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Location:
Cypress, TX, 77433
Posted:
January 09, 2011

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David L. Martindale

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***** *****ide park way Telephone: 601-438-

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cypress, texas 77433 E-Mail: ************@*****.***

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Employment:

Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP

September, 2009 to February, 2010 Of Counsel

Houston, Texas

Commercial litigation. Complex insurance litigation issues.

Hortman Harlow Martindale Bassi Robinson & McDaniel, PLLC

1995-2009 Member; Partner Laurel,

Mississippi

Areas of practice primarily include Oil and Gas, energy production,

corporate organization, day-to-day transactional matters, real estate,

regulatory compliance, first party and third party insurance litigation,

Torts Claims Act defense litigation, and litigation in the areas of Toxic

Tort, Environmental and Energy Litigation, well blow-out litigation,

employment, commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, and Products

Liability Litigation (both plaintiffs and defendants).

Representative clients:

State of Mississippi

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

Chevron Corp.,

Shell Oil Company,

Mobil Oil Company,

Texaco Oil Company,

Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc.

Exxon U.S.A, Inc.

Toshiba International Corporation,

North Pacific Group, Inc.,

Gulf Coast Western, Inc.

Representative trial work:

Obtained summary judgment of no liability for State of Mississippi

entities in wrongful death and personal injury claims.

Obtained no cost dismissal for Chevron U.S.A., Chevron Corp., Shell

Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Texaco Oil Company, and Exxon U.S.A,

Inc. in Mass Tort and Environmental litigation in Federal and State

Courts in Alabama.

Obtained dismissal with no cost for independent oil company in Mass

Tort and Environmental litigation in State Court in Alabama.

Obtained favorable settlement for Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Chevron Corp.,

Shell Oil Company, and Texaco Oil Company, and in several Mass Tort

and Environmental litigation in Federal and State Courts in

Mississippi.

Lead trial counsel ending with favorable verdict for Chevron U.S.A.

Inc. and Chevron Corp. in Mass Tort and Environmental litigation in

Mississippi State Court.

Lead trial counsel ending with favorable settlement for Chevron U.S.A.

Inc. and Chevron Corp. in Mass Tort and Environmental litigation in

U.S. District Court in Mississippi.

Lead trial counsel for Toshiba International Corporation in commercial

litigation in Federal Court in Mississippi involving steam turbine

generation equipment.

Lead trial counsel for Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc. in commercial

litigation in Federal Court in Mississippi arising under a dealership

contract.

Lead trial counsel for North Pacific Group, Inc. in commercial

litigation in Federal and State Courts in Mississippi regarding

employment agreements.

Lead trial counsel for Gulf Coast Western, Inc. in commercial

litigation regarding oil and gas joint operating accounting issues.

Lead trial counsel for Movico, Inc. in commercial litigation in

Federal Court in Alabama regarding oil and gas joint operating

accounting.

Obtained favorable settlement for individual land owners in gas well

blow out and fire in Wayne County, Mississippi.

Chevron Corporation

1987-1995 Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel

Houston, Texas

Responsibilities included, but were not limited to, the following:

First chair litigation of major cases in the areas of Toxic Tort,

Environmental, NORM, Contract, Pipeline Explosion, Terminal Accidents

and Ethanol Anti-Trust Litigation.

Regulatory compliance

Risk analysis

Insurance coverage

Managing outside counsel for Benzene, Asbestos and other Chemical

Exposure litigation

Alternative dispute resolution.

Received Merit Award from Chevron Corp. for work on NORM litigation

MARTINDALE & MARTINDALE

1974 -1984 Associate and Partner

Pampa, Texas

General Practice of Law

Real estate, probate, tax, Family Law, Criminal Law, Oil & Gas,

Corporations and Partnerships, Products Liability and general tort

litigation

David L. Martindale

1985-1987 Sole Practitioner

Pampa, Texas

General Practice of Law

Represented Gulf Oil Co. and independent oil companies in

organization, transaction and litigation matters.

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law

Juris Doctor

Texas Tech University

Bachelor of Arts

Licenses:

United States District Courts: United States Fifth Circuit Court of

Northern District of Texas Appeals (1995)

Eastern District of Texas All Texas Courts

Southern District of Texas All Mississippi Courts (1995)

Southern District of Mississippi

(1995)

Northern District of Mississippi

(1995)

Publications and Seminar Presentations;

NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) - Science, Regulation and

Litigation, Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, 1994

NORM Litigation - Energy Section of Mississippi State Bar, 1995

NORM Litigation - Defense Research Institute - New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996

Lawyer Civility - Mississippi Young Lawyers Association, 2006

Interests and Activities:

Professional Associations:

State Bar of Texas (1974 to present); Gray County, Texas Bar Association

((1974-1987) Secretary-Treasure 1986); American Association of Justice

(2001 to present); Mississippi Bar Association (1995 to present); Jones

County, Mississippi Bar Association (1995 to present); and Bar Association

of the Fifth Circuit (1995 to present)

References Available Upon Request



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