DAVID K. GREER                 Litigation Attorney

Accomplishments and Experience

Born:  May 20, 1961, Cincinnati, Ohio

Education:

Columbus Bar Association:

Member: Ohio State Bar Association

BAR ADMISSIONS:

Supreme Court of Ohio: May 8, 1989

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio: January 25, 1990

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: November 30, 1990

United States Supreme Court: October 4, 1993

Interesting fact you probably didn't know about me:  Former dj at Columbus pop music station Mix 97.1, 80's, 90's, Now (WBNS-FM).

Words of wisdom:  Whenever you're faced with a fight or flight decision, choose one or the other, but not both.

So-called truism that is really a myth:  "Don't expect life to be fair, it isn't."  David's response is: Then make it fair.  Justice is hard work.

Truism that is always true: What comes around goes around.

U.S. SIXTH CIRCUIT CONFERENCE PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE

Job Well Done

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's 70th Conference was held in Columbus, Ohio May 4-7, 2010.  The blockbuster list of speakers included U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., U.S. Solicitor and then-U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee (now Justice) Elena Kagan, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr.

    David served on the planning subcommittee for the conference, and received this letter of thanks from Sixth Circuit judges R. Guy Cole, Jr. and Jeffrey S. Sutton:

     David is pleased that the Sixth Circuit conference was such a huge success.

  David Named a Super Lawyer Six Years in a Row!

    For the sixth year in a row, attorney David K. Greer has been named a Super Lawyer by the magazine.  For 2011, for the fourth year in a row, he was given the honor in the area of Criminal Defense (general).  In 2007 he was named a Super Lawyer in General Litigation, and in 2006 was named a Super Lawyer in the area of Appellate Practice. David commented: "I'm proud to be named a Super Lawyer in the area of criminal defense because it is my primary area of practice.  I've been a criminal defense lawyer since leaving the prosecutor's office in 1990.  I thank those attorneys who nominated me for this honor."

    David's recognition as a Super Lawyer for 2011 appears in the latest issue of the magazine, the cover of which is shown below.  David wishes to congratulate the other lawyers in the state who have been named Super Lawyers for 2011.

What being named a "Super Lawyer" means:

     Super Lawyers magazine is published by Law & Politics and Cincinnati magazine. Only 5% of lawyers in the state can qualify as a Super Lawyer, and David is one of only 37 general criminal defense lawyers in the state to receive the Super Lawyer distinction for 2011.  To become a Super Lawyer, the magazine employs the following selection process:

1. SURVEY OF LAWYERS  Each year Law & Politics sends a ballot to the approximately 35,000 active lawyers in Ohio who have been in practice five years or more.  The ballot asks lawyers to nominate the best attorneys they've personally observed in action.  The intent is to discourage votes based purely on reputation.  Each vote a candidate receives carries a point total, with votes from lawyers outside the nominee's firm weighted more than votes from within the firm.  Law & Politics monitors balloting for indications of manipulation, and eliminates such ballots from consideration.

2. THE BLUE RIBBON PANEL REVIEW  The nominations are grouped into 57 practice areas.  Those nominees with the highest point totals from each practice area are invited to serve on the blue ribbon panel.  Each blue ribbon panelist reviews and scores a list of nominees from his or her primary practice area.

3. INDEPENDENT RESEARCH  Throughout the selection process, Law & Politics meets and corresponds with law firms in Ohio to identify the top lawyers in those firms.  In addition, the Law & Politics attorney-led research team actively searches for outstanding attorneys to complement the statewide survey of lawyers.  The research team evaluates prospective candidates on indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.  Finally, Law & Politics verifies that the nominee is in good standing with the Supreme Court of Ohio Attorney Registration Section.

4. THE FINAL SELECTION PROCESS  Candidates are divided according to firm size and geographic location.  The top candidates from each group are selected as Super Lawyers.

     The magazine's style is to profile a "Super Lawyer" in some aspect of their lives other than practicing law. In 2006, David was featured in the magazine and chatted about his second job as a dj for Mix 97.1, a pop music station in Columbus, Ohio (below).

And speaking of David's radio career...

    He was also featured in the fall 2007 edition of OSU Alumni magazine.  David is an Ohio State University grad (BA Journalism, 1983), and the article talks about his dual career as a lawyer and a dj.  The article and magazine cover are below:

        (Place mouse on magazine cover to reveal the article.)

  Other Accomplishments:

May 1998: Along with co-counsel Andy Cecil, Esq. of Plymale & Associates, obtained a $155,000 settlement from the city of Columbus in the Albert Mayes wrongful imprisonment/malicious prosecution civil rights case.

March 2000: A jury acquittal in the Marvin Clinton Sheraton Four Points Hotel rape case.

December 2000: Obtained a $103,000 civil judgment in the malicious prosecution case of Tennant v. Howard in Franklin County, Ohio Common Pleas Court. (The case was later settled on appeal). David represented Amy Tennant, who was arrested and charged with assault by Peggy Howard, following an altercation outside the Lennox Theatre in 1998. The charge was later dropped after it was discovered that Tennant was not involved in the episode.

May 2001: Obtained a reversal in the Franklin County Court of Appeals in the case of Faith Electric v. Margaret Kirk. David represented Kirk, an attorney, on appeal in which Municipal Court Judge James Green had denied Kirk permission to file a late (by four days) answer and counterclaim and then granted a default judgment against her. The appeals court ruled that Green abused his discretion in doing so and ordered Kirk's answer and counterclaim reinstated.

March 2002: Led the successful defense of John Kendrick, charged with attempted murder and felonious assault.  Judge John Connor of the Franklin County Common Pleas Court granted a defense motion for acquittal on the attempted murder count.  Thereafter, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the remaining count of felonious assault, making Kendrick, who had been in jail nearly three months before the trial, a free man.

January 2004: Led the successful defense of Rhonda Reid, charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine in federal court.  U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus granted David's motion for acquittal on all counts in the indictment at the close of the government's case-in-chief.  Before the acquittal, David had filed a motion to suppress certain statements made by Reid to law enforcement personnel, and a motion in limine to exclude evidence of prior drug use.  Both motions were granted by the court, which led to the acquittal.    

Funniest story that ever happened to me in court:  I was representing a client on trial for a delinquency offense in juvenile court.  My client and I were both wearing suits.  The prosecutor asked the witness to identify the defendant for the record.  "He's sitting right over there at that table wearing a suit,"  the witness said.  "There are two men wearing suits over at that table," the prosecutor responded.  "Can you be more specific?"  "Well, he's the one who doesn't look like a lawyer," the witness replied.

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