David M. Wells
Board of Directors, Shareholder
Practice Group(s): Business Litigation, Construction Law, Professional Malpractice
David Wells is a shareholder, serves on Gunster’s Board of Directors and is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice. Mr. Wells joined the firm in 2008.
- Practice Areas[ - ]
- Business Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
- Education[ - ]
- University of Miami, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980
University of Miami Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1979-80 - Florida International University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1977
- University of Miami, J.D., magna cum laude, 1980
- Honors[ - ]
- American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
- AV rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
- Lawyer of the Year by The Best Lawyers in America for
- Jacksonville Real Estate Litigation, 2012
- Jacksonville Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2011
- The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-12
- Banking & Finance Litigation
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law and Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Lawdragon 3000 Best Lawyers in America, 2011
- Chambers & Partners, Leaders in Their Field, Litigation, General Commercial,
2009-11 - Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2007-09
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-11
- Florida Super Lawyers, Top 100 Lawyers, 2007, 2009-10
- Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2008-10
- Lawdragon 3000 National Finalist, 2010
- Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]
- Jacksonville Bar Association, Litigation Section, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section
- Dade County Bar Association, Litigation Section, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section
- The Florida Bar, Trial Lawyer’s Section
- Chester Bedell Inns of Court, master
- Bar Admissions[ - ]
- The Florida Bar, 1980
- Court Admissions[ - ]
- United States Court of Appeals
- Fifth Circuit, 1980
- Eleventh Circuit, 1992
- United States District Court
- Southern District of Florida, 1982
- Middle District of Florida, 1991
- Northern District of Florida, 2006
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1995




