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Friday, December 05, 2008

Accomplishments

Since taking office on January 14, 2005, David has worked hard to reduce the backlog of the county jail cases and violent crimes pending in the First Judicial Circuit. He has also implemented a number of new programs. Immediately after taking office, he recruited churches and youth organizations to start a Youth Mentor Program. This program is the first of its kind in the First Circuit to target juvenile crime and incarceration reduction by linking the judicial system with the local faith community through the mentoring process. In January 2006, he implemented the circuit’s first Youth Drug Court Program to rehabilitate children who take drugs. He also started the circuit-wide Worthless Check Program to assist local merchants in dealing with the burden of bad checks.

Education and Background

David was born on March 2, 1967. In 1989 he graduated from the Citadel, Magna Cum Laude and then from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1993. During law school, David clerked for the U.S. Attorney's office and then went to the Richland County Solicitor's Office as an Assistant Solicitor for the Fifth Judicial Circuit. In 1995 David then became an Assistant Attorney General before returning to the Richland County Solicitor's Office in 1996. He served as an Assistant Solicitor there until 2005 when David was elected Solicitor for the First Judicial Circuit.

Experience

David has over sixteen years of prosecutorial experience. As a prosecutor, David has successfully tried over one hundred violent crime cases in front of juries across this State. He has been a guest commentator and profiled on Court TV for the prosecution of several cases including his successful prosecution of one of the State’s only murder trials where the victim’s body has never been discovered.

Family

David and his wife Kristen were married over 17 years ago at the First Baptist Church in St. Matthews. They have three sons, Michael, John, and Nicholas. He and his family also have "Rocco" a Chesapeake Bay retriever, and "Brandy" a German Shepherd. His favorite hobby is watching his three sons play sports.