David L. Orr

David L. OrrE-Mail David L. Orr

Areas of Practice:

Counsels clients concerning:

  • Antitrust
  • Class actions
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Securities
  • Other complex litigation

Concentrates on litigation avoidance, analysis, evaluation, strategy and resolution.

Examples of Clients Represented:

  • Armstrong Rubber Co.
  • Austin Diagnostic Clinic (401k Profit Sharing Plan)
  • Austin Independent School District
  • Bally Manufacturing Corp.
  • Bank of America Corp.
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp.
  • Central Telephone Co.
  • Continental Airlines
  • Duke Field Energy Services
  • El Paso Corp.
  • Farmland Industries, Inc.
  • General Electric Capital Corp.
  • Gibson Greeting Cards Co.
  • HCA, Inc.
  • Kemper National Insurance Companies
  • McLane Co., Inc.
  • Marathon Oil Corp.
  • National City Bank
  • National Grocers Association
  • NationsBanc Securities
  • Nike, Inc.
  • Parker & Parsley Petroleum Corp.
  • Pep Boys
  • Phillips Petroleum Co.
  • Sun Oil Co. (Delaware)
  • Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas.

Biographical Information:

Born: October 16, 1946
Legal Education: University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1972).
Prepatory Education: West Texas State University (B.S., with special honors 1969).

Professional Affiliations:

Briefing attorney to Justice Thomas M. Reavley, Supreme Court of Texas, 1972-73.
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, 1973-90.
Johnson & Gibbs, 1990-95.
Kuperman, Orr & Albers, P. C. – since 1995.

Examples of Litigation Experience:

Administrative: 81 F.3d 578 (5th Cir.1996); 894 S.W.2d 49 (Tex.App.– Austin 1995).
Antitrust: 818 F.2d 1219 (5th Cir.1987); 615 F.2d 1372 (5th Cir. 1980); 585 S.W.2d 521 (Tex. App.– Austin 1993).
Class Actions: 319 F.3d 205 (5th Cir. 2003); 110 S.W.3d 67 (Tex. App.–Eastland 2003).
Constitutional: 429 U.S. 990 (1976); 564 F.2d 162 (5th Cir. 1977); 500 F.2d 1307 (5th Cir. 1974).
Copyright: 752 F.2d 145 (5th Cir. 1985).
Energy: 442 U.S. 529 (1979); 768 S.W.2d 318 (Tex. App. — El Paso 1989); 560 S.W.2d 467 (Tex. App. — Houston 1997).
ERISA: 105 F.3d 210 (5th Cir. 1997).
Real Estate: 621 S.W.2d 816 (Tex. App. — Austin 1981).
Will Contest: 521 S.W.2d 845 (Tex. 1975).

Not Certified By the Texas Board Of Legal Specialization