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David D. Cassell

  • Of Counsel

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David specializes in real estate, environmental, labor and employment, insurance, and business law, assisting clients with complex transactional and operational matters to optimize results and mitigate risk. David advises clients on a wide array of sophisticated matters, including management-side labor negotiations with labor unions, real estate matters, permitting and regulatory compliance, remediation and cost-recovery for contaminated properties, and corporate matters.

David helps business clients navigate the intricacies of corporate matters, contracts, litigation and trials, labor and employment disputes, enforcement and defense of non-competition agreements, real estate transactions, liquor license and regulatory matters, administrative hearings, appeals, and merger and acquisition transactions. Having served for more than 13 years as General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer for a private healthcare and insurance company that had a unionized work force, David has developed a deep understanding of not only the law, but also the practical business context in which the law is applied. This experience allows David to help craft effective solutions to problems business owners face that are both legally compliant and advantageous for business.

David has been selected as a Super Lawyer by his peers in environmental law.

David practiced at a large, national firm before going in-house with a private health care and insurance company as General Counsel. David joined Myers and Myers in 2025. 

Areas of Practice

  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Business and Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Construction
  • Employment and Labor
  • Environmental
  • Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Regulatory and Administrative Law

Education

  • Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Law Review, Thomas Cooley Law Review, Assistant Editor, 1992, 1993
  • University of Minnesota
    • B.A.
    • Major: Pshychology

Bar Admission

  • Michigan, 1994

Representative Matters

  • Midland Cogen Venture v. Naftaly, 803 N.W.2d 674 (Mich. 2011)
  • Henry v. Dow Chemical Co., 772 N.W.2d 301 (Mich. 2009)
  • Romain v. Frankenmuth Mut. Ins. Co., 762 N.W.2d 911 (Mich. 2009)
  • Webb v. Holzheuer, 674 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004)
  • Webb v. Smith, 674 N.W.2d 395 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004)

Honors

  • Michigan Supers Lawyer
  • Commendation for distinguised service as clerk for Michigan Court of Appeals

Speaking Engagements

  • Adjunct Professor Legal Writing, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1995 to 1998
  • Climate Change Regulations - Risks and Opportuniti, ndo-American Chamber of Commerce, 2009 to Present
  • Carbon Cap and Trade Initiatives and Opportunities, ABATE, 2008 to Present

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Michigan Labor and Employment Section, Member, Present
  • State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section, Present
  • Federal Bar Associationi, Present
  • Director, National Assoc. of Vision Care Plans, 2012 to 2019
  • Thomas M. Cooley Legal Authors Society, Present