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DAVID E. SHER

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Education:

  • American University, J.D., 1971, Kansas State University, B.A., 1968

Admitted:

  • 1972, Virginia, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

  • 1974, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Memberships:

  • Arlington County (Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1990-1996)

  • Virginia Bar Associations

  • Virginia State Bar (Vice Chair, 2004 and Chair, 2005-2006, Fourth District Disciplinary Committee Section I)

  • The Bar Association of the District of Columbia

  • Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Biography:

  • Assistant Commonwealth Attorney, Arlington County, Virginia, 1972-1974.

Awards:

  • White Collar Criminal Super Lawyer, Washington, D.C., 2007

  • SuperLawyer’s Top Attorneys in Virginia, 2007-2017

  • Washingtonian Magazine’s 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 Top Lawyers: Criminal Defense Attorneys

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating

Representative Cases:

  • Princz v. Federal Republic of Germany, 26 F.3d 1166, 307 U.S. App. D.C.102 (1994).

  • Marlowe v. Commonwealth, 347 S.E.2d 167, 2 Va. App. 619 (1986).

  • Harper v. Harper, 229 S.E.2d 875, 217 Va. 477 (1976).

  • Shipman v. Kruck, 593 S.E.2d 319, 267 Va. 495 (2004).