Attorneys
David Bertoni
Contact
Email: dbertoni@brannlaw.com
Phone: 207.786.3566
Practice Areas
Education
George Washington University Law School
Washington, DC (J.D.)
University of Rochester
NY (BA in Philosophy, cum laude with distinction)
Bar Admissions
& Membership
Maine
Virginia
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
Professional Affiliations
David teaches complex litigation as an adjunct professor at the University of Maine Law School.
David writes extensively on legal matters, including The Strange Death of Stare Decisis, co-authored with George Isaacson in 2018 and was selected by the American Bar Association to contribute to its leading treatise, A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Action Litigation (2021).
Other Works
David is also an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker. His latest film, a sci-fi comedy called Seven Seconds, premiered at film festivals across the United States. His current project is a science fiction legal thriller.
Recent Eyes on eCom Law Posts
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David Bertoni Interrogates AI for Tax Notes State
On May 12, 2025, Tax Notes State published the latest article by David W. Bertoni for the Eyes on E-commerce series, “Shock and Audit: Artificial Intelligence Meets State Taxation”. Bertoni’s piece provides a capsule history of artificial intelligence (AI) and then evaluates AI’s actual and potential use by state and local tax departments in their…
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Former Price Promotions, Current Legal Risk
Former price promotions, you say? Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. This isn’t just a quote from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr or a line from Circumstances by Rush. It’s also a fitting description of the risks associated with California’s thorny and potentially unconstitutional Business & Professions Code § 17501. The combination of this statute and avaricious lawyers is…