses in licensing and compliance issues.

Mr. Fisher also has significant expertise in securitized personal property lending, representing pawnbrokers, title pawn, payday lenders, and other consumer finance lenders in forming businesses, preparing leases, buy-sell agreements, stock purchase agreements, warrants, options and other business agreements. In addition, he serves as legal counsel to a myriad of members of the California Pawn Association, which actively promotes the image of collateral lenders.

With his combined experience in litigation and transactional law, Mr. Fisher meticulously and personally guides every case from inception to resolution.

Mr. Fisher has also been a licensed real estate broker for over 20 years with substantial experience handling residential and commercial foreclosures, loan workouts, sales, and property management.

He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Pepperdine University and his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Fisher, who studied abroad for two years in Madrid, Spain, is fluent in Castellan Spanish.