David Lord

Biographical Sketch

David Lord is the Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School, and an instructor with Justice 3D. David is also a published author, with his writing focused on prosecutorial ethics. He has been employed as a prosecutor since 2006. David has broad litigation experience, having tried 66 cases through a jury and many hundreds more as bench trials. In addition to his work as a trial attorney, David has developed an expertise in prosecutorial ethics and teaches on that topic at multiple conferences each year. David is also on the permanent faculty of Trauma to Trial and Prosecutor’s Bootcamp, two statewide training conferences for Virginia prosecutors. David’s published law review articles focus on the ethics of plea bargaining, trial advocacy, prosecutorial discretion, and exculpatory evidence. As a prosecutor, David supervises the Violent Crimes Unit and works with the Alexandria Treatment Court, a program that seeks to help divert from conviction and incarceration individuals with substance use disorder that engage in nonviolent felony offenses. David graduated with a BA in Political Science from Colorado State University, obtained his JD from George Mason in 2005, and received a Masters of Theological Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2019. David is a recipient of the 2017 Warren B. Von Schuch Distinguished Assistant Award, the 2014, 2015, and 2020 S. Randolph Sengel Award for Prosecutorial Excellence, the 2017 Alexandria Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40 Award, and the 2019 Michael R. Doucette Lecturer of Merit Award.