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Connelly · Baker · Wotring LLP
700 JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis Street
Houston, Texas
(713) 980-1700 Main
(713) 980-6513 Direct
(713) 980-1701 Fax
dgeorge@connellybaker.com
Education
J.D., with honors, Baylor Law School, 1995.

B.A., Baylor University, 1991.
Admissions
Texas
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Eastern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Maryland
David George
Partner

David George is a partner in the appellate section of Connelly · Baker · Wotring LLP. He is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and he focuses his practice on appeals and commercial litigation. In his appellate practice, Mr. George has argued before the United States Fifth Circuit and the First, Ninth, and Fourteenth Texas Courts of Appeals, and he recently won a case in the United States Supreme Court. He has tried numerous lawsuits, including breach of contract, fraud, insurance industry professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, insurance coverage, personal injury, and employment law cases. Mr. George has been selected by Texas Monthly Magazine as a Super Lawyer and a Rising Star, and H-Texas Magazine named him one of the top 20 commercial litigators in Houston. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is co-editor of The Appellate Lawyer.

Mr. George graduated with honors from Baylor Law School, where he served as Lead Articles Editor of the Baylor Law Review. Mr. George served as a law clerk to Judge Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Judge Joe J. Fisher of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Beaumont. Mr. George served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Houston and was on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. He is currently a board member of the Gulf Region Advocacy Center. Mr. George is licensed to practice law in Texas and Maryland.

  • Can Shipping a Master Version of Software Abroad for Copying Infringe a United States Patent?, SUPREME COURT PREVIEW ( February, 2007).
  • An Overview of Bankruptcy Appeals for the Appellate Practitioner, THE APPELLATE LAWYER, Volume 9, Issue 1 (Winter 2006).
  • Pre-Suit Discovery and Discovery from Third Parties, University of Houston Law Center Advanced Civil Discovery Course (March 2006).
  • Tort Reform by Regulation: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Attempts to Preempt State-Tort Lawsuits with its Proposed Roof-Strength Regulation, 48 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW REVIEW 709 (2006).
  • Selected as a Superlawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004-2006.
  • Selected as one of the Top Lawyers in Houston, H Texas Magazine, 2004 and 2005.
  • Selected as a Rising Star, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004.
  • AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
  • Recipient of American Jurisprudence Awards for the highest grade in Torts (1992), Civil Procedure (1992), Remedies (1993), Public Law (1993), and Legal Methods (1992), Baylor Law School.
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