Attorney David Bernard is President of ScottHulse and Chair of the Firm’s Board of Directors. He has been a ScottHulse shareholder for over 25 years. David's primary areas of practice are real estate, real estate lending, and mergers and acquisitions. He has been certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas State Board of Legal Specialization since 1983.David is primarily engaged in advising clients on all aspects of the acquisition, financing, development, construction, leasing, management, and sale of improved and unimproved real property as well as formation of joint ventures, partnerships, and syndications of real estate projects. Regarding mergers and acquisitions, he represents clients in the buying and selling of privately held companies and divisions, and cross-border U.S./Mexico transactions.David has represented clients in numerous sales or acquisitions of privately held companies ranging in size from $2 million to $120 million in enterprise value. The nature of these transactions includes sale and/or acquisition of assets, stock sales and purchases, and mergers. Many of the acquisitive and dispositive transactions have involved operations in numerous states and countries, particularly transactions that involved maquiladora operations of either the selling or buying company in Mexico.David has the highest Martindale-Hubbell peer rating of AV Preeminent. An AV Preeminent peer rating reflects an attorney who has reached the heights of professional excellence. He or she has usually practiced law for many years, and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity. He has been frequently named one of the “Best Lawyers in America” and a Texas Monthly Magazine “Texas Super Lawyer”.Prior to joining ScottHulse, David served in the U.S. Army. After completing the U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger Schools, he served first as a small unit commander with the 4th Infantry Division, and later as a trial counsel in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.