David Katahira

David Katahira is a commercial litigator who began his career at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel.

Mr. Katahira began his legal career as a Legal Honors Law Clerk at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel. After graduating from the Legal Honors program, Mr. Katahira worked in HUD’s Office of General Counsel, Office of Program Enforcement.

During law school, Mr. Katahira worked on civil rights matters when externing for the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of North Carolina and interning for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and the ACLU of North Carolina. He was also the Publication Editor for the North Carolina Law Review, Volume 101, a competing member of the Holderness Moot Court Appellate Advocacy Team, and a case manager for UNC Law’s Innocence Project.