Before joining the Buccaneers, David spent nine years with Angels Baseball LP and AM830 KLAA building and overseeing the legal department and was deeply involved with baseball operations, human resources, sponsorship, ticket sales, and marketing. Prior to the Angels, David spent nine years working as an Athletic Trainer in the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Montreal Expos organizations. His peers in the Association Corporate Counsel (ACC) selected him as the 2019 ACC Network Member of the Year and a 2013 “Top 10 Thirty-Something,” and the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society honored him as the “2001 Minor League Baseball Athletic Trainer of the Year”. He was a 2014, 2016, and 2017 Tampa Bay Business Journal Top Corporate Counsel Awards finalist. David is a 2015 inductee of the West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Hall of Fame.
While working in-house for Tempus Ex, the Angels, and Buccaneers, David was responsible for drafting and negotiating legal and business terms of contracts with leagues, sponsors, vendors, employees, and other customers. He oversaw all organizational litigation and had significant experience in managing complex and class action lawsuits. David also oversaw human resources, security, insurance, compliance, and privacy functions for the Buccaneers.
David is also involved in the Olympic and Paralympic movement. He currently serves as on the Board of Directors of the Unites States Association of Blind Athletes, the high-performance organization that is responsible for preparing and selecting the US athletes for Goalball and Blind Soccer.
David earned a B.S in Exercise Physiology/Athletic Training and an M.S, in Community Health Promotion from West Virginia University School of Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia. He also holds a Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. David also completed Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau’s Scout Development Program. He is a licensed California attorney and a National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Certified Athletic Trainer.
David is a leader in the ACC and NATA and is a past President of the ACC’s Tampa Bay Chapter and District 9 representative to the NATA’s Professional Responsibility Committee. He moderated and lead ACC’s Leadership Development Institutes. In the past, David served as Chair of the ACC Sports & Entertainment Committee as well as ACC-SoCal Chapter Vice-President, Board of Directors Member and Chair of its In-House Counsel Conference Committee. He was also a leader in the Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (TIPS). He served two years as the Student Liaison to the TIPS Council and was a leader of several task forces, general committees, and standing committees. He is a past Chair of the TIPS Self-Insurer and Risk Managers Committee and the TIPS Task Force on Outreach to Law Students.
Outside of work, David is an avid skier, ski instructor, and cook. He earned a Level 1 Alpine certificate, Level 1 Children’s Specialist, and Level 1 Senior Specialist from the Professional Ski Instructors Association of America. David also loves to cook and specializes in middle eastern cooking. He lives in Laguna Hills, California with his partner, Nicole Rosin and his son Ethan.
