David Loper - 2011 Livesay Winner

David M. Loper ('86) is a senior attorney at Protective Life Corporation's headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, where he advises the life insurance division and supervises litigation. Prior to Protective Life, David was a partner/shareholder at a medium sized law firm in Birmingham where he tried cases and argued appeals to the Alabama Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He graduated from Millsaps College in 1986, worked in the College Admissions Office for two years and then attended Tulane Law School where he graduated in 1991. He was hired as an associate at the Jackson, MS law firm of Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones and Davis where he worked with many Millsaps graduates, before accepting a job in Birmingham in 1994. He is admitted to practice law in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

He is currently on the Board of Directors for The Exceptional Foundation (which provides services to Birmingham's disabled community) and also Birmingham AIDS Outreach and previously served on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Ballet and the Parish Council at St. Paul's Catholic Cathedral. He served as President of the Alabama Stonewall Democrats and also served a term as the National Alumni Association President for Millsaps.

David has run 4 marathons, taught all of his nieces and a nephew how to water ski and survived Leadership Birmingham's Class of 2008. His father Gene Loper ('53), who passed away in 1993, also graduated from Millsaps. David has been a tireless advocate and an enthusiastic supporter of Millsaps College.

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