David M. Liu

David M. Liu is a Partner at Freeman Mathis & Gary's Los Angeles - Orange County office. David represents and counsels clients—including individuals, companies (including Fortune 500 companies), international transportation providers, banks and financial institutions—in complex commercial litigation, class actions; misappropriation of trade secrets; partnership, investor and shareholder disputes; business torts; contract claims; real property disputes; and federal government’s forfeiture actions for real property. 

• He secured a CIPP/US from International Association of Privacy Professionals in May 2022.
• Analyze and counsel on data breach laws across states. Provide legal guidance to bank on actions to protect interests in licensed states in potential data breach matter. 
• Prevailed on several motions for summary judgment, including securing motion for interlocutory judgment in a recent partition action involving real property valued at $4M on behalf of national bank.
• Won motion to be relieved from deemed admissions for an e-commerce client with nationwide presence.
• Negotiated settlement with former client to obtain full amount of unpaid fees due after filing suit and nearly obtaining ex parte writ of attachment.

California

• Co-authored Respondent’s Brief in Theuson v. U-Haul Int’l, Inc., 144 Cal. App. 4th 664 (2006) which affirmed trial court’s favor of client.
• Assisted in preparing successful Brief in Opposition in United States Supreme Court, Phar-Mor, Inc., v. McKeson Corp., No. 08-938 (certiorari denied), an Ohio bankruptcy litigation that was appealed to the Supreme Court.

• Bar and Court Admissions: California state and all federal courts in California
• Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
• Member, Los Angeles County, Long Beach and Orange County Bar Associations