David serves as the leader of the firm's Corporate and Tax Practice Group. He counsels clients in all phases of business and corporate law and regularly handles substantial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other equity financings, and securitization transactions. David has extensive experience in transactions involving manufacturing and distribution concerns, as well as the health care industry, and in representing buyers and sellers of businesses in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. David received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. He received his J.D. from Vanderbilt University where he served as Executive Administrative Editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. David served as Law Clerk to The Honorable U.S. District Judge Robert B. Propst, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 1982-1983. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1982 and the Tennessee Bar in 1994. David is a native of Massillon, Ohio. David is listed in the prestigious The Best Lawyers in America publication in the area of Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law. David is a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, and the Birmingham Bar Association. He completed a three year term of service on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association in 2010. David is a member of the 2012 class of Leadership Birmingham. David serves as the President of the Birmingham Sunrise Rotary Club, where he has served as a member of the Board of Directors since 2007. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Greater Alabama Council (Boy Scouts of America); the Chairman of the Vulcan District of the Greater Alabama Council; and is serving his second three year term (2010-2013) on the Alumni Council of Dartmouth College. Memberships & Bar Associations American Bar Association Alabama State Bar Birmingham Bar Association Member, Executive Committee |