{{short description|American politician}} {{distinguish|David Dreier}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = David Dreyer | image = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives David Dreyer.jpg | profession = Attorney | death_place = | death_date = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|05|14}} | birth_place = Ringgold, Georgia | prior_term = | state_house = Georgia | state = Georgia | district = 59th | term_start = January 9, 2017 | term_end = January 9, 2023 | predecessor = Margaret Kaiser | successor = Tanya Miller (Redistricting) | honorific_suffix = | party = Democratic }} '''David Dreyer''' (born May 14, 1974) is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives and a member of the Democratic Party representing District 59.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=4888&Session=27|title=Representative David Dreyer|website=www.house.ga.gov|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/east-point/georgia-state-politician-visits-east-point-charter-school/85-48130f7e-aea6-4dca-bc64-c11eb8142a87|title=Georgia state politician visits East Point charter school|website=WXIA|date=20 November 2019|access-date=2020-03-14}}</ref>
== Personal life and education == Dreyer was born in Ringgold, Georgia and attended middle school in Roswell.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreyerforgeorgia.com/david-dreyer|title=Meet David|website=David Dreyer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-13|archive-date=2020-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222223234/http://www.dreyerforgeorgia.com/david-dreyer|url-status=dead}}</ref> He received a degree in Political Science and Religious Studies at Georgia State University in 2001. Later, Dreyer graduated from Emory University School of Law in 2004 after focusing on constitutional law and voter protection.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreyersterling.com/about|title=Attorneys|website=Dreyer Sterling LLC|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-13|archive-date=2019-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008150532/https://www.dreyersterling.com/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== Dreyer is a partner at Dreyer Sterling LLC, a law firm practicing in the areas of trial and litigation.<ref name=":1" />
Dreyer was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2016. He currently serves on the Higher Education, Judiciary, and Science and Technology committees in the Georgia House.<ref name=":0" />
In 2019, Dreyer represented State Senator Nikema Williams after she had been arrested during a protest over counting votes for the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/cases-dismissed-against-senator-protesters-arrested-capitol/kKVszJZiLc9R3jlMNbXC4L/|title=Cases dismissed against Ga. senator, protesters arrested at Capitol|last=Maya T. Prabhu|first=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=English|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-ga-hs}} {{s-bef | before = Margaret Kaiser }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives <br/> from the 59th district | years = 2017–2023 }} {{s-aft | after = Phil Olaleye }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dreyer, David}} Category:Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Category:Living people Category:People from Ringgold, Georgia Category:Georgia State University alumni Category:Emory University School of Law alumni Category:1974 births Category:21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly