David DeVillers is a partner at Barnes & Thornburg. From 2019 to 2021 David served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2002 to 2019.

During his time as a federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice (DOJ), David prosecuted a variety of offenses involving the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Continuing Criminal Enterprise (CCE) statute, money laundering, corruption, wire fraud, murder, international drug trafficking, and terrorism. He tried 24 jury trials while an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

He also led numerous task forces in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and local police agencies to combat white collar crime, terrorism, transnational crime, and corruption.

He has been nationally recognized for his work and was a regular teacher at the National Advocacy Center. He has traveled to other districts to present case studies of his trials – including the largest federal murder case in Ohio’s history, charging 20 members of the Short North Posse, a known gang in Columbus. As U.S. Attorney, he oversaw the investigation into and prosecutions related to one of the largest corruption conspiracies in Ohio’s history.

As part of the DOJ, David spent a great deal of time overseas, specifically in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Georgia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, and Ukraine, where he was assigned as a legal adviser in combatting crime and corruption. Notably, he was sent to Iraq as a prosecutor adviser to the Iraqi High Tribunal for the Anfal (Kurdish Genocide) trial of Saddam Hussein, and while he was there, investigated additional crimes against humanity perpetrated by the former Iraqi regime.

David began his career as director of the organized crime/gang unit for the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office in Columbus, where he was lead prosecutor in approximately 60 jury trials.