Nov 22, 2022

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. congratulates Baton Rouge attorney David Fleshman on being named one of the Baton Rouge Business Report's Forty Under 40.


Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. is pleased to announce that David Fleshman has received the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2020 On the Rise - Top 40 Young Lawyers Award. He is among 40 young ABA lawyer members recognized for this award.

David practices general litigation, business transactions, construction law, sports law, and contract law. In addition to representing individuals and private companies, David has also represented several Louisiana governmental entities, including the Ernest N. Morial Exhibition Hall Authority (the New Orleans Convention Center), the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, Ascension Parish, LSU Board of Supervisors, and the New Orleans Aviation Board. Through this representation, he has extensive experience in matters involving public bid and procurement law, open meetings and public records law, public bid protests and disputes, construction contracts, and public-private partnerships for the construction of large public projects in Louisiana, such as the new North Terminal at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

David is active in the Baton Rouge community, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Dunham School, and the LSU National L-Club, and formerly served on the Board of the Youth Oasis Children's Shelter, Karing is Doing Something, Inc., and the St. Aloysius Administration Commission. In 2019, David received the Joseph Keogh Memorial Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the community and the Baton Rouge Bar Association.

The ABA’s "On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers" Award program provides national recognition of ABA Young Lawyers Division members who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and service to the profession and their communities.