BOWIE & SCHAFFER - Key Persons


David J. Bowie

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Dave represents clients in real estate, land use, business, and various other litigation and transactional matters throughout California. With almost fifty years of experience, Dave is an expert in real property matters, both transactions and litigation, with an emphasis in land use and development. Dave also has extensive experience representing clients in a wide range of business transactions and disputes. Dave is an accomplished trial attorney, having defended and prosecuted countless matters. Dave has litigated matters relating to all aspects of real estate and real estate professionals, including owner contractor disputes, owner architect disputes, common interest subdivision disputes, and construction defect matters. Dave has also handled regulatory actions and other actions involving governmental entities, including but not limited to, mandamus, regulatory taking, and condemnation. Dave also has appellate experience, including numerous cases before the First District Court of Appeal as well as cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, and a Jurisdictional Statement before the United States Supreme Court.

Eric C. Schaffer

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Eric represents clients in real estate, land use, litigation, and business matters throughout California. With almost twenty years of experience, Eric is an expert in real property matters, both transactional and litigation. Eric also has extensive experience representing clients in business transactions and disputes. Eric is an accomplished litigator in both state and federal courts throughout California, including regarding all types of real property disputes, business disputes, insurance coverage, financial services, landlord-tenant matters, and neighbor disputes. Eric also has extensive experience in advising and representing clients in various real property and business transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, commercial leasing, title review, and commercial lending matters. Eric has extensive experience in both large-firm and small-firm settings. Eric has successfully handled matters on behalf of Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and individuals. Eric is able to incorporate his large-firm experience and skills in a small firm setting, providing efficient and effective results for his client. Bowie & Schaffer is a boutique law firm specializing in real estate and land use, civil litigation, and business law. We are experienced and accomplished attorneys with deep ties to the Bay Area. Between us, we have combined experience of roughly seventy years of practice. We represent clients, both large and small, in all aspects of real property matters and business law matters. We represent clients in commercial real estate transactions, including the negotiation and documentation of purchase and sale agreements, title review, commercial lending negotiation, easement review and documentation, and related matters. We also represent landlords and tenants with regard to all aspects of commercial leasing. We represent clients in real property-related litigation, including failure to disclose cases, easement and property line disputes, owner-contractor disputes, owner-architect disputes, common interest subdivision disputes, construction defect matters, landlord-tenant matters and neighbor disputes. We also handle regulatory actions and other actions involving governmental entities, including but not limited to, mandamus, regulatory taking, and condemnation.