David is a member of Butler Snow’s Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group.
Overview
David is a member of Butler Snow’s Finance, Real Estate and Restructuring Group.
Experience
- Appointed Chapter 11 Trustee by U.S. Trustee
- Bankruptcy and Restructuring cases
- Cajun Electric Power Cooperative (W.D. La.)
- Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (E.D. La.)
- The Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (E.D. La.)
- Hollywood Casino, Inc. (W.D. La.)
- Grand Palais and Crescent City Riverboat Casinos (E.D. La.)
- United Companies Financial Corporation (D. Del.)
- Borden Chemicals Co. (D. Del.)
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative (S.D. Tx.)
- Limetree Bay Services, LLC (S.D. Tx.)
- Continental Airlines, Inc. (S.D. Tx.)
- Exco Refining, Inc. (N.D. Tx.)
- Rooster Energy, LLC (W.D. La.)
- Pilgrims Pride Corp. (N.D. Tx.
- Good Hope Refinery (W.D. Ma.)
- Bruno’s Supermarkets (S.D. Al.)
- Orion Refining Corp. (D. Del.)
- David has represented banks and lenders in a wide variety of matters, including loan disputes, collections, seizures, injunctive relief, shareholder oppression actions, and defensive actions
Distinctions
- Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy
- Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification and the Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization (through 2023)
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- Appointed mediator and special master by state and federal courts
- Expert witness testimony in bankruptcy and attorney fee dispute matters
- American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1986-1997
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring – Louisiana, 2010-2025
- Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
- Louisiana Super Lawyers, Creditor Debtor Rights, 2007-2024
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- Lawdragon 500
- Leading U.S. Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyer, 2020
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, 1987-2025
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1978
- U.S. District Courts
- Louisiana: Eastern, Middle, Western
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted pro hac vice in federal courts in many states
Education
- Louisiana State University, J.D., 1978
- Order of the Coif
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Louisiana Law Review, Associate Editor
- Louisiana State University, B.S., 1974
Associations
- Louisiana Bar Association
- Multijurisdictional Practice Committee, 2001-2004
- Disciplinary Committee Hearing Panel, 1997-2003
- Continuing Legal Education Program Committee, 1984-1999
- LSBA Summer School
- Vice Chair
- Bankruptcy Law Section
- Louisiana State Bankers Association Bank Counsel Group
- Louisiana Board of Legal Specialization, Bankruptcy Law Advisory Commission
- Chair, 2019-2020
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Spoken at or chaired seminars since 1979 on bankruptcy, commercial, and technology law (and including topics on professionalism and ethics) and related matters sponsored by bar associations, honorary law membership organizations, law schools, civic and business groups, banks, governmental entities and associations, and private groups
Civic Involvement
- LSU Law Center, teaching an upper level seminar on Chapter 11 reorganizations, 1989-2011
- Adjunct Professor
- Century Club of the Baton Rouge Bar Foundation
- Member
- Congregation B’nai Israel of Baton Rouge
- Former President
- Greater Baton Rouge Jewish Federation
- Former Board Member