Steven H. David

Steven H. David (born 1957) is a former justice of the Indiana Supreme Court. He previously served as a lawyer and military officer. He retired from the United States Army Reserve in September 2010 with the rank of colonel.

Biography David was born in Allen County, Indiana, and raised in Bartholomew County, Indiana.

Education David graduated magna cum laude from Murray State University as a Distinguished Military Graduate on an R.O.T.C. scholarship. He earned his law degree from Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He is also a graduate of the Indiana Judicial College and the Graduate Program for Indiana Judges. David personally represented Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's driver. After the commission convicted Hamdan, David broadly criticized the commission's loose procedures, including acceptance of hearsay and secret testimony, restrictions on media coverage, and suppression of evidence of abusive interrogations. He called for scrapping the commission system.

In October 2010, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appointed David to the Indiana Supreme Court. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. David retired on August 31, 2022.

Notable opinion David wrote the majority opinion in Barnes vs. Indiana.