Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Lawyer Overview

David Bays has significant experience in business litigation. He has a broad depth of experience representing international oil and gas companies and oil field service companies in complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts and before domestic and international arbitration panels. David's work has focused on matters involving breach of contract, tortious interference, injunctions, wrongful death and personal injury, mass torts, and products liability. He has extensive experience contesting personal jurisdiction and enforcing arbitration, indemnity, and additional insured clauses. His recent experience includes matters involving operating agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, rights of first refusal, and oil pipeline operations. David's practice has involved disputes in Nigeria, Yemen, Iraq, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Taiwan, and China.

David is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, the Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow), and the Houston Bar Foundation (Fellow).

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• International Litigation & Arbitration

Representative Cases

• Kellogg Brown & Root, S. de R.L. v. Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Limited
• Advice and Referrals , (2004)
• ICC Arbitration in France
• Oil Pipeline Disputes
• Option Sale in Midkiff-Benedum System

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Texas Tech University

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3705 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com