DAVID M. PIERANGELI is a 1996 cum laude graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law. He previously worked in the City of Toledo Law Department. He is a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association and the Appellate Practice Section of the Michigan Bar Association. He has argued several cases in the appellate courts including the published decisions of Haaksma v. city of Grand Rapids, 247 Mich. App. 44; 634N.W.2d 390 (2001); In Re Estate of Shield 254 Mich. App. 387; 656N.W.2d 853 (2002); Roberts v Farmers Ins. Exchange, 275 Mich. App. 58; 737 N.W.2d 332 (2007); and Neal v. Wilkes, 470 Mich. 661; 685 N.W.2d 648 (2004).He is presently on the Grand Rapids Township Planning Commission.