Proud to live and work in Whatcom County, Dave Cottingham does not take for granted the wonderful examples of determined and self-reliant people his children are raised among. Hard work attracts him to service.

Dave Cottingham joined the Washington State Bar in 1979 and quickly joined the Federal Bar in the Western District of Washington in 1979. He is admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, has appeared and litigated in the Superior Courts of Pierce, King, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties as well as their District Courts, the State Court of Appeals and the Washington State Supreme Court.

After ten years active litigation as a prosecuting attorney, Dave Cottingham built an active general and litigation practice at the Law Office of David C. Cottingham. The next 14 years he represented a wide variety of persons and entities, all as a solo practitioner from his office in the Bellingham National Bank Building in Downtown Bellingham.

He values personal discipline and hard work.