David represents clients in disputes involving creditor’s rights, real estate, bankruptcy, contract, insurance defense, personal and real property tax assessments, and various other commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout Arkansas and Illinois. David’s experience includes drafting and developing initial pleadings and overall matter strategy, drafting legal arguments for motion practice, leading settlement negotiations, and spearheading post-judgment collections efforts.

Before entering private practice, David served as Area Risk Manager and in-house Litigation Counsel for a Fortune 500 transportation company, where he internally managed large trucking accident and cargo loss cases from inception through disposition. David has specific experience developing pre-litigation case defense strategies, evaluating claim exposure, preparing corporate 30(b)(6) witnesses, and negotiating settlements.

During his legal education David staffed a family immigration clinic, where he assisted clients with I-485 and N-400 applications and processes, and defensive asylum and withholding of removal (I-589) proceedings.

Experience:

• Representation of major industrial clients in personal property tax appeal hearings at the Board of Equalization and County levels.
• Foreclosure of several individual and commercial properties.
• Defense of shippers in multistate cargo loss matters.
• Replevin of transportation and equipment collateral and related bankruptcy litigation.
• Landlord-tenant litigation for commercial landlords.
• Various secured and unsecured debt collections lawsuits.
• Representation of individual clients at Individual Hearings before immigration court.