Nairobi
David Omondi
Head of Litigation
A former State Counsel, David conducts complex commercial, land, and civil trials in the High Court, the Environment and Land Court, and the Court of Appeal.
Biography
David Omondi heads litigation. He spent seven years as State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General, conducting civil and constitutional work on behalf of the Republic, before entering private practice.
His docket now includes commercial suits, land disputes in the Environment and Land Court, and appeals. He is known for a record that is ready before the first mention, and for a courtroom manner that judges find untheatrical.
He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya branch) and lectures occasionally at the Kenya School of Law on trial practice.
Representative matters
- Judgment for a listed issuer in a KES 1.2 billion High Court claim arising from a share-purchase dispute.
- ELC title suit over an 800-acre holding in Laikipia; declaration of ownership, later upheld on appeal.
- Defended a three-week civil trial in the High Court at Milimani; claim dismissed with costs.
