David Oliveros is an Associate in the Appellate Practice Group of Cowles & Thompson.  His practice focuses on tort, employment, and commercial litigation matters.

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David Oliveros is an Associate in the Appellate Practice Group of Cowles & Thompson.  His practice focuses on tort, employment, and commercial litigation matters.

David received his B.A. from Brigham Young University in 2000 and his J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2006.  He was a member of the National Moot Court team and served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judges Royal Furgeson, Xavier Rodriquez and Brenda Rhoades.  He is also fluent in Spanish.

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Education:

1. J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law, 2006
2. B.A., Brigham Young University, 2000

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Admissions:

• State Bar of Texas, 2007
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

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Memberships & Affiliations:

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Dallas Bar Association
• Member, J. Rueben Clark Law Society

• Rick Barrett, Paul Dalton, Eric Yepez, and David Oliveros settle a $30 Million complex construction defect case

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• David Metzler wins suit against an Insurance Agent for Failure to Procure an Insurance Policy

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Representative Matters:

• January 5, 2010:  Rick Barrett, Paul Dalton, Eric Yepez, and David Oliveros settle a $30 Million complex construction defect case. The Firm’s client, The Firm’s client, one of 45 subcontractors in a luxury condominium development, was sued by the general contractor in an arbitration proceeding.  The Firm was retained only 3½ months before the start of the arbitration hearing.  Through its “fast-track” review and analysis of hundreds of thousands of pages of documents produced by the condominium developer/owner, the general contractor, and others, the Firm found and collected previously undiscovered documentary evidence showing that – after the arbitration process started – but before the Firm’s client was sued or could make any inspections – the developer/owner and/or the general contractor had removed, destroyed, or replaced the work done by the Firm’s client, thereby depriving the client of any ability to mount a factual defense to the claims.  Consequently, the Firm filed and aggressively prosecuted motions for summary judgment and motions for sanctions (death penalty) against the developer/owner and the general contractor for their spoliation of critically important evidence.  The Firm’s “spoliation of evidence” strategy resulted in the client’s very nominal contribution to the multi-million dollar settlement of this complex construction defect case.

• Drafted and argued motion for summary judgment on easement dispute that prevented landowner from shutting down a small business operation.

• Drafted and argued response to summary judgment in district court that prevented oil investment company from invalidating a liquidated damages clause, thereby preserving our client's (a mid-sized business) claims. 

• Drafted and argued successful summary judgment in case where hotel patron claimed injuries arising out of negligence and premises liability.

• Extensive work on appellate and motion practice, including motions to dismiss, settlement agreements, original petitions, and research in mandamus and appellate matters.

 

News:

• 10-17-2008: Appellate Practice Group led by Mike Notrhrup creates a blog

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• 08-03-2007: C&T Attorneys Help Youth With Conflict Resolution

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Publications:

• 10-17-2007: Duty to Warn -- Texas

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