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PROFILE:
David
Moran became a full-time member of the faculty in
2000 after six years as an adjunct professor. After
graduating from law school in 1991, he served as
a law clerk to the Hon. Ralph B. Guy, Jr., of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
and then served eight years as an assistant defender
at the State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) in
Detroit. As a SADO attorney, Moran represented hundreds
of indigent criminal defendants in the state and
federal appellate courts, including several defendants
who were exonerated by newly discovered evidence.
In
2000, Moran helped draft legislation to allow imprisoned
criminal defendants to petition for testing of DNA
evidence in their cases, and he is a member of the
board of directors of the Michigan Innocence Project.
Moran has also served as a cooperating attorney with
the American Civil Liberties Union in federal litigation.
Professor
Moran's current research interests include the Fourth
Amendment, the constitutional and evidentiary law
governing the admissibility of confessions in criminal
cases, the causes of wrongful convictions, and ethical
issues in the prosecution and defense of criminal
cases. His outside interests include Ultimate Frisbee,
running, and cross-country skiing.
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