| Professional | ||
| 1994 – | LAW OFFICE OF DAVID A. KAHNE | Houston, TX |
| civil litigation, focusing on civil and property rights, and counselor to community groups on related issues | ||
| 1994-98 | CLARK READ CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION, INC. | Houston, TX |
| legal director, litigating civil rights and civil liberties cases, and counselor to community groups on related issues | ||
| 1987-94 | FINE, KAPLAN AND BLACK | Philadelphia, PA |
| civil litigation, including plaintiffs’ class actions, with independent civil rights and civil liberties practice | ||
| 1987-94 | COMMITTEE FOR DIGNITY AND FAIRNESS FOR THE HOMELESS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, INC. | Philadelphia, PA |
| general counsel to non-profit developer of housing and provider of services for 125 formerly homeless families | ||
| Law Clerk | ||
| 1985-87 | CHIEF JUDGE FULLAM, U.S. District Court | Philadelphia, PA |
| 1984-85 | JUSTICE HANDLER, New Jersey Supreme Court | Trenton, NJ |
| Education | ||
| 1981-84 | HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D. cum laude | Cambridge, MA |
| editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation director, Legislative Research Bureau | ||
| 1977-80 | HARVARD COLLEGE, A.B. summa cum laude | Cambridge, MA |
| degree in applied mathematics Phi Beta Kappa and John Harvard Scholar | ||
| 1976-77 | MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | Cambridge, MA |
| matriculated, then transferred to Harvard |