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David Erdman was born on July 4, 1949 at Camp Lejeune, NC and grew up near New Bern, North Carolina. He attended Duke University on an Angier B. Duke Scholarship and was the first person to graduate from Duke with a Degree in Biomedical Engineering. He now serves on the Board of Visitors of the duke Engineering School. He went to Georgetown University Law School where he was elected national president of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association. David moved to Charlotte in 1976 and quickly became a well-known trial lawyer. David was recognized in 2019 (10th time) by Business North Carolina magazine as one of North Carolina’s “Legal Elite” in the field of Family Law. He leads the law firm of Erdman & Hockfield, which he founded in 1981. In 1999, David was unanimously appointed to the Charlotte City Council to fill an at-large seat. David is an author and frequent lecturer, having delivered over 225 presentations on the History, Geography, and Future of Charlotte. He has been quoted in me