David Palmer is a founding partner of the firm whose practice focuses on commercial and business litigation. Having practiced since 1995, he has experience representing both institutional and individual clients in a number of areas, including oil and gas, banking, insurance products, construction, contract and appellate matters. He is also experienced in negotiating oil and gas leases. David is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Texas and in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He maintains memberships in the Texas and Tarrant County Bar Associations, the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, the Texas Aggie Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is a Sustaining Life
of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Sustaining Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation. In addition to past service on committees for the Tarrant County Bar Association and the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, David has served on the North Texas Advisory Board for Learning Ally (formerly "Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic") and is Past President of the Fort Worth/Tarrant County A&M Club. He has been recognized as a "Texas Super Lawyer" and a "Rising Star" by Texas Monthly magazine and as a "Top Attorney" by Fort Worth, Texas magazine.
Legal Experience
Moses, Palmer & Howell, L.L.P., Fort Worth, Texas
Partner, June 1, 2006, -
Cantey & Hanger, L.L.P., Fort Worth, Texas
Associate, 1995-2002
Partner, 2003-May 31, 2006
Background in commercial and business litigation
Litigation experience in a number of areas, including contract disputes, banking, insurance, oil and gas, probate, construction and appellate matters
Honored as a "Rising Star" in 2006 and as a "Texas Super Lawyer" in 2011 and 2012 by Texas Monthly magazine
Bar Admissions and Professional Organizations
State Bar of Texas, 1995
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Tarrant County Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Community Involvement
North Texas Advisory Board for Learning Ally (formerly Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic)
Founding member and initial Chairman, Scholarship Committee, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association
Previous member, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Tarrant County Bar Association.
