Olson Remcho is very pleased to announce that David Lantzer and Aaron Silva have joined the firm as Senior Counsel. David will be resident in the Long Beach office. Aaron is resident in Sacramento.
Dave Lantzer has represented California public retirement systems since 2007. He advises systems on a wide range of legal issues including fiduciary duties of trustees and staff, Brown Act, Political Reform Act, Public Records Act, legislative changes, policies and procedures, disability, family law, probate, benefits, and personnel.
Prior to starting with Olson Remcho, Dave was Senior Staff Counsel for the San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association. He also served the Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association as General Counsel and held various positions in the Legal Department for the Orange County Employees Retirement System. In addition to advising clients, Dave has extensive litigation experience in both superior courts and courts of appeal. He briefed and argued seminal cases concerning public retirement benefits that have a continuing impact on public retirement systems throughout the state. Dave graduated magna cum laude from Chapman University Law School where he was the Executive/Production Editor of the Chapman Law Review and authored “Internet Gaming Tax Regulation: Can Old Laws Learn New Tricks?” Chapman Law Review, Vol. 5 2002.
Aaron Silva is a senior counsel with Olson Remcho in the firm’s general counsel practice group. He advises clients on political and government law matters, including election law, ballot measures, legislative drafting, and state constitutional issues.
Aaron, who was previously senior counsel with Olson Remcho from 2021 to 2023, most recently served as an attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Drug Enforcement Administration within the United States Department of Justice. At the DEA, he worked on a wide variety of regulatory matters pertaining to the administration of the federal Controlled Substances Act. Aaron also previously served for 16 years with California’s Office of Legislative Counsel, including six years as the Chief Deputy of that agency’s Legal Division, heading the department that provides legal services to the California State Legislature. In that position, he drafted legislation and prepared legal opinions in all areas of state law, including elections and redistricting, campaign finance reform, open meetings, and public records. He also advised elected officials on ethics and conflict-of-interest matters, as well as overseeing litigation related to the State Legislature.