David Fugett

Vice President and General Counsel
David Fugett

Phone 863-874-8411

Location IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Poly South

Office LTB-2021

Directory Office of the President

David Fugett joined IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø as vice president and general counsel in 2022. Prior to this, he served as general counsel for New College, the Honors College of IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø, from 2018 to 2022. While there, he was the liaison to the New College Board of Trustees, served as pre-law advisor, taught classes in advocacy and persuasion, started the New College Law Society, and coached the inaugural New College moot court and mock trial teams.  

Fugett also was general counsel for the IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Department of State after serving as the chief litigation attorney for the department (2015 to 2018). His first job with the state of IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø was as assistant attorney general in the Complex Civil Enforcement Bureau where he served as lead attorney for the state of IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø in over 60 Qui Tam (whistleblower) cases involving Medicaid fraud, from 2013 to 2015. In private practice he specialized in complex litigation and multi-state cases. This gave him the opportunity to represent clients in federal courts throughout the country.  

He is admitted to practice in Georgia, all state courts in IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø, the Southern, Middle and Northern United States District Courts in IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court.

  • IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø News Service Impact Award, 2024
  • District Outstanding Adult Volunteer, Sarasota County Schools, 2021-22
  • Toccoa Falls College Board of Trustees (Chair, Enrollment Management Committee), 2009-2021
  • Mentor, Booker High School Law Academy, 2018-2022
  • Coach, Booker High School Mock Trial Team, 2020-2022
  • J.D., University of Georgia School of Law
  • B.S. in Communication, Toccoa Falls College 
  • Member, National Association of College and University Attorneys
  • Member, Law School Admissions Council
  • Member, IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Bar
  • Member, State Bar of Georgia
  • Admitted to the United States District Courts of the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of IMÌåÓý¹ÙÍø
  • Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • Admitted to the United States Court of Federal Claims
  • Admitted to the United States Supreme Court
  • Sarasota County Bar Association (Chair, Pipeline/Mentor Committee), 2018-2022

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