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Robert Fuselier

Robert Fuselier was born in Mamou, Louisiana.  After a tour of duty in the United States Army, Bob worked in heavy industry as a millwright, and maintenance general foreman in the chemical and metal plants along the Gulf Coast until moving to California in 1968.

David Hayek

David has practiced law in California for 18 years, including both State and Federal Court matters.  He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, earning a B.A. in political science with a minor in business administration.  While attending McGeorge School of Law, David was a clerk to Associate Justice John A. Arguellas at the California Supreme Court. David was admitted to practice law in 1989, including California, all California District Courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Since earning his law degree, David has successfully represented clients in private practice, focusing on a broad spectrum of insurance and commercial practice. His expertise includes litigation in the fields of aviation, maritime, environmental, construction, products liability, toxic tort, securities and professional liability matters. David also enjoys and excels in the field of insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation.

Jerry Burleson

Jerry has been practicing law for many years and has handled a variety of cases that many lawyers have never encountered. His diverse experience affords him a great advantage in addressing the many different legal issues and areas of law that may be involved in any given case. Jerry enjoys the challenges of complex legal issues calling for his competence and experience where the novice lawyer will simply will not do. He likes practicing law and avoids the pitfalls of “lawyer burn-out” by exploring diverse practice areas. Jerry has also worked in other fields such as mergers and acquisitions consulting in San Jose for several years in the 90's.  For Jerry, the practice of law is an honorable profession and he is proud to be an attorney.

Bob attended college and law school in San Diego.  During those years, he earned a living as an insurance investigator / adjustor, and a real estate broker.  Bob graduated from Western State University of Law in 1988 with honors, and passed the California Bar Examination in 1989. 

Bob has always been in private practice with a focus on litigation.  His practice is now limited exclusively to civil trial work.

Riley Clark

Riley Clark began his professional career as a civil engineer.  After ten years of land development experience he graduated from law school second in his class and was admitted to the Bar.  Since then, Riley’s practice included litigation service and in-house counsel for general business and land representation.  Significant work: litigation, arbitration and consulting of business, contract, employment and land disputes, including successful jury trial; extensive law and motion practice and support; representation and consulting regarding contract, land use, land title and land development; preparing both appellant and respondent briefs.  Riley has also developed product and process licensing, partnership agreements and business formation, and provided representation before administrative agency regulating land development and water quality hearing. He is a former officer in the US Air Force and worked in the petroleum industry early in his career.  Riley is married with two children and three grand children.

David Hart

David J. Hart (alternatively “Dave” or “DJ”) was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and later migrated to Northern California with his family.  David graduated from Buchser High School in Santa Clara. He went on to obtain a B.S. in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting, from San Diego State University. Upon graduation, David passed the CPA exam and worked for Teledyne, Inc. in Los Angeles and Chicago in its Internal Audit Department, after which Teledyne was dissolved and reorganized.  He was previously registered as a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois (now on inactive status). 

David received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was an editor at the North Carolina Journal of International Law.  David then became a successful business litigator in Wake County, North Carolina in state trial and appellate courts. He worked on a variety of cases, including real estate disputes, partnership and close corporation disputes, product liability, bankruptcy and personal injury defense.

 In 2006, David returned to San Diego and was admitted to practice in California, and is proud to be associated with Kaloogian & Fuselier, LLP in Carlsbad, California.  He is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, and the Southern and Central Districts of California.

David is an avid international traveler, with recent trips to Japan, China, Brazil, Spain, Greece and Belize reflected on his passport.