David Satterfield
Dave is a skilled strategist and co-founder of the firm. He works closely with a broad range of clients, providing strategic guidance on litigation matters, reputation management and media outreach.
With both journalism and newspaper management experience, Dave is a trusted advisor on sensitive issues affecting the workplace. He has worked on a range of technology and real estate development issues, litigation defense, executive transitions and thorny personnel matters.
Like his colleagues at G.F.BUNTING+CO, Dave works closely with in-house and outside counsel on high-stakes litigation and other legal matters. Dave is a 27-year veteran of the news industry. He served as managing editor of the San Jose Mercury News from 2003 to 2008. He joined the Mercury News as business editor in 2001 at the height of the Internet technology boom. Previously, he worked for 17 years at the Miami Herald, where he was a financial reporter, Business Editor and City Editor. While at the Herald, he participated in two projects that won Pulitzer Prizes. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and has an MA in Journalism from Northwestern University.