David L. Carden

David L. Carden
United States Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
In office
March 2011 – December 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byScot Marciel
Succeeded byNina Hachigian
Personal details
BornIndiana
SpouseRebecca Riley
Children2
EducationDePauw University, Indiana University Maurer School of Law.

David Lee Carden is an American lawyer, diplomat, mediator and author who is a former United States Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was nominated by President Barack Obama in November 2010 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March, 2011.[1] He resigned his post in December 2013. Carden was a partner at Jones Day, an international law firm, where he was, at various times, the Partner in Charge of the firm's Asian offices and practices, the head of its International Securities practice, and the head of Litigation in its New York office.[2]

  1. ^ "First US Resident Ambassador to ASEAN Presents Credentials". ASEAN. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ "U.S. Mission to ASEAN website". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2013-01-30.