Dave Klaus is in his second career as a LIfe Coach, Consultant, and Zen Priest, having retired in 2022 after a twenty-eight years as a criminal trial lawyer with the Alameda County Public Defender, and the Ohio Public Defender.
At different points in his career he supervised branch offices, led the Felony Trial Team, handled numerous special circumstance murder cases, and trained and mentored many lawyers.
He speaks often about well-being, emotional resilience, and secondary trauma in the profession, and has a coaching practice for public defenders who are working with burnout, anxiety, and secondary trauma.
His coaching practice also includes women, men, and anyone who is in life transition, or feeling stuck or down, or interested in getting more out of their life by creating intention and practice and deeper understanding of themselves.
In his effort to ground himself in the midst of this challenging work, he has explored the world of healing and integration widely, becoming an ordained Zen priest and committed meditator, a master facilitator of men’s work and support circles, a second degree black belt in jujitsu, and a writer and poet.
He has a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and has a certificate for Level One Practitioner training in the Internal Family Systems modality.
He is a certified Mondo Zen facilitator and Zen priest with Hollow Bones Zen Order.
He lives in San Francisco with his wife Alycia and their scruffy dog Trixy, and they have two young adult kids.
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