Background
French, David A. was born on August 31, 1955 in Tiffin, Ohio, United States.
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David A. French
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts, with high distinction, 1977). Wayne State University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Career
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security, 489 United States. 829 (1989).Worked at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (Detroit, Michigan) specializing in Accounting Litigation, Administrative, Admiralty/Maritime, Antidumping, Antitrust, Licensing & High Technology, Appellate Practice, Banking, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, Commercial Transactions, Computer, Condemnation, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Domestic Relations, Education, Emerging Business, Environmental, Estate Planning & Administration, Foundations & Nonprofit Organizations, Franchising, Health Care & Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade & Customs, Labor & Employment, Libel & Slander Litigation, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Municipal & Governmental Law, Nuclear Power Plant Litigation, Oil & Gas, Pension, Profit-sharing & Employee Benefits, Product Liability Consulting & Defense, Professional Malpractice Consulting & Defense, Public Law, Real Estate Development & Investment, Securities (Corporate & Municipal), Securities Litigation, State, Municipal & Public Finance, Taxation, Tax-exempt Financing, Telecommunications, Toxic Torts Litigation, Transportation, Utilities, Zoning. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Michigan. 1981, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Phi Beta Kappa. James B. Angell Scholar. Member, Wayne Law Review, 1979. Member: Detroit Committee on Foreign Relations, 1983.
Area Chair, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., 1989-1992. Member, University of Michigan LS & A Visiting Committee, 1989-1991. Director, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, 1994.
Member: Washtenaw County and Federal Bar Associations. State Bar of Michigan. (Ann Arbor Office)
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone traces its history to 1852 when Sidney Davy Miller (1830-1904) opened a practice on Detroit's Jefferson Avenue.
Today Miller Canfield is one of the largest law firms in Michigan with more than 240 attorneys and over 40 legal assistants. We have a growing national practice and a long-established statewide practice. Our Michigan offices are located in Ann Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Monroe.
We also have offices in Pensacola and St. Petersburg, Florida, New York City, and in Washington, D.C. Our offices in Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland enable us to serve clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Membership
Member, Wayne Law Review, 1979. Member: Detroit Committee on Foreign Relations, 1983. Area Chair, Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc., 1989-1992.
Member, University of Michigan LS & A Visiting Committee, 1989-1991. Director, Washtenaw Community College Foundation, 1994. Member: Washtenaw County and Federal Bar Associations.
State Bar of Michigan. (Ann Arbor Office).
