Dave & The Law

Dave Haigler, licensed by the Texas Supreme Court in 1973, has practiced law in Texas for over 30 years. He was admitted to the federal courts in the Northern District of Texas the following year, and by 1987 was admitted to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans and the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. He has since had cases all over Texas in the state courts and in the Southern District of Texas federal courts.

Dave’s practice since 2001 has focused on bankruptcy and asset protection, including estates and entity setups, including corporations and limited partnerships. He enjoys helping people recover from hopeless debt burdens.

During 1987 through 2001, Dave specialized in Social Security Disability work, helping thousands of people qualify for the benefits they had paid for by deductions from their paychecks during their entire working lives. During 8 of those years, he was a Certified Administrative Law Specialist by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. However, after 14 years of doing that and undergoing a heart attack, Dave found reading medical records depressing and sold that practice to Joy S. James, his major competitor & friend, where his former paralegal and office manager, Trey Hall, now works as an Administrative Advocate. Since 1998, Dave has become a qualified general Texas Mediator and an Arbitrator with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) and the National Ass’n of Better Business Bureaus.

During 1983-87, Dave served with an Abilene firm specializing in civil trial work such as oilfield fraud and business tort cases, where he was a Certified Civil Trial Specialist for 5 years, and did First Amendment defense cases involving home-schooling.

From 1973-83, Dave practiced in Dallas, serving as Briefing Attorney with the Texas Court of Appeals and doing bank fraud work with several law firms. He assisted on major cases involving usury and bank overreaching, such as Shook v. Republican Bank, and Farrah v. State National Bank.