Thereafter, he served as a law clerk for federal judge Jon O. Newman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

David began his teaching career in 1982 at the University of Puget Sound Law School in Tacoma, Washington.

He returned to the Northwest and taught at the Seattle University School of Law, where he had a named professorship position.

On September 10, 2022, his former students (known as "The Skoverites") gathered for a retirement celebration at the Columbia Tower Club in downtown Seattle.

David appears frequently on network and cable television and social media, and has been quoted in the national popular press (e.g. NYT, WSJ, CSM, etc.)