David Michael Cantor

David Michael Cantor is a Criminal Attorney in Arizona, and a Certified Criminal Law Specialist per the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. In addition, The Firm has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell and are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Criminal Law Section. David Michael Cantor has handled many high profile cases which have been covered by the local and national news media. He has been interviewed and has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Inside Edition, the CBS Morning Show, Hannitty and Combs, and every local news channel including Univision. In addition, his cases have been covered by CNN, MSNBC, and even Howard Stern. Some of David Michael Cantor's high profile criminal cases include the Michael Gherman Wal-Mart double capital murder trial; the complete acquittal of Valinda Jo Elliott (the woman who became lost in the forest and set a signal fire which ultimately became the Rodeo-Chediski fire - burning more than five hundred thousand (500,000) acres and four hundred and forty (440) homes); the complete acquittal of Richard Simmons (who was accused of slapping a rather large "cage fighter" who was taunting him at the Sky Harbor Airport); the complete acquittal of Sgt. Patrick Haab (an off-duty Army Reservist who took seven (7) illegal immigrants into custody at gunpoint because they had charged at him from the desert , at night, near a local highway rest stop), and most recently, the complete acquittal of Lisa Randall for Capital Murder (a grandmother who ran a child day care center who was falsely accused of killing a four (4) month old child in her care). Pi Kappa Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Honorable Mention, University of Arizona Moot Court Competition. Author: " DUI Retrograde Extrapolation and the Law," D.U.I. VI; "DUI and the New Law," D.U.I. VII; "DUI Trial Practice," Arizona Fourth D.U.I. Conference for Judges. Instructor at the Bi-annual International Seminar for the National Child Abuse Defense Resource Center. Assistant City Prosecutor, City of Phoenix, 1991-1993. Founding Fellow of the Arizona Justice Project. (Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization) (Also Member, Cantor Simon Law Group)