A 1986 Huntsville High School graduate, David attended Texas A & M University and graduated with a B.S. cum laude in 1990. In 1993, David received his law degree from Baylor University. After he completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Paul Brown, United States District Judge from 1993-1995, David practiced primarily insurance defense and medical malpractice defense from 1995-1998. He returned to Huntsville in February 1998 and has been engaged in the general practice of law since that time.