Elected Member

David B. Wilson

Denver, CO
Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Education
University of Texas, B.A. with highest honors, 1983 (Plan II Honors Program)
University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with high honors, 1986

David Wilson is an arbitration and litigation lawyer whose practice focuses on preventing, solving, and (as arbitrator) adjudicating business disputes in the U.S. and abroad. He is a Colorado attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He is the former Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a senior fellow of Litigation Counsel of America.

His practice includes international and U.S. arbitration, international litigation in U.S. and foreign courts, and U.S. domestic federal and state court litigation. His practice has involved parties on every continent except Antarctica. He has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration (including Best of the Best and Best of the Best USA), and the International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration, among other publications.

He has served as an arbitrator (chair, panelist, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator) more than 60 times in international and U.S. disputes, including cases under ICC, ICDR, AAA, and other rules. He is a member of the ICDR and AAA panels (including Large Complex Case, Energy, and M&A & Joint Venture), the AIAC Panel of Arbitrators, BVI International Arbitration Centre, Maldives International Arbitration Centre Primary Panel of Arbitrators, the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre, and the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield List of Arbitrators.

His cases usually involve complex disputes over contracts, sales of goods, M&A, joint ventures, corporations, partnerships, business torts, unfair competition, trade secrets, and online identity, in industries including, for example, technology, e-commerce, payment processing, blockchain, broadband, space, renewable energy, energy, oilfield services, manufacturing, and distribution.

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Areas of Expertise
Alternative Dispute Resolution-ADR
Arbitration (Alternative Dispute Resolution-ADR)
Commercial Law
Complex Litigation
Contracts (Contracts Law)
Civil Practice & Procedure (Litigation)
Employment Law
Federal Practice & Procedure (Federal Courts)
Federal Civil Procedure (Federal Courts)
International Law
International Commercial Arbitration (International Law)
Litigation
Transnational Litigation (International Law)