David Elder

Practice Areas

Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy Proceedings (Creditors), Energy and Law Environmental Law, Federal/State Securities Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Tax Litigation, Trust and Estate Litigation, Oil and Gas Litigation

Career

Associate with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field in the Washington, D.C., office (2002-2005)

Significant experience before state and federal administrative bodies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Successfully tried numerous lawsuits to verdict in both state and federal courts

Successfully argued before state and federal appellate courts

Successfully litigated complex arbitration matters under the rules of the American Arbitration Association

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Luther L. Bohanon American Inn of Court XXIII – former barrister

Oklahoma Bar Foundation – fellow

Publications

As a research assistant for Professor Arthur R. Miller at Harvard Law, reorganized, edited and drafted new sections for the revised Federal Practice and Procedure treatise, volumes 4 and 4a, covering Rules 1-6 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Updated and revised the chapter on personal jurisdiction and drafted a new section on Internet and personal jurisdiction for Cound, Friedenthal, Miller, and Sexton Civil Procedure Casebook

Personal

Community Involvement:

Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Foundation, Board of Advocates – current member

Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Foundation, Board of Directors – past member

Casady School Alumni Board – Former member and past president

Oklahoma City Downtown Club – former member

Oklahoma Lawyers for Children – volunteer attorney

Expert in these Jurisdictions

State Bar of Oklahoma

State Bar of Texas

District of Columbia Bar

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Central District of California

United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Work Highlights

Musket Corporation v. Star Fuel of Oklahoma, LLC, et al.; United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Case Nos. 13-6133, 13-6146;

Derby Exploration, LLC and PEO Oklahoma, LLC v. Comanche Exploration Company, LLC; Dewey County Case No. CV-19-30;

In the Matter of the Income Tax Protest of Raytheon Company & Subsidiaries; Oklahoma Tax Commission Case No. P-16-266-H;

Bays Exploration, Inc. and Bays Energy Partners 2007, LP v. PENSA, Inc.; Western District of Oklahoma Case No. CIV-07-754-D;

Education

Awards