David A. Starkweather

David is a partner at Stuart & Branigin whose legal practice focuses on corporate law, business counseling and transactions, business litigation, and estate planning.

Representing buyers, sellers, and lenders in a variety of transactions has provided David with a broad understanding of complex business decisions. He helps his client utilize the tools available to them to grow and evolve. David also works with clients to develop individual estate plans that help them meet their estate planning objectives. In addition to estate and wealth management planning, he handles estate administration, estate controversies, and tax planning matters.

David graduated in 1989 from Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1992 from Indiana University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the Order of the Coif. He was managing editor of the Indiana Law Journal from 1991-1992. He published an article in the Indiana Law Journal, titled "The Retributive Theory of 'Just Desserts' and Victim Participation in Plea Bargaining."

In addition to his bar memberships, David is a member of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana and the Defense Research Institute. He is admitted to practice in Indiana, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of Indiana, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Education

• Wheaton University, B.A., 1989; Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 1992

Honors

• Order of the Coif

Bar Admission

• Indiana, 1992
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1997
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, 1997

Professional Associations

• Tippecanoe County Bar Association
• Indiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana

Publications / Presentations

• Indiana Law Journal, managing editor; "The Retributive Theory of 'Just Desserts' and Victim Participation in Plea Bargaining," 67 Ind. L.J. 853 (1992)