After serving as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama and as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert Varner and Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge John M. Patterson, David entered the private practice of law in Montgomery, Alabama. As a member of the firm of Beck & Byrne, P.C., David's practice included consumer fraud litigation, business litigation, personal injury litigation, and state and federal criminal litigation. Today, David is focused primarily on commercial and environmental litigation. David is listed in the Best Lawyers Consumer Guide under the Personal Injury Law and Criminal Defense practice sections.

David has assisted clients in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts in the cases involving the following: food-product franchises, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), accounting malpractice, motor vehicle franchise disputes, consumer fraud Class Actions, the funeral services industry, premises liability, insurance agent contract disputes and defective products. In 2003, he was involved in the largest toxic tort settlement in U.S. history. Estimated at $700 million, the settlement for PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama, involving Solutia, Monsanto and Pharmacia, doubled the previous mark popularized by the film Erin Brockovich.

David has been married to Betty Bobbitt for thirteen years, and they have two children. He attends Young Meadows Presbyterian Church in Montgomery, Alabama, where he serves as a deacon. David is also the president of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Board of Governors for the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.