David W. Nance - Member
Mr. Nance has a general practice with special focus on all aspects of business, Internet, entertainment, and construction law, including civil litigation from trial through any appeals. He has over 14 years of experience practicing law in Europe, South America and the US; ten years of experience in litigation and administrative hearings; and over eight years of first-chair bench and jury trial experience.
Mr. Nance speaks fluent English, German, Spanish and conversational Polish and French, having earned a bachelor's degree in German and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990 and a J.D. in civil and common law from Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans in 1996, including a semester at the University of Vienna School of Law.
Mr. Nance has been an associate of Pünder, Volhard, Weber & Axster (merged with Clifford Chance in 2000) in Warsaw, Poland; of counsel for Muñoz de Toro & Muñoz de Toro in Buenos Aires, Argentina; an Administrative Law Judge and an Assistant Attorney General, Transportation Division managing the Administrative Law and Contract/Construction & Maintenance Law sections representing the Department of Transportation for the State of Texas. Since entering private practice, he has come to serve as General Counsel for numerous Internet-based and traditional companies across the U.S.
Practice Areas
Administrative, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Appeals
All Aspects of Personal and Business Internet Activities
Business - from startups to public companies
Construction - including highway construction and maintenance
Corporate Counsel
Entertainment
Family
Immigration
Intellectual Property - trademark, copyright and domain names
International - private & supernational organizations
Media
Real Estate
State Supreme Courts
Florida
Louisiana
New York
Texas
Federal U.S. District Courts
Eastern District of Louisiana
Middle District of Louisiana
Western District of Louisiana
Northern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
Legal Publications & Presentations
Occasional Lex Feuilleton columnist in Modern Domainer Magazine
Author, "What You Need to Know About DotAsia" in the June/July 2007 edition of Domainer Magazine
Co-Author/Co-Speaker, “Handling Fraudulent Construction and Maintenance Claims” for TxDOT, Construction and Maintenance Division, Annual Construction Conference, March 2005
Author/Speaker, “L’État, c’est moi: Suggested Methods for Enforcing Administrative Laws Ethically, Professionally, Efficiently, and Successfully,” for OAG, Transportation Division, Ethics/Professionalism in Administrative Law, March 12, 2004
Co-Author/Co-Speaker, “E.D. JURISDICTION: How to Get and Keep the Right to Take Land” for OAG, Transportation Division, Eminent Domain Law Conference, December 18, 2003
Author "Real Estate: Poland" in the October 1998 edition of International Financial Law Review
Wrote "Corporate Governance: Poland" in the April 1998 edition of International Financial Law Review
Author "Doing Business in Europe: Poland" in the June/July 1997 edition of AsiaLaw
David W. Nance
