David G. Casnocha is the managing partner of Stradling's San Francisco office and a former member of the firm’s board of directors.

David has practiced in public finance for more than 43 years and serves as bond and disclosure counsel to public agencies and underwriter's counsel to both national and regional investment banking firms. He also has served as bond counsel to more than 500 school and community college districts in California.

He has particular experience in:

  • Primary and secondary school district financings
  • General obligation bonds
  • Bond anticipation notes
  • Certificates of participation
  • Lease financing
  • Tax and revenue anticipation notes

In addition, David has represented the California Education Facilities Authority on numerous private university financings and represents a range of nonprofit corporations that incur tax-exempt debt to finance their charitable purposes.

As bond counsel to the California League of Community Colleges, he has helped design tax-exempt pool financings for tax and revenue anticipation notes, lease revenue bonds, solar energy projects, and student and faculty housing.

David also served as bond counsel on Other Post-Employment Benefit bond issues. He is experienced in a range of revenue bond financings for water, sewer and a variety of other enterprise systems.

David is also a popular speaker at a variety of trade association conferences, including:

  • Community College Facility Coalition
  • California Association of Independent Schools
  • Association of College Business Officials
  • California Association of School Business Officials
  • Coalition for Adequate School Housing
  • California School Boards Association
  • California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission

Honors

David is especially proud to have been named "Dusty Baker Manager of the Year" by the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department Youth Baseball Program.