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David P. Dunning

Shareholder
817.877.1088
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Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.
301 Commerce Street, Suite 1500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102


Mr. Dunning is a shareholder of the firm. His practice emphasizes business planning, corporate and business law, and mergers and acquisitions involving family owned and closely-held businesses. Mr. Dunning assists business clients in many aspects of their business and operations. The scope of Mr. Dunning’s services includes: working with clients to select the appropriate entity structure, advising clients on management control and ownership issues for businesses with multiple owners, negotiating loan agreements, real estate leases, employment contracts, and other business contracts on behalf of clients; developing employee incentive compensation plans to encourage employee participation in the growth of a client’s business; and handling the sale of a client’s business or the client’s acquisition of another business.

Relevant Experience

  • Co-Author of Probate & Property Journal article, “Avoiding Conflicts in Estate Planning, An Estate Planning Lawyer’s Perspective”
  • Co-Author of the seminar article, “Acquisition and Dispositions of Closely-Held Companies”
  • Co-Author of the seminar article, “Ethics: Estate Planning For The Family Business Owner”

Practice Areas

Business Planning
Business Reorganizations
Business Succession Planning
Buy-Sell Agreements
Choice of Business Entity & Planning
Contract Law
Corporate Transactions
General Business Advisement
Partnership Law
Shareholder Agreements

Employment Law
Compensation and Benefit Planning
Covenants Not to Compete and Confidentiality Agreements
Employment and Independent Contractor Agreements

Acquisitions and Dispositions of Business
Asset Sale and Purchase Agreements
Letters of Intent
Mergers and Acquisitions
Partnership and Limited Liability Sale and Purchase Agreements
Stock Sale and Purchase Agreements

Background & Education

Born in Albany, New York
B.S. Rochester Institute of Technology, cum laude
J.D. Baylor University

Admissions & Certifications

Admitted: 1995, Texas

Membership

State Bar of Texas
Tarrant County Bar Association


Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C. | Attorneys & Counselors at Law | 301 Commerce Street, Suite 1500 | Fort Worth, Texas 76102 | 817.877.1088