About David
David Zevan is a lawyer licensed to practice in each Illinois and Missouri. He combines trial experience with organizational leadership in bar associations that middle on trial work. Colleagues know him for continuous advocacy and an extended-standing presence in regional legal circles.
He earned his law degree from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1987. He additionally completed undergraduate research on the University of Scranton, the place he majored in political science and history, graduating in 1987. Those educational years gave him a foundation in legal doctrine and in the political and historic contexts that form disputes in courtroom.
After law program he pursued work throughout state lines, obtaining admission in Illinois and in Missouri. Over the years his practice has been carried out in settings that require preparation for trial and direct engagement with judges and juries. He has treated legal proceedings that moves thru discovery, motion practice and, when necessary, trial. The trajectory of his career displays continuous involvement in litigation instead of a shift into an exclusively transactional practice.
Outside the court he takes on roles in expert organizations. He presently serves as President of the Missouri Association of Trial Lawyers. He is also an active member of the American Association for Justice. Those positions place him in regular contact with peers who manage jury trials and complicated civil things. His work in those groups includes participation in instructional packages and expert occasions aimed toward trial attorneys.
Zevan practices from ZDR Law Office, where he continues to take on cases that require court readiness and procedural information in both Illinois and Missouri. He remains concerned in trial-lawyer circles while managing a caseload that displays the procedural demands of modern civil legal proceedings. He concentrates his practice on trial legal proceedings in Illinois and Missouri.