David B. Higbee

Partner – Chief Operating Officer
Mobile 248 259 5067
dhigbee@floodlaw.com

Practice Areas:
Criminal Defense

Bar Admissions:
Michigan 1976
United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan 1976

Education:
Wayne State University Law School
University of Michigan

Community Involvement:
Utica United Methodist Church Warming Center and McRest – Week-long Shelters for the homeless

Previous Experience:
1976-2004 Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office
Mr. Higbee began his professional career as a trial attorney assigned to a courtroom where he handled non-specially assigned felonies. After one year as a courtroom APA, he was promoted to the Repeat Offenders Bureau where he prosecuted repeat offenders who were charged with murder, armed robbery, and criminal sexual conduct. After six years prosecuting violent offenders, Mr. Higbee became a supervising attorney in the Trial Division where he managed a team of trial attorneys and their cases. In 2004, Mr. Higbee retired from the Prosecutors Office as the Deputy Chief of the Trial Division. He joined FLCS in 2005 and has been a member of defense teams that have won not guilty verdicts in cases such as homicide, assault with intent to murder, failure to report child abuse, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He has helped to gain the pre-trial dismissal of cases involving murder, armed robbery, bank robbery, and kidnapping.

Career History
2009 – Present: Partner, Flood Lanctot Connor Stablein PLLC
2005 – 2009: Associate Attorney, Flood Lanctot Connor Stablein
1976 – 2004: Assistant Prosecuting Attorney/Deputy Chief, Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office
1975 – 1976: Law Clerk, Wayne County Organized Crime Task Force
1973 – 1974: Law Clerk, Judge Farrell Roberts, Oakland County