David M. Layton was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He attended the University of Baltimore, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1974 and John Hopkins University, where he received a Master of Administrative Science degree in 1976. After receiving his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore in 1979, Mr. Layton was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1980 and the Bar of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in 1983. Mr. Layton is a member of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, the Maryland State Bar Association and The Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Before joining Ashcraft & Gerel, Mr. Layton served as an attorney with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C.

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