David Halpern
David Halpern practices in the areas of Student Affairs and Litigation. David served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas for twenty years with a focus on personal injury and employment law. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law. David is a senior lecturer at the Texas A&M School of Law and remains on the faculty at the University of Texas School of Law, the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and he has served as teaching faculty for the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Commission for Children, Youth, and Families, and the National Association of Attorneys General. His writings have been published in the Texas Bar Journal, Voir Dire quarterly, the Juror Connection, and he is a contributing author to the book, Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century.
Presentations
Student Affairs: Texas Higher Education Human Resources Association, 2020
Title IX:
— ATIXA National Conference, 2016
— Texas Association of Community Schools, 2020
— Texas Aggie Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2021
Suing and Defending Governmental Entities, State Bar of Texas, 2003
Advanced Administrative Law, State Bar of Texas, 2009
Advanced Civil Trial Law, 2013
Government Law and Liability Conference, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications 2007
Masters in Trial Series, ABOTA, California 2011, Utah & Arkansas 2012
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1994
Bachelor of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 1984
Professional Affiliations
American Board of Trial Advocates, National Board, co-chair of Editorial Board and founder of the Teachers’ Law School Program
Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Commission for Children, Youth, and Families Collaborative Council
Civic Involvement
Education Reach for Texans, Board of Director
Seedling Foundation, Mentor in Children of Incarcerated Parents Program
Admissions
Fifth United States Court of Appeals
United States Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas