Barros McNamara Malkiewicz & Taylor in Dover. He describes the firm’s partners as great mentors and acknowledges that his paralegal, Teresa Campbell, has been tremendously helpful to him. David’s practice is mainly in domestic relations with some wills and estates work, as well. David is also active with the Office of the Child Advocate and Delaware Volunteer Legal Services as a volunteer. His family has always been important to him, but for the last couple of years he is simply giddy over fatherhood. He and Megan brought Alexis (“the cutest thing ever”) into the world, and this toddler has totally captured her father’s imagination. He rushes home from work every evening to play. David is also an avid aviator. He has worked for several years to acquire a private pilot’s license and now, by virtue of his membership in a club that owns airplanes, he can fly the family back to his ancestral home in Indiana and to countless other places besides. David finds flying a liberating experience and describes the view of a sunset from the air as “amazing.” He also enjoys the camaraderie of the small, close knit community of pilots, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Air Mobility Command Museum Foundation.
M. Binet Homais, the envious pharmacist. His fine bass voice and unique dancing style will help make this show another success, no doubt. David Bever is a lawyer who knows what he wants and makes it happen. He knows what is important to him, and he commits to it. He also knows who he is and where he fits in, and he is comfortable with that. Whether he is playing with Alexis, singing on stage, or soaring through the heavens, he is doing what he wants to do.
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James G. McGiffin, Jr., is a Senior Staff Attorney with Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. and a former President of the Delaware State Bar Association. He can be reached at jmcgiffin@declasi.org.
Melissa Flynn Executive Director Phone: (302) 658-0773 www.delawarebarfoundation.org
A musician since childhood, David and his talent will be on display in midNovember when Madame Bovary: Ho, Ho, Ho plays in Wilmington and Dover. The show, a musical comedy written by Superior Judge Robert B. Young, is the fifth in a series of biannual shows sponsored by the Delaware State Bar Association to raise money for the Combined Campaign for Justice. Each show is performed by a troupe of lawyers from across the state who act, sing, dance, and play musical instruments to hilarious effect. David’s debut as a member of the company was in the 2009 production of Moby Dick: The Maritime Musicale, and he played the title character. In the 2011 production of An American Tragedy: A Comedy, David was cast as a prosecuting attorney (Sam Waterston would be proud). For Madam Bovary, David plays DSBA Bar Journal | October 2013
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