User:Rufinsky/David Abraham (lawyer)

David Abraham (born August 28, 1955) is an Indonesian lawyer of Jewish descent. He is the founder of the law firm Abraham Law Firm and an advocate for the Abraham Law Firm since 1986 until now. He has experience in handling cases at home and abroad. Among them in Singapore handling DHL Express Asia Pacific, OCBC Securities Service Limited, Commerzbank Asset Management Ltd., Siemens Pte Ltd., Cooper Mechanical Oilfield Services. He was also involved in a team of lawyers in America handling the case of the crash of the Mandala Airlines plane against the Boeing Company and United Technologies Corp in Illinois.

Early life
His paternal and maternal grandparents were Jewish. They came from Baghdad, Iraq directly to Surabaya. They came around 1901 or 1902. His father was born in Surabaya in 1934, while his mother was born in Singapore. The two married in 1954 in Surabaya.

In his hometown, David began to study law. He admitted that he had studied at the Faculty of Law, Airlangga University (Unair) for two years. Then, he continued to the United States until now he has a BSL title. David moved to Jakarta and obtained a Law Practice Decree in 1986. Then, two years later, he started to open a law office.

Personal life
He married a Muslim woman in Surabaya in 1988 and has two children.

Education

 * Golden West University, School of Law, Los Angeles, California, Amerika Serikat (1976–1980)
 * Fakultas Hukum Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, (1975–1976)
 * SMA PETRA Surabaya, lulus 1975
 * SMP PETRA Surabaya, lulus 1971
 * SD PETRA Surabaya, lulus 1968