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