David Poplar

David Poplar earned his J.D. in 1997, and after a clerkship with a U.S. District Court judge, entered private practice. Over the next dozen years, he focused primarily on criminal defense and civil litigation in NJ and PA, and has appeared before federal and state appellate courts, as well as trial courts at all levels of federal, state, and municipal government. Throughout his practice, he has researched and written extensively on various legal issues including employment law, professional malpractice, consumer fraud, corporate defense, personal injury, civil rights, tax foreclosure, white collar crime, possession/distribution of controlled substances, criminal and civil fraud, cybercrime, and political corruption.

As the more philosophical underpinnings of law began to interest him, he returned to academia, obtaining an MLA in philosophy, creative writing, and religion at the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA in philosophy at Brandeis University. He is currently a graduate student in Arizona’s PhD program in philosophy, where he uses philosophical tools to analyze contemporary problems. He focuses on philosophy of law and applied ethics, including business ethics, medical ethics, and environmental ethics.