David E. Pierson

David E. Pierson represents developers and property owners in land use approvals, real estate, economic development and incentives, and environmental law. He acts as counsel to the Michigan Realtors® and the Home Builders Association of Michigan on legislation and state and local regulation of development including the drafting of the Land Division Act, conditional zoning, Critical Dunes, and the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. He has presented seminars for the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Michigan Realtors®, local Realtor boards, and municipal officials. He is a past Chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section 2014-2015, and chaired the Zoning and Land Use Committee of the State Bar of Michigan Real Property Law Section from 2002 to 2013 and 2016 to present. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America in Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law. Best Lawyers named Mr. Pierson the “Lansing Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for 2013, 2017, and 2020, and the “Lansing Land Use and Zoning Lawyer of the Year” for 2014.