David Keltner

Background

About David Keltner

Formerly a Justice on the Texas Court of Appeals, David Keltner is lead counsel in well over 100 appellate decisions. His legal writings are cited, with approval, by Texas courts. Mr. Keltner is recognized for his appellate accomplishments. He was honored by Texas Lawyer as the "Go To" appellate lawyer in Texas. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service, selected him as one of the Top 10 Super Lawyers in Texas for four years in a row. For the last three years he was the "Top Point Getter" in Texas. The Texas Bar Foundation honored him with the inaugural Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award. Mr. Keltner is also recognized on the national stage as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, one of only 300 in the country. Mr. Keltner served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas. He was also Chair of the Litigation Section and the College of the State Bar of Texas, as well as Chair of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. The Texas Supreme Court appointed Mr. Keltner to a number of its committees. He served on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee from and was appointed Chair of the Texas Supreme Court Discovery Task Force. He was also a member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee for Professionalism that drafted the Texas Lawyer’s Creed.