David R. Draper

David R. Draper is an accomplished Michigan-based attorney and the founding member of The Draper Law Firm. David’s representation includes a broad and varied group of businesses, corporations and individuals. David began his career with one of Michigan’s largest law firms, and then moved to an in-house position with a large insurance company, before founding The Draper Law Firm. Martindale-Hubbell, the leading source in lawyer rankings, gives David a rating of A.V., its highest rating.

David has represented countless individuals in an array of criminal matters, ranging from traffic offenses to serious felonies and white collar crimes.

David has also litigated numerous multi-million dollar disputes on behalf of corporations and insurance companies and regularly advises a wide spectrum of business and corporate clients. He has acted as general counsel to companies in the hospitality industry and has advised those clients in nearly all aspects of their corporate lives.

Since 1995, David has sat as a Case Evaluator in Wayne and Macomb Counties. He has also acted as a facilitator and mediator, settling disputes for parties who choose to resolve cases outside of the Courts.

David hosted the weekly Detroit area television talk show, The Legal Insider and sits on the Advisory Board of Directors of Forgotten Harvest, the nation’s largest food rescue organization. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan (A.B., 1987), University College London (Faculty of Laws, 1988) and the Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1990).

David is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of Michigan, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and the Northern District of Ohio.

David has been honored and profiled by multiple legal publications. David has appeared as a panelist and commentator on CNN Headline News and TruTV’s In Session and is often contacted by television and print media outlets to give his opinion on legal news stories of the day. David regularly appears in DBusiness Magazine’s Top Lawyers publication as a “Top Lawyer” and was recently elected as a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar, a select group of attorneys recognized for their professional excellence and service to the community.

David Draper is actively involved in the local community, where he sits as the Chief Judge of Grosse Pointe City Municipal Court, as well as serving as a mediator for the Wayne County Mediation Tribunal Association.