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)