David currently represents the 11th LD consisting of Tukwila, Renton, and parts of Kent, in the Washington State House of Representatives. David serves as the Vice Chair of the Consumer Protection & Business Committee, and on the Environment & Energy, Transportation, and Legislative Ethics Committees. David is also a founding member and co-chair of the Public Safety and Hydrogen Caucuses. First elected in 2020, he has focused primarily on environmental justice, income equality, and public safety.
David has practiced international and domestic criminal and labor law for approximately 30 years. In the public sector, he has tried over 25 felony cases as a federal prosecutor, and trained prosecutors and judges in Kosovo while working for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has also served as an international war crimes prosecutor with the United Nations. In the private sector, David has served as in-house employment counsel for several non-profits and start-ups, as well as the lead employment attorney for The Nature Conservancy, the largest environmental NGO in the world. Outside work, David managed a commercial-scale kitchen at his church to feed the homeless, raised money with friends to build an elementary school in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and traveled to Uzbekistan several times to participate in a criminal justice reform project sponsored by the U.S. State Department. David previously served on the board of King County Habitat for Humanity.
David has a BS in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University and a joint JD/MPA from Harvard Law School and the John F. Kennedy of Government.