Steven H. David

Justice Steve David has enjoyed a multi-faceted career with private practice and corporate counsel experience, twenty-eight years of stellar military service and fifteen years as a trial court judge in Boone County.

While Justice David’s military career has taken him all over the world, he has strong ties to Indiana. His ancestors settled in southern Indiana in the late 1700's and early 1800's. He was born in Allen County, raised in Bartholomew County and has lived in Boone County for twenty-two years.

He graduated magna cum laude from Murray State University as a Distinguished Military Graduate on an R.O.T.C. scholarship. He earned his law degree from Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He is also a graduate of the Indiana Judicial College and the Graduate Program for Indiana Judges.

Following his graduation from law school in 1982, he served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps on active duty until 1986 and reserve duty until 2010. His service included two post 9-11 mobilizations in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He served as trial counsel, defense counsel, Military Judge and Commander. He graduated from the Army's Command and General Staff College, the Military Judges School, and the Judge Advocate General's Basic and Advanced Officer's Course.

His dedication to the military, pro bono services, and the rule of law earned him a number of military and citizen awards including the nation's third highest non-combat medal, the Defense Superior Service Award. He also earned multiple Meritorious Service Awards, Army Commendation Medals and the Frederick Douglas Human Rights Award. He retired from the military in November 2010 with the rank of Colonel.

Justice David’s civilian legal career started in Columbus, where he focused on personal injury, family law, and civil litigation. He later became in-house counsel for Mayflower Transit, Inc before moving to Boone County wher