David M. Abner

Mr. Abner has practiced law for over 20 years, and is licensed in both California and Texas. He partners with Fortune 500, new and growing companies to help them manage the legal issues they encounter, from negotiating contracts and acquisitions to managing responses to regulatory investigations, investigating personnel and product performance issues, and trying cases associated with a variety of commercial and tort matters.

Prior to founding the Firm, Mr. Abner worked both in private practice and as in-house counsel.  In private practice, Mr. Abner focused on assisting clients with complex business and commercial litigation and toxic tort matters for a variety of start-ups, commercial, industrial and agricultural clients.  As in-house counsel, he helped Ashland Inc. strategically assess, manage, and prevent a variety of claims, risks and regulatory inquiries that threatened the viability and/or profitability of the company's products, services and customer relationships. Mr. Abner’s legal career started in the District Attorney’s office in Bexar County, Texas. Mr. Abner received his J.D. from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, and his B.A. in Journalism from the University of South Carolina.