Daniel Rottinghaus is a litigation partner and represents commercial and residential real estate clients in construction defect and complex class litigation. A representative list of client representations include, Trinity Properties, The Sangiacomo Family Trust, Thomas Properties, Shorenstein Realty L.P., and numerous homeowner associations. He has been or is counsel for the class on many class action cases including, Richison, et al. v. Weyerhauser Company, San Joaquin County Superior Court; Carr, et al. v. Stimson Lumber Company, Alameda County Superior Court; Blangeres, et al. v. Stimson Lumber Company, King County Superior Court, State of Washington; Trinity Properties v.Central Sprinkler Company, United States District Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Sutterfield Owners Association v. Tyco International, San Francisco Superior Court; Weiner v. Shake Company of California, Contra Costa County Superior Court; Whitley, et al. v. Perfection Corporation, et al., United States District Court, Western District of Missouri.

Recently helped negotiate $62 million settlement on behalf of homeowners in a roofing product class action, Weiner v. Cal-Shake, Inc., Contra Costa County Superior Court; tried to a jury verdict for homeowners a defective roofing product class action, Weiner v. Shake Company of California, Contra Costa County Superior Court.

Partner, Berding & Weil LLP 1995 to present; 1987-1994 U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, Washington D.C., Japan, Korea, Kansas and Georgia. Special Task force legal advisor with U.S. State Department. Lead attorney for U.S. Army cases involving multi-billion dollar Iranian claims arising from security assistance provided to Iran under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program of the United States.

Received Juris Doctor in 1987 from Santa Clara University School of Law.

Received Masters degree in Law in 1993 from Georgetown University School of Law and as an officer in the U.S. Army studied military law at the University of Virginia. Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering and Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Admitted to the Bars of California (1987)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1987)
U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1996)
District of Columbia (November 1993)
United States Supreme Court (1991)
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (1988)
United States Army Court of Military Review (1988)
United States Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review (1994)
United States Tax Court (1993)

Building Owners and Managers Association International (BOMA)
State Bar of California Real Property Section
Bar Association of San Francisco
District of Columbia Bar; Consumer Attorneys of California
American Trial Lawyers Association
Executive Council of Homeowners (ECHO)

He formerly served as a Board Member for the Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly the California Trial Lawyers Association). And, he is counsel with Trial Lawyers Care, Inc. representing victims pro bono in the World Trade Center 9-11 catastrophe. He secured two million dollar plus verdicts on behalf of plaintiff clients he represented.

Named Northern California SuperLawyer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009