MEMBER

DAVID L. MARTINDALE
Joined the Firm: 1995

Position:
Member

Born:
Pampa, Texas, October 4, 1948;

Admitted to bar:
1974, Texas; 1995, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Education:
Texas Tech University (B.S., 1971; J.D., 1974). Delta Theta Phi.

Author:
"Norm-Science Regulations and Litigation", 41st Mineral Law Institute, Louisiana State University.

Member:
Gray County, Texas Bar, 1974-1987; American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute; Jones County Bar; Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association; Fifth Circuit Bar Association.

Practice Areas:
Toxic Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Environmental Law; Oil and Gas Law; Corporate Law; Products Liability

Biography:
David L. Martindale was born in Pampa, Texas, on October 4, 1948. He attended Texas Tech University for both undergraduate and law school and received his law degree in 1974.

Following graduation he returned to his hometown, Pampa, Texas, and entered into private practice. In 1976 he was elected County Attorney of Gray County, Texas, and served in that capacity four years. In 1987 Chevron Corp. hired him as Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel. In that position, Mr. Martindale managed Chevron's Toxic Tort docket and maintained a commercial litigation docket which included cases in the practice areas of antitrust, employment, oil and gas, environmental, contract and corporate law.

Mr. Martindale joined the firm in 1995 and practices primarily in commercial law and civil litigation focusing on the areas of products liability, toxic torts, environmental, natural resources, construction and business related matters. He is a frequent seminar speaker on environmental matters associated with oil and gas production. Mr. Martindale has extensive litigation experience. He is admitted to practice before all Texas state courts, all Mississippi state courts, federal district courts in Texas and Mississippi and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally, he has been involved in trials and appeals in state and federal courts throughout the United States.