David McDonough
Deputy County Counsel
David McDonough joined the Office of the County Counsel in 2020, as a member of the Health and Hospitals Team. He is currently representing Valley Health Plan. David previously advised managed care health plans at a law firm which exclusively practiced health care law. David’s health care law experience includes advising health plans on a broad range of health care law issues, including managed care, provider disputes, regulatory advice and counsel, Medi-Cal and Medicare payment issues, and matters involving state regulatory agencies.
David’s professional expertise includes:
- Managed care litigation
- Health care regulatory advice and counsel
- Managed care contracting
- HIPAA compliance and privacy issues
- Medi-Cal managed care issues
Education
- University of San Francisco, School of Law, J.D., 2006
- Recipient, Certificate in Intellectual Property Law, with honors
- University of California, at Davis, B.S., Microbiology, 2000
Professional Associations
- Co-Chair of the Sacramento County Bar Association’s Health Care Law Section (2019-2020)
Prior Experience
- Counsel at DSR Health Law / Kennaday Leavitt & Daponde (2014-2020)
- Associate at Branson, Brinkop, Griffith and Strong (2007-2014)