David R. Langston - Lubbock, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • American University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974
    B.A.
    Honors: Thesis: American Agricultural Policy: The Problems & Promise of Prosperity
    Honors: With Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Congressman George Mahon, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C, Staff Assistant, 1971 - 1978
• George Mahon for Congress Committee, Lubbock, Texas, Campaign Manager, 1976
• Fulbright and Jaworski, Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1979
• McWhorter, Cobb and Johnson, L.L.P., Lubbock, Texas, Associate and Partner, 1979 - 1992
• City of Lubbock, Texas, Mayor, 1992 - 1996
• Langston & Richards, L.L.P., Lubbock, Texas, Partner, 1992 - 1995
• Langston & Associates, L.L.P., Lubbock, Texas, Partner, 1995 - 1996

Classes and Seminars

• "The Present Use of Chapter 11 in Large Farm and Ranch Cases", Third Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Institute, Lubbock, Texas, November 5, 1987 - November 7, 1987
  
• "Tax Procedures and Implications for the Farmer or Rancher in Bankruptcy", Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Farmers and Ranchers Conference, Austin, Texas, June 3, 1991
  
• "Why Didn't I Think of That Last Month? Pre-Filing Strategies, Protecting Guarantors and Tax Problems in Bankruptcy", Seventh Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Institute, Lubbock, Texas, October 17, 1991 - October 18, 1991
  
• "Bankruptcy Update and Revised Article 9 Refresher", Texas Chapter of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2001
  
• "Mock Trial of Discharge/Dischargeability Complaint", Eighteenth Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Institute, Lubbock, Texas, September 12, 2002 - September 13, 2002
  
• "Catching Flies with Chopsticks: Section 363 Sales It Ain't Over Until It's Over" 2008, Northern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench/Bar Conference, Dallas, Texas, June 13, 2008

Pro Bono Activities

• St. John's United Methodist Pro Bono Clinic

Representative Cases

• In re: Brett and Gayla Marble
  • Citation: No: 07-50099-rlj-7, 2008 WL 2048025
  • Court: Bankr. N.D. Tex., May 9th
  • Year: 2008
• In re: Wool Growers Cen. Storage Co.
  • Citation: 371 B.R. 768
  • Court: Bankr. N.D. Tex.
  • Year: 2007
• In re: Anderson Grain Corporation
  • Citation: 222 B.R. 528
  • Court: Bankr. N.D. Tex.
  • Year: 1998
• In the Matter of Brints Cotton Marketing, Inc.
  • Citation: 737 F.2d 1338
  • Court: 5th Cir.
  • Year: 1984
• In re: Balch
  • Citation: 25 B.R. 22
  • Court: Bankr. N.D. Tex.
  • Year: 1982

Published Works

Articles

• A Practical Guide to the Use of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in Large Farm and Ranch Reorganizations, Texas Tech Law Review, Volume 21, Number 4, 1990
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1979
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1986
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1980
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1982
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1988
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1986
• New Mexico, 2016

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas and Lubbock County Bar Association, 1979 - Present (Member)
• Committee of Churches, 1989 - 1992 (Chairman)
• U.S. Trustees for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 1980 - 1995 (Panel-Member)
• American Bankruptcy Institute, 1982 - Present (Member)
• West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1985 - Present (Member)
• West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (President)
• Lubbock Housing Finance Corporation, 1988 - 1994 (Board of Directors and Officer)
• Lubbock Committee of Churches, 1989 - 1992 (Chairman of the Board)
• Broadway Festivals, Inc., 1991 - 2001 (Chairman of the Board)
• South Plains Association of Governments, 1992 - 1996 (Board of Directors)
• Youth Corps, Inc., 1993 - 2007 (Chairman of the Board)
• Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Advisory Council, 1994 - 1996 (Member)
• Texas Defense Economic Adjustment Advisory Council, 1995 (Member)
• Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Commission, 1995 - 1996 (Chairman)
• City of Lubbock Culture and Arts Commission, 1997 - 2003 (Chairman)
• Communities in Schools on the South Plains, Inc., 1997 - 2007 (Board of Directors and Officer)
• United Way of Lubbock Success by 6 Program, 2000 - 2006 (Chairman of the Leadership Council)
• American Museum of Agriculture, 2001 - 2007 (Chairman of the Board)
• Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, 2002 - 2006 (Board of Directors)
• United Ways of Texas, 2003 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Work Source of the South Plains, 2003 - 2004 (Board of Directors)
• North and East Lubbock Community Development Corporation, 2007 - Present (Board of Directors and Officer)
• Texas Judicial Foundation, 2008 - Present (Board of Directors and Officer)
• City of Lubbock, Texas, Charter Review Board, 2010 (Member)