David A. Taran

David Taran is a Senior Attorney in Clark Hill’s Real Estate practice group. David has experience advising clients in various real estate, business, general litigation, and transactional related matters, including sale and acquisition, development, construction, disclosure issues, fraud, contract drafting and disputes, entity formation, common interest developments, and corporate counseling. David has successfully represented numerous clients and has been on trial teams that have secured multi-million dollar settlements. David has also successfully represented clients in California State Court proceedings, Federal Court proceedings, mediations, and arbitrations in complex real estate matters, commercial matters, construction matters, and in multi-jurisdictional settings.

David previously served as a judicial clerk in the Superior Court of California. David also worked for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), where he gained experience in discrimination matters, as they affect employers and housing providers, including common interest developments.

David graduated from California State University of Northridge as a Member of the Dean’s List. He earned his J.D. at the University of California, Davis, School of Law and received Public Service Honors. From 2016 to 2019, David has been selected to the Southern California Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.