David Justin Lynch

I was born in 1951 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut where I attended private and public schools. My mother, Gloria Krolikowska, now in heaven with Jesus and Mary, was an actress, and my father, Robert F. Lynch, is a retired attorney. My brother, Geoffrey P. Lynch, sells paper. My sister, Pamela Lynch Silverman, is a housewife who sells Internet advertising part-time.

My favorite sports growing up were baseball, soccer, and polo. I umpired college, semi-pro and professional baseball part-time from 1970 to 1984.  I am still addicted to baseball, and am an enthusiastic sponsor of our local team, the Palm Springs Power.

I graduated with a BA in Communications-Journalism from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and worked for Greater New York Insurance and Hartford Insurance as a company adjuster until December 1976, when I came to California. The reason? I love warm, dry weather! The East Coast of the United States has a superior culture--but lousy, cold, wet weather. Spring and Summer are my seasons--who needs Fall and Winter?

Upon arrival in the Golden State, I became an independent claims adjuster for Carl Warren & Company and then Kurtz, Richards, Wilson & Company. In 1985, I started Elite Investigations and made it Southern California's premier adjusting and investigation service. Along the way, I also became a licensed real estate broker and licensed private investigator. My experience has included buying, selling, financing, and managing rental real estate in California and Arizona since 1978.

Burned out on claims, I went to law school at age 40. I graduated from Western State University College of Law Cum Laude in May 1995, with American Jurisprudence Awards in Real Property, Wills, and Remedies.

I was admitted to the California Bar December 12, 1995. I am also admitted to the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The day I was sworn in, I started a private law practice in Anaheim, CA. In 1996, I became Managing Shareholder of Lynch & Wenzel, ALC. Desiring the warm dry weather of the Desert and its incomparable beauty, in June 2001, I established a new law practice in Palm Springs.  I much prefer to view Mt. San Jacinto while driving to work than the rear of another car of an Orange County freeway.

I was victorious in a matter published in California Compensation Cases where I prevailed against Star Insurance Company on an insurance coverage issue in a Worker Compensation case. It is 68 Cal. Comp. Cases 92; 2002 Cal. Wrk. Comp. LEXIS 750. I also have been on the winning side in two other appellate cases on the issues of permissible attorney contacts with employees of a corporate employer and the reach of a no-contest clause in a testamentary document. My favorite activities as a lawyer are taking depositions, propounding discovery, and writing briefs for appeals and law and motion.

What characterizes me as a lawyer is my aggressiveness. I don't fear anyone or anything. I am willing to "push the envelope" and confront opposing parties where that approach is in the client's best interests. However, I can be caring and diplomatic when the occasion requires. I am experienced in dealing with persons of all ethnic groups, religions, ages, educational backgrounds, income levels,  occupations, and sexual orientations.

My interests outside of work include the Episcopal Church, more particularly, St. John's of Indio (a bilingual Anglo-Catholic parish), where I serve at the altar and on the Vestry, classical music (I sing countertenor), computers, baseball (I'm a Yankee Fan!), traveling by train, and cooking. I am a published author of two articles in "The Living Church", one on incense in worship and the other on singing the gospel at Mass. 

I am married to Sharon K. Talley, a professional salesperson with long blond hair, a big smile, and a strong will, who is responsible for my success.  Childfree by choice, the rest of our family consists of three darling little girls: Molly and Bailey, Dachshunds, and Hoochie, a Chihuahua.