David Diaz

Senior Litigation Associate
(972) 733-3117
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David is a Senior Litigation Associate Attorney with the Firm. He has more than two decades of experience of providing legal representation to businesses and individuals in state and federal courts across Texas.

David Diaz

Senior Litigation Associate

David Diaz

Senior Litigation Associate
(972) 733-3117
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David is a Senior Litigation Associate Attorney with the Firm. He has more than two decades of experience of providing legal representation to businesses and individuals in state and federal courts across Texas.

David graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1995. He received his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1999.

His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, civil litigation, appellate law, construction law, business torts, gun law, anti-piracy communications law, business collections, and post-judgment collection.

Education

1997-1999 Texas Tech University School of Law
Lubbock, Texas

  • Juris Doctor
  • Managing Editor, The Texas Bank Lawyer (1998-1999)

1991-1995 University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas

  • Bachelor of Arts, English

Bar Admissions/Memberships

  • State of North Carolina
  • State of Texas
  • Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • Admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Dallas Bar Association
  • Collin County Bar Association
  • Mesquite Bar Association
    President, 2011-2012
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Federal Bar Association (Dallas Chapter)
  • Dallas Hispanic Bar Association

Honors and Distinctions

  • AV Preeminent Rating (Martindale-Hubbell) (peer rated for highest level of professional excellence)
  • Platinum Client Champion Award (Martindale-Hubbell)
  • Avvo Rating: 10.0 – Top Attorney
  • Clients’ Choice Award (Avvo)
  • Bob Black Bar Leaders Award (Texas Tech School of Law Alumni Association), 2013 & 2015
  • Outstanding Minority Attorney Award (Dallas Bar Association), 2011
  • Speaker, Civil Lawsuits: From Start to Finish, North Texas Private Investigators Association (August 14, 2019)
  • Speaker, Post-Judgment Collection 101: Tips and Tricks to Satisfy Your Judgment, Mesquite Bar Association (February 21, 2018)
  • Speaker, Writs of Execution & Property Exemptions, North Texas Private Investigators Association (February 14, 2018)
  • Speaker, NFA Firearm Gun Trusts: Benefits, Mistakes & Myths, North Texas Private Investigators Association (November 8, 2017)
  • Speaker & Author, Perfecting a Judgment 101, Soaking Up Some CLE: A South Texas Litigation Course (State Bar of Texas, May 12-13, 2016)
  • Speaker & Author, Post-Judgment Collection: Getting Your Due from the Devil. How to Collect Like an Angel, Soaking Up Some CLE: A South Texas Litigation Course (State Bar of Texas, May 15-16, 2014)
  • Speaker & Author, Post-Judgment Collection: Getting Your Due from the Devil. How to Collect Like an Angel, Soaking Up Some CLE: A South Texas Litigation Course (State Bar of Texas, May 16-17, 2013)
  • Speaker & Author, Post-Judgment Collection: No Day at the Beach (Version 2.0), Soaking Up Some CLE: A South Texas Litigation Course (State Bar of Texas, May 17-18, 2012)
  • Speaker, New Laws: Highlights from the 82nd Legislature, Mesquite AMBUCS (October 6, 2011)
  • Speaker & Author, Post-Judgment Collection: No Day at the Beach, Soaking Up Some CLE: A South Texas Litigation Course (State Bar of Texas, May 12-13, 2011)
  • Co-Author, Seized Currency, Paper Money (September/October 2007) (Official Journal of the Society of Paper Money Collectors)
  • Co-Author, The “feisty” Banks of Durant, Oklahoma, Paper Money (May/June 2006) (Official Journal of the Society of Paper Money Collectors)

Civic and Community Involvement

  • Dallas Bar Association Home Project Committee, 2007-2014
    Co-Chair, 2010-2011
  • Civil Service Commission and Trial (Personnel) Board, City of Mesquite, Texas
    Vice-Chairman and Commissioner, 2009-2010
  • NCAA Subcommittee on Governance & Commitment to Rules Compliance, Texas Tech University Athletics Compliance Department, 1998-1999

Highlights

Licensed In
Texas
Practice Areas

Corporate and Business Litigation

General Commercial Disputes