DAVID G. HOLLENBERG

Dave Hollenberg is Senior Trial Counsel at Goethals & Stone PC. Before joining the GS Team, he was a Senior Associate at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, where he specialized in elder abuse, consumer class actions, and other complex civil matters. He also practiced for several years in Maryland, first as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Montgomery County, Maryland, and then as a criminal defense attorney. After moving to California in 2018 and becoming licensed in 2019, Dave practiced criminal defense at several firms in the Bay Area. Dave has extensive first-chair courtroom experience, including hundreds of bench trials, arguing numerous dispositive motions, and several jury trials.

Dave received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law and an A.B. in Government and Romance Languages at Dartmouth College. In law school, Dave was president of the Society for Dispute Resolution, Senior Editor on the American University Business Law Review, and participated in the Community Economic Development Law Clinic. He also served as a Marshall-Brennan Fellow, teaching constitutional law and procedure to high school students in Washington, DC. While at Dartmouth, Dave studied abroad in Paris and worked as a field organizer on a presidential campaign’s New Hampshire team.

Outside of the office, Dave enjoys spending time with his family, following New York sports, traveling, music, and trivia. He is an active participant in the Bay Area legal community and a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association and Consumer Attorneys of California. Dave has been a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Elder Abuse from 2023-2025.

Education

• American University Washington College of Law, J.D.
• Dartmouth College, A.B.

Admissions

• Maryland
• California
• U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court - Central District of California
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of California

Languages Spoken

• Spanish
• French (conversational)