Dario J. Frommer

With a career in law and government spanning 30 years, Dario Frommer is a highly sought-after legal and political advisor for clients. He represents and advises Fortune 500 companies, tech start-ups and government agencies before federal, state, and local government entities —including legislative, regulatory enforcement, government procurement, and investigation proceedings.

Dario is the former majority leader of the California State Assembly and has held a variety of high-level, state-government positions. He also chaired the Assembly’s Health Committee, and served as chair of the California Transportation Commission, helping to oversee billions of dollars in funding for highway, road, and transit projects. He was the appointments secretary to Gov. Gray Davis and was Mayor Eric Garcetti’s appointee to the Oversight Board for the dissolution of the Los Angeles Redevelopment Agency and a member of the California Film Commission.

Dario represents clients in legislative, regulatory and enforcement maters in a range across a range of areas, including energy; climate change; health care; tribal gaming; tax policy; infrastructure/transportation; government procurement; and the share economy. He also has substantial experience drafting legislation and ballot initiatives.

• The American Lawyer, West Trailblazers, 2021
• Environmental Leadership Award, California League of Conservation Voters

• University of California, Davis School of Law, JD
• Colgate University, BA, cum laude

• California

• English

• Majority Leader, California State Assembly
• Chairman, Health Committee, California State Assembly
• Board of Directors, Children's Law Center
• National advisory board member, University of California, Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, 2015-2021
• Member and chairman, California Transportation Commission, 2008-2016
• Member, board of directors, Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, 2012-2013
• Member, board of directors, Coalition for Clean Air, 2012-2015