David W. Aubrey

Partner

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Biography

David W. Aubrey was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 2006. In addition, he graduated summa cum laude, from Trinity International University with a Master’s of Arts degree in International Human Rights law. In 2011, he received a Juris Doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law.

He began working for The Gori Law Firm while in law school in 2009 and is dedicated to representing victims suffering from mesothelioma. Fighting for victims of mesothelioma is his contribution to the promotion of human rights. Mr. Aubrey is admitted to the bar in Illinois (2011), Missouri (2012) and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (2012). He also volunteers in civil rights cases as part of the pro bono program in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Areas Of Practice

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 2011
Missouri, 2012
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 2012

Education

Southern Illinois University School of Law, Carbondale, Illinois
- J.D. – 2011
- Honors: The Order of Barristers
Trinity International University
- M.A. – 2008
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Master’s Student of the Year, 2008; Academic Achievement Award in the Class “International Human Rights & the Environment”, 2007; Student Council Senator, 2007
- Major: International Human Rights
L’Institut International des Droits de l’Homme, Strasbourg
- Certificate in International Human Rights Law – 2007
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois
- B.A. – 2006
- Major: Applied Linguistics

Professional Associations

Illinois State Bar Association
Chair of ISBA International & Immigration Law Section Council, 2019-2020
Vice Chair of the ISBA Section Council on International & Immigration Law, 2018 to 2019
ISBA Section Council, 2018 – 2020
ISBA Section Council on Immigration and International law , Secretary, 2018

Published Works

Litigating jurisdictional issues in post-Daimler America
Tools for international discovery, The Globe, October 2017, Vol 55 NO. 2
Case Update—Daimler AG v. Bauman 134 S.Ct. 746 (2014), Globe: ISBA Sec. on Int’l & Immgr. Law, June, 2015
The International Criminal Court and Other Forms of International Justice, Globe: ISBA Sec. on Int’l & Immgr. Law, February, 2010

Representative Cases

Mr. Aubrey wrote the winning brief to the Missouri Supreme Court asking the Court to deny Defendants’ petition for an extraordinary writ in the case, State ex rel. Ecology Auto Parts, Inc., et al. vs. The Honorable Michael O’Brien Hendrickson, SC95744 (Mo. 2016)

Classes & Seminars

Presented Secondary Exposure and Recent Decisions in Key Jurisdictions – HarrisMartin’s Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference (Sept. 2016)
Jurisdictional Update HarrisMartin’s Midwest Asbestos Litigation Conference (Sept. 2018)

Honors & Awards

Super Lawyer: 2024
2022 Emerging Lawyer
Master’s Student of the Year Award – Trinity International University
“Best Brief” & Semifinalist at the UC-Davis Asylum & Refugee Moot Court Competition
Illinois State Bar Associations Diversity Leadership Council for 2019-2020
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys for 2019
National Trial Lawyers Civil Plaintiff – Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys for 2019

Pro-Bono Activities

Member of the ISBA International & Immigration Law Section Council for 2023-2024
ISBA Tort Law Section Council 2023-2024
Member of the ISBA International & Immigration Law Section Council for 2022-2023
Member of the ISBA International & Immigration Law Section Council from 2014-2016
Volunteer judge on behalf of the Moot Court Board at Southern Illinois University School of Law
Volunteer for the Pro Bono Panel in the U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois
Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis
Illinois State Bar Association’s Diversity Section Council

Past Positions

Law Office of the Public Defender of Cook County, Law Clerk, 2009 to 2009
Morey & Upton, Attorneys at Law, Law Clerk, 2006 to 2008