David was admitted to practice law in 1998. As a general practice lawyer, he is experienced in both criminal and civil law. David's also served in Marion County as a judicial officer where he focused his efforts on problem solving and reducing recidivism through offender education efforts. Returning to private practice in October, 2016, David incorporated lessons he learned from the judiciary in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of his client’s cases.David has major felony trial experience and appellate advocacy experience. He has argued orally before the Indiana Supreme Court on 3 separate cases and helped shape Indiana law in the areas of Operating a Vehicle while Intoxicated and Habitual Traffic Violator offenses. In 2013, David retired from the U.S. Army Reserves after serving for 25 years. Originally enlisting in 1988, David was later commissioned through ROTC as a Second Lieutenant in the Military Police and completed the U.S. Army’s Airborne school. David served as a commander of the 384th MP HHC in Fort Wayne, IN, before transferring to the Judge Advocates General (JAG) Corps in 2000 where he served the remainder of his Army career as a military lawyer. In 2003, David deployed to Iraq as a JAG officer with the 800th Military Police Battalion. Assigned to the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in the Iraqi Ministry of Justice, he served as the “ombudsman” for juvenile and female detainees. David earned the Bronze Star during his deployment. He made international news when he established an Arabic library in the Al-Karhk Juvenile detention facility and held a charitable event called “Operation Touchdown” in which Iraqi children were introduced to the sport of American Football with the assistance of the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints franchises.