David
W. Connell Hubler - Resume
David
William Connell was born in New Port Beach California and raised
in San Diego California. He did undergraduate studies at San
Diego State University. Before going to law school in Mexico
City he worked and studied in different locations in Mexico
dealing with the agricultural land development issues and the
problems that communities faced in dealing with legal uncertainties
that inhibited investment, progress and development. These studies
led Mr. Connell to study law and the Universidad Tecnológica
de Mexico in Mexico City, where he graduated from in 1997 and
earned his Mexican Law Degree. Mr. Connell is a licensed Mexican
attorney authorized to work in all 32 states.
During
and after his law studies, Mr. Connell worked for three years,
first as a legal clerk and then as an attorney in the Mexico
City law firm of Martínez del Campo del Rio, where he
specialized principally in the areas of corporate law and real
estate law. Mr. Connell had the honor and experience of working
directly on several cases with one of the partners of these
firms, Dr. Carlos del Rio, ex-Chief Justice of Mexico's Supreme
Court.
In
1996 he was offered the opportunity to become an associate of
Dennis Peyton and open the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo branch of the
firm. The Zihuatanejo office was opened in November of 1996.
Mr. Connell and Mr. Peyton would later form the firm of Peyton
and Connell and open a Mexico City branch of the firm to add
to the existing branches located in San Diego, Tijuana, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo,
with associate offices in Guadalajara and Cabo San Lucas. In
late 1999 Mr. Connell was asked to launch and manage the Puerto
Vallarta office of Peyton and Connell as well as to maintain
direct management of the Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo office and share
in the administration and management of the Mexico City office.
The Puerto Vallarta office of Peyton and Connell was opened
in January of 2000. In 2003 Mr. Connell and Mr. Peyton agreed
to separate and Connell & Associates now has offices
located in Mexico City, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo and Puerto Vallarta.
Mr.
Connell has held positions on many different types of boards
ranging from Corporate Boards of Directors, Non-Profit and Charitable
organization, Home Owners Associates and Committees. He has
also worked with local and state governments advising on foreign
investment and development. He has considerable experience working
with development, agrarian and ejido matters, investment, corporate,
and commercial law matters, and lobbying for American companies
in Mexico. Mr. Connell's areas of legal specialization are:
real estate and development, corporate, tax, agrarian matters,
lobbying, standards, government procurement, mediation and litigation.
Mr. Connell has native fluency in English, fluency in Spanish
and is certified by the Supreme Court of the State of Guerrero
as an expert witness in matters of English-Spanish; Spanish-English
translation.
Mr.
Connell has participated in and written several documents and
articles some of which include the following:
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