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strained reading of the pre-existing court-rule or constitutional doctrine. BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT DAVID PORTER David Porter practices as an appellate specialist at Kienbaum Hardy Viviano Pelton & Forrest, an employment and commercial litigation boutique in Metro Detroit. Before that, David practiced at the Michigan Attorney General’s Office, briefing and arguing dozens of state and federal appeals, including People v Warren. David also served as law clerk to Judge Richard A. Griffin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Justice David F. Viviano of the Michigan Supreme Court.
