David is a member of SNR Denton’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group. He is nationally known in his field and specializes in retirement plans; health and welfare plans; ERISA litigation; deferred, equity and executive compensation; and related merger and acquisition work. He advises private equity firms on employee benefits and ERISA and ESOP matters. He serves frequently as a speaker nationally and regionally, is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, and has organized and led practitioner forums with the IRS and Department of Labor in Dallas and with the IRS in Washington, D.C. Since 1988, he has been involved in creating and expanding EPCRS. David chaired the ABA Tax Section’s employee benefits committee and spearheaded the ABA’s ERISA CLE efforts. He was the first chairman of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.
David is on the editorial board of prominent professional publications and has published in various journals, including Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, and NYU Review of Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation. He is listed in “Best Lawyers in America” and is recognized by his peers as a member of the American law Institute, as a “Texas Super Lawyer” and as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas.”
He is a graduate of the New York University School of Law, LL.M., 1979; the University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1977; and the University of Mississippi, B.B.A., with special distinction, 1975.