« back to directory David S. Houghton Mr. Houghton has 36 years of experience as a business and trial lawyer. He has an extensive background in both jury and non-jury cases involving construction, claims involving design professionals, taxes, and corporate and general commercial transactions. Mr. Houghton has successfully handled matters before all state and federal courts, and has broad experience in director and officer liability matters, architectural engineering law and construction law, as well as extensive business experience in the areas of taxation and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Houghton is a past President of the Nebraska State Bar Association and the Omaha Bar Association and serves as Nebraska’s State Delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. He is also a past President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents. He is a past Chair of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation and was elected to the Foundation's Board of Directors in 2011. He is also a Fellow of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. He is "AV" rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in the Best Lawyers in America in the area of commercial litigation and is named in the Great Plains Superlawyers list. Mr. Houghton graduated from Drake University in 1973, and in 1975, he graduated with high distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was Notes and Comments Editor of the Iowa Law Review. After graduation, Mr. Houghton served as judicial clerk to the Honorable Donald P. Lay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Mr. Houghton has taught trial practice at Creighton University School of Law and has spoken at numerous construction and architect/engineer seminars. Please contact Mr. Houghton at (402) 344-4000.

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