David R. Keyes

Graduated law school with High Honors; clerked for U.S. Judge Walter Ely, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1968-69). Partner in Vinson & Elkins, Houston (1969-2006). Shareholder in Winstead PC, Houston (2007-08). Partner in Kelly Hart & Hallman, Austin (2009-16 and Of Counsel 2017). Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law (2007-present) and University of Houston Law Center (2012-present). Chair, State Bar of Texas Business Law Section (2013-14); former Chair of its Legal Opinions Committee. Area of Practice: Banking and Finance Law. Primary residence in Houston (where wife, Evelyn Keyes, is also an ALI member and an appellate judge), with secondary residence in Austin.