About David L.

David Donnan is an experienced propose who has correctly represented customers inside the trial and appellate courts of Washington and California. David’s fulfillment within the kingdom and federal courts during the last 30 years has been a testomony to the abilities and insight he can offer in your legal illustration. As a result, David became diagnosed as a Super Lawyer in 2006 by way of Washington Law & Politics and as an Outstanding Mentor in 2011 through the King County Bar Association, Young Lawyer Division.
David formerly served because the Executive Director of the Washington Appellate Project, one of the main appellate public defense groups inside the United States, for more than fifteen years representing indigent customers attractive crook convictions, involuntary civil commitments and the terminations of parental rights. Under David’s path the office represented heaps of customers and led challenges to discrimination in the criminal justice gadget and driven for the development development of the criminal law in Washington. The proper to privacy has additionally been a selected region of consciousness because the authorities becomes more intrusive in our lives and companies.
David has lectured often on new case law and precise areas of problem inclusive of prosecutorial misconduct, the proper to privacy, search and seizure, and the mistaken use of man or woman evidence. David’s work with the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and mainly its legislative committee and as a director with the Washington Defender Association has additionally been recognized. David was a recipient of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer s Certificate of Appreciation in 1998 and 2004 for his work on legislative committee and caselaw updates.
David has handled many considerable appellate cases over time inclusive of the first challenges to the three-moves legal guidelines, and current challenges to the use of secretive unique inquiry complaints used to avoid the warrant requirement,

Languages

English (Spoken)

Office Locations

Main Office

  Seattle