Attorney Profile

Mr. Blenden is AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest recognition possible in the legal industry, for his professionalism and ethics.

Practice Areas:

• Commercial Collections
• Creditors' Rights
• Judgment Collections
• Unsecured Collections
• Collections
• Debtor and Creditor
• Commercial Litigation

Admitted:

• Kansas, 1974
• Texas. 1978

Education:

• Washburn University of Topeka, J.D., with honors, 1974
• Wichita State University, B.B.A., 1971

Military:

• Captain, USAF JAG, 1974-1978

Associations and memberships:

• Dallas Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Commercial Law League of America

Representative cases:

• Stewart v. United States Leasing Corporation, 702 S.W. 2d 288 (Tex. App. Houston, 1st Dist., 1985, no writ)
• Continental Carbon Co. v. Sea-Land Service, 27 S.W. 3d 184 (Tex. App. Dallas 2000, pet. denied)

Biographical details:

• Author: "Creditor Causes of Action," "Service of Process and Default Judgments"
• Frequent author and lecturer for CLE seminars sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, The University of Texas School of Law, and the University of Houston Law Center
• Chaired the Receivership Turnover Sub-Committee for the Ancillary Proceedings Task Force, which proposed the initial post-judgement receivership rules to the Texas Supreme Court
• Appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Process Server Review Board
• In 2012, appointed Chairman of the Process Server Review Board

David W. Roth

Practice areas:

• Collections
• Commercial Collections
• Creditors' Rights
• Judgment Collections
• Civil Litigation
• Unsecured Collections

Admitted:

• Texas, 2003

Education:

• University of Houstin, JD., 2002
• University of Dayton, B.S., 1996

Associations and memberships:

• North District of Texas Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas

Biographical details:

• Co-author, "Creditor Causes of Action: Pleadings and Proof," University of Texas School of Law CLE Seminar, Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments
• Co-author, "Maximizing Receivables - How To Get More Cash out of Your Collection Efforts," University of Houston Law Foundation CLE Seminar, Advising Businesses in a Troubled Economy
• Speaker, Texas Bar CLE, Collections and Creditors Rights Course
• Member, Roanoke Texas Toastmasters (ACS; ALB)