LSBA Board of Governors

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Blake R. David is a founding partner of the Lafayette firm of Broussard & David, LLC. He received a BA degree in 1997 from Louisiana State University and his JD degree in 2001 from LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. He was admitted to practice in Louisiana in 2001. Prior to litigating, he worked as a registered lobbyist with Haynie & Associates in Baton Rouge.

David represented the Third District on the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Board of Governors from 2014-17 and served on the LSBA’s Nominating Committee. He was the recipient of the LSBA Young Lawyers Division’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 2009.

He is board-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in civil trial advocacy. He also is an advocate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. Annually, he teaches trial advocacy at the LSU Law Center. In 2017, he was appointed to the Louisiana Board of Regents by Gov. John Bel Edwards and currently serves as past chair of the board and a member of the Executive Committee.

David is president of the Louisiana Association for Justice (Executive Committee member, past chair of the Maritime Section). He is a former president and Foundation board member for the Lafayette Bar Association, a former president of the American Inn of Court of Acadiana and a member of the International Society of Barristers. He also is a founding board member and former president of the Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. From 2012-22, he was recognized by Louisiana Super Lawyers and is included in the list of Louisiana Super Lawyers Top 50 Lawyers in Louisiana (2019-22).

In his community, he is involved with the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, Catholic Charities of Acadiana, ABC Art Fund and the Acadiana Tigers.

David and his wife Amber are the parents of three children.