David G. Chardavoyne is a veteran Michigan lawyer and a legal educator who teaches at Wayne State University Law School and the University of Detroit–Mercy School of Law. He is the author of A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law (Wayne State University Press, 2003), and he contributed a chapter to The History of Michigan Law, both of which were named Michigan Notable Books by the Library of Michigan. He is also a frequent contributor to The Court Legacy, the journal of the Historical Society for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.