David Peterson

The University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2006)
Northwestern University (B.A., cum laude and with departmental honors, 2003)

Law Clerk to the Honorable Priscilla R. Owen, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2006-07)

• Articles Editor, TEXAS LAW REVIEW (Volume 84)
• Order of the Coif
• Carson J. Webster Prize for best senior honors thesis (Northwestern University)
• Presenter, Northwestern University Conference on Undergraduate Research (2003)

• Do the Swift Boat Vets Need to MoveOn? The Role of 527s in Contemporary American Democracy, 84 TEXAS L. REV. 767 (2006)
• National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley: Understanding U.S. Government Arts Funding Amidst Controversy, Political Warfare, and Ideological Clashes (Northwestern University senior thesis, 2003)

• President, Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts
• State Bar of Texas, Section of Litigation
• American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Houston Young Lawyers Association