David Carter concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury, product liability, consumer and business litigation. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants and has successfully litigated numerous cases involving unfair insurance practices, wrongful death, products liability claims, and commercial disputes. Mr. Carter also has experience in tobacco litigation, asbestos and other mass tort litigation, anti-trust cases, patent litigation, and class actions. Courts in Texas and Arkansas have appointed him to try capital murder cases in which the death penalty was sought.
- Civil Trial Law
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Personal Injury Trial Law
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Consumer and Commercial Law
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- American Board of Trial Advocates - East Texas Chapter
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Texarkana Bar Association (President, 1998-99)
- Southwest Arkansas Bar Association (President, 1990)
- Northeast Texas Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Bar of the Eastern District of Texas, United States District Court
- Arkansas Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1996-99)
- State Bar of Texas
- Mr. Carter received a BA degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 1982. He received his JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law at Little Rock in 1985. He served as a law clerk for Circuit Judge Perry V. Whitmore before entering private practice.
- Supreme Court of Texas and Inferior Courts
- Arkansas Supreme Court and Inferior Courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit
- United States Court of Claims
W. David Carter 
