About the VICE PRESIDENT

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David L. Kian, Vice President & General Counsel.

As the University’s chief legal officer, Mr. Kian is responsible for supervising and managing all legal matters affecting Florida Atlantic University.  Primary responsibilities include serving as legal counsel to the Florida Atlantic University Board of Trustees; providing legal and policy analysis and advice to the University President and all senior administrators; directing all litigation and administrative proceedings involving the university at the hearing, trial, and appellate levels; supervising and coordinating representation with outside counsel; assisting in the development of University compliance plans for federal and state regulations; and developing and presenting training sessions, panels, and guest lectures on an array of legal topics affecting the University.

Mr. Kian has served as Florida Atlantic University’s General Counsel since 2004.  Previously Mr. Kian was Associate General Counsel and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Florida from 1999 – 2004, an associate with the law firm of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. from 1996 – 1999, and a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday from 1994 – 1996.  Mr. Kian received his B.A. and J.D. with honors from the University of Florida, where he was a National Merit Scholar, a National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholar, a Wentworth Scholar, a Judge James B. Whitfield Constitutional Law Scholar, and a National Finalist in the American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition.