Bio of David H. Burrow

born Sweetwater, Texas, 1936;

admitted to bar, 1961, Texas; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Military Appeals.

Preparatory education, McMurry University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1958); legal education, University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1961); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1965).

Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Fraternity: Delta Theta Phi. Faculty, Texas College of Advocacy, 1980. Adjunct Professor, South Texas College of Law, 1981-82. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America®, 1991-. Named in, Texas Super Lawyers®, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006. Co-author: "Insurance 'Crisis'-Texas Style: The Case for Insurance Reform," St. Mary's Law Journal (1987).

Member: Houston and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairperson, Tort and Compensation Law Section, 1980-81; Chairperson, Grievance Committee 4-AA, 1980-83; Blue Ribbon Committee to Study Comparative Fault, 1981-82; Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professionalism, 1989-90; Committee on Professionalism, 1990; Committee for Funding for Judicial Branch of Government in Texas, 1990-91; Special Counsel, Commission for Lawyer Discipline); College of the State Bar of Texas; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1980-81; President, 1982-83); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Associate Director, 1978; Director, 1979-84; Legislative Chairman, 1982-84; President, 1985-86; Chairman, Long-Range Planning Committee, 1988-89); Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Charter Member); American Association for Justice (Board of Governors, 1982-85; 1986-89; Dean, Civil Jury Institute of Russia, 1992); National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association (Founding member); American Board of Trial Advocates (Founding member, Houston Chapter, 1977; President, 1978-79; Chairperson, Administration of Justice Committee, 1984; National Board of Directors, 1985-90; National Expansion Chair, 1986-87; National Vice-President, 1988-89; Diplomat, National President, 1989-90); International Society of Barristers. Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Sustaining Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Roscoe Pound Foundation. (JAGC, U.S. Army, 1962-65).