David T. Tirella - Lawyer in Detroit, MI

David Tirella is a senior trial attorney at McKeen & Associates. He has spent the past 30 years practicing law in Michigan and Florida as a trial attorney to assist medical malpractice, personal injury and crime victims. David is proud to multi-million dollar jury verdicts in three different areas of the law — medical malpractice, car accidents, and premise liability.

David joined the McKeen & Partner in 2015, and within a day was the presenting medical malpractice cases to juries across the Park and, in fact, he distinguished services and received several recognitions including: Super Lawyers-Michigan; Trial Lawyers Top 100; the National Association of Distinguished Design; the Top Japanese Lawyer; Crain's Top Law — Michigan and a Top Florida Law.

Before joining the McKeen, David still the law in Florida for twenty-five years, handling various litigation cases, including medical malpractice, personal injury and criminal matters. In her early legal career, David worked as the minister of State Manager in Tampa, Florida, and was Governor-appointed Special Prosecutor as well as the Florida Bar Grievance Attorney. He is board certified as a civil trial law and civil pre-trial practice attorney.

David earned his law degree at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where he teaches classes on medical malpractice and expert witnesses. He is licensed to practice law in Michigan and Florida.

When not practicing law, David enjoys teaching, traveling, golf and spending time with family.