David K. Lim

professional bio

David K. Lim (Dave) was born in Kalamzoo, MI at which time he moved to California at the age of three. Since then, he spent his middle school years in Seoul, Korea and moved back to California for high school. Mr. Lim attended the University of California at San Diego where he was on the dean’s list and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Philosophy. He went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree and certification as a Public Interest Scholar at the University of San Francisco, School of Law in May of 1999.

After passing the California State Bar Exam, Mr. Lim began his legal career as Staff Counsel at a national firm in the field of Federal Indian Law. During that time, Mr. Lim also lectured at Sonoma State University and at San Francisco State University focusing on Federal Indian Law and its impact on Federal and State Governments.

In 2002, Mr. Lim was approached by a law firm to help develop a workers’ compensation system in Indian Country, which began his career in workers’ compensation defense. Since then, Mr. Lim has developed extensive experience and expertise in this field and has been a Partner at another worker’s compensation defense firm before coming to Bradford & Barthel.

Mr. Lim is married to wife Nicole, and has a 18 year old daughter Jayden and 14 year old son, Skyler. He enjoys hobbies including marathons, road cycling, mud runs, working out, and snowboarding.

Outstanding Achievements

Outstanding Achievements (take nothing awards, fraud convictions, and petitions for credit/reimbursement)

• January 15, 2016 – In re: Noel Caskey
• November 9, 2015 – In re: Dennis Campos
• October 8, 2015 – In re: Dion Arcado
• July 27, 2015 – In re: Salvador Ceja
• November 11, 2014 – In re: Mandy Arms

Education & Memberships

1999 University of San Francisco School of Law
Juris Doctor

1993 University of California at San Diego
Bachelor of Arts, Economics

2001 State Bar of California