A late Saturday afternoon phone call brought the most jarring and unexpected news I believe I have ever received. I was speechless; unable to comprehend or process what I had just heard my wife Michele struggle to say. Even at this moment I can’t believe that I will never get to share laughs with my good friend ever again. It doesn’t seem real and seeing his picture next to his obituary brings great personal sorrow.I feel privileged that David and I began our careers at almost the same time; logging our first 15 years together in the same office. A change of professional direction on my part in 2007 had no bearing on our relationship; both of us still close friends and always looking forward to opportunities to either collaborate on cases or positively support the others efforts in any way.The real depth of our relationship was outside of the workplace. I was at his wedding and he at ours. The marriages bore children beginning at almost the same time. Our families grew together and did countless things together. Whether the event was a pool, birthday, graduation or holiday party, a business trip, a bike ride, attending a race, hanging out on boats, camping, cooking out or the like; the background noise always heard was the same: LAUGHTER!!I had an admiration of David that he probably never knew. For him, family was always firmly first and his children saw him at everything they were ever involved with. Like myself, I sensed that his wife was also his best friend and teammate. David was a friend to all and would always go out of his way to help on virtually anything; even when not asked.His smile, wit and laughter will always be in my head. Today I read back on some of our text exchanges. They are full of hilarious comments and now are a treasured piece from the past. His untimely passing has created a void in so, so many people’s lives and the seismic tremor of Saturday’s news will quake years into the future.Thank you for the blessing in my life that you were David. We will miss you terribly.