David Joseph DiMaggio

I am an attorney at Beyer & Lippert in Morganton, North Carolina, representing clients primarily in Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties. I primarily practice criminal defense (felonies, misdemeanors, and traffic violations), family law (custody, child support, divorce, etc.), juvenile law (DJJ/DSS), small claims (evictions, monies owed, etc.), & domestic law (DVPO/50(c), victim representation).

I am a Charlotte native who graduated from Elon University School of Law summa cum laude. Prior to law school, I attended Appalachian State University where I received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. After graduating, I began my legal career as a superior court legal assistant with the Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba County District Attorney’s Office. While contemporaneously working towards my master’s degree in criminology from Arizona State University, I assisted prosecutors with every classification of felony offense within the 36th Prosecutorial District.

While in law school, I participated on Elon Law’s Moot Court Board, finishing with a Top 10 Brief in the 2021 Emory Moot Court Competition. In the Summer of 2021, I completed an internship with Chief Justice Paul Newby of the North Carolina Supreme Court. I added federal experience by completing my residency in the Spring of 2022 with Judge Frank D. Whitney, United States District Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, before spending the Summer of 2022 with the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office’s Violent Crimes Team.

During law school, I was employed as a student clerk to the North Carolina Pattern Jury Instruction Criminal Subcommittee, where I assisted superior court judges in the drafting and revising of Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions based on developments in North Carolina statutory and case law. I also participated in the Guardian Ad Litem clinic, working on abuse, neglect, and dependency appeals through the law school.

Call for a consultation at (828) 433-4800.

Elon University School of Law

J.D. (2022)

2020 - 2022

Arizona State University

M.A. (2018) | Criminal Justice

2017 - 2018

Appalachian State University

B.S. (2015) | Criminal Justice

2012 - 2015

Adjunct Instructor

Appalachian State University

2024 - Current

Attorney

Beyer & Lippert, Attorneys at Law

2023 - Current

Legal Intern

Mecklenburg County District Attorneys Office

2022 - 2022

Legal Intern - Judge Frank D. Whitney

United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

2022 - 2022

Student Clerk

North Carolina Pattern Jury Instruction Criminal Subcommittee

2021 - 2022

Legal Intern to Chief Justice Paul M. Newby

Supreme Court of North Carolina

2021 - 2021

Superior Court Legal Assistant

36th Prosecutorial District Attorneys Office

2016 - 2020

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant - Criminal Justice

Arizona State University

2018 - 2018

Satellite-Based Monitoring for Sex Offenders in North Carolina: A Review of North Carolina’s Turbulent Battle with the Fourth Amendment

Elon Law: We The People Constitutional Law Journal

2023

North Carolina Licensed Attorney

North Carolina Bar Association

2023

North Carolina Victim Services Practitioner Certification

North Carolina Victims Assistance Network

2018

EMT

State of North Carolina

2014

Outstanding Student Award

Clinical Legal Education Association - Elon Law

2022

Student Advocacy Award

International Academy of Trial Lawyers

2022

Top 10 Appellate Brief

Emory Law Moot Court Competition

2021

North Carolina State Bar  # 60262

Member

Current

North Carolina

North Carolina State Bar

ID Number: 60262