DAVID M. SAPERSTEIN, shareholder, concentrates his practice on professional liability defense, attorney grievance proceedings and appellate law. He primarily defends attorneys, insurance agents, registered representatives, broker-dealers, accountants, and real estate agents. He joined Maddin Hauser in July 2001, and is admitted to practice law in Michigan, Ohio, and California.
Since 2018, David has served on the State Bar of Michigan’s Professional Ethics Committee, which addresses questions regarding the propriety of professional conduct of Michigan lawyers. He has been listed as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness Magazine, recognized in the Michigan edition of Super Lawyers®, and included in The Best Lawyers in America® for Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants.
David has given numerous presentations on legal topics, including a seminar on Innovative Approaches to Economic Damages and one on FINRA Arbitrations, which were approved for CLE and/or CE credit in many jurisdictions, including California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma and Texas.
David graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993, and the University of California, Berkeley, with High Honors in 1989. He clerked for the late Michigan Court of Appeals Chief Judge Pro Tem Myron H. Wahls.
An avid writer, David’s sermon about the Bible’s most important grandmother, “May You Be Like Sarah and Milcah,” was published by Mechon Hadar in the Ateret Zvi Journal. His story about trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon, “Ever Fell Like the Butter’s Sliding Off Your Biscuit,” was published and illustrated in the London-based magazine Like the Wind. He has presented his original Bibliodrama, Milcah and Iscah: A Reunion of Sisters at various venues including Limmud New York and Limmud Michigan. He was named Runner of the Week by the Detroit Free Press.
David has previously served as Chair of the Race Judicata Committee of the Oakland County Bar Association, Treasurer of B’nai Israel Synagogue of West Bloomfield, and other community organizations.
