David W. Aubrey

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 with 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.

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 and Awards

Master's Student of the Year Award - Trinity International University, 2008

"Best Brief" & Semifinalist at the UC-Davis Asylum & Refugee Moot Court Competition, 2010

Illinois State Bar Associations Diversity Leadership Council for 2019-2020

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys for 2019

Past Employment Positions

Law Office of the Public Defender of Cook County, Law Clerk, 2009

Morey & Upton, Attorneys at Law, Law Clerk, 2006 - 2008

Pro Bono Activities

Member of the ISBA International & Immigration Law Section Council from 2014 through 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

Professional Associations and Memberships

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 - 2019

ISBA Section Council, 2018 - 2019

ISBA Section Council on Immigration and International law , Secretary