David Bainbridge, General Counsel
Dave Bainbridge has served as General Counsel since October of 2018. Prior to that he worked for the FPPC’s Enforcement Division for over six years, first as a Commission Counsel prosecuting enforcement matters on behalf of the FPPC, and then as the Assistant Chief of the division. Before coming to the FPPC, he served as staff counsel at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Governor’s Office of Legal Affairs where he advised the governor on parole board decisions. He also worked as an associate attorney at a private law firm concentrating in the areas of real estate and business law. Dave graduated with distinction from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with a certificate in governmental affairs. He received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of California, Davis.