David Dodge represents clients throughout the United States in a variety of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, including insurance coverage, bad faith and premium collection disputes. David has represented franchisees, title companies, automobile leasing and finance companies, tire and equipment manufacturing companies, transportation companies, and staff leasing service companies, among others.

David's representative case results include: 

• Landscape Design & Construction, Inc. v. Transport Leasing/Contract, Inc., No. 3:00-CV-0906-D, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2679, *34-*35 (N.D. Tex., Feb. 19, 2002) (first case applying the DTPA exclusion for transactions involving consideration of over $500,000 under Section 17.49(g) of the Texas Business & Commerce Code).

• VT Inc. as Trustee for World Omni, LT v. GEICO General Insurance Company, No. 3:03-CV-0522-P, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11849, *14-*19 (N.D. Tex., June 16, 2004) (first Texas case holding that an innocent lienholder's right of recovery under a loss payee endorsement to a personal automobile policy cannot be defeated by the fraud of the insured).

• Brooks v. Tex-Pack Express, L.P., 2004 Tex. App. LEXIS 8427 (Tex. App.—Dallas, Sept. 22, 2004) (affirming summary judgment ruling for nonsubscribing employer based on statute of limitations defense / failure to diligently attempt service).

• VT Inc. as Trustee for World Omni, LT v. GEICO General Insurance Company, No. 3:03-CV-0522-P, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 854, *9-*11 (N.D. Tex., Jan. 19, 2005) (first case holding that legal fees for substantive work performed by law students are recoverable under Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code)

David frequently speaks and writes on insurance related topics for audiences including business owners, claims adjusters, insurance agents and producers.  David's recent papers include:

• Claims Handling Do's and Don'ts (June 2004)

• Insurance Law for Agents (October 2005)

David earned his J.D. (cum laude) from Mercer University School of Law and was licensed to practice law in 1997. While in law school, David was a Managing Editor of the Mercer Law Review, and served as a clerk to Justice Hugh P. Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court. Prior to attending law school, David earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida, where he was an active member of Student Government.

David is licensed to practice law before all Texas state courts and admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the Northern District of Oklahoma, the District of Colorado, the Southern District of Indiana, and Fifth and the Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. David's professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the Dallas Bar Association.