David L. LeFevre

David LeFevre leads the firm’s Houston office. His experience is wide-ranging, but he concentrates in higher education and employee benefits. His higher education practice includes regulatory consultation, advocacy of institutions in matters with higher education regulatory agencies, mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate matters for institutions and other businesses in the higher education space. Mr. LeFevre has represented multiemployer plans, governmental plans and businesses of varying sizes in all aspects of both health and welfare benefits and retirement benefits. His experience includes advising clients regarding plan design, implementation and administration of qualified and non-qualified plans, and he assists clients with their compliance with ERISA and other employee benefits laws.

Mr. LeFevre started his legal career as an associate with the firm, and then in 2009 he was chosen to be general counsel and vice president of a higher education services company based in Houston and Abilene, Texas. During that time, Mr. LeFevre maintained an active role in Dunn & Davison, and in 2011 he returned full-time as Of Counsel to establish the firm’s first office outside the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Practice Areas

Education

B.A., Political Science, minor in Business – University of Missouri-Columbia, cum laude, 2004
J.D. – University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Law, 2007
- Dispute Resolution Certificate
- Editor in Chief, Journal of Dispute Resolution, 2006-2007

Admissions/Court Memberships

State of Texas
State of Missouri
State of Kansas

Honors

Selected as “Up & Coming Lawyers 2009” by Missouri Lawyers Weekly

Professional Affiliations

State Bar of Texas
Missouri Bar Association
American Bar Association, member of labor and employment and business law sections
Regulatory Affairs Committee Member, Association of Private Sector Colleges & Universities
Member, Rotary Club of West U
Member, Texas Young Professionals
Board Chairman, Iota Development Foundation (civic and education charity)
Member, Trinity Lutheran Church (Trinity Downtown), Houston, TX
Board Member, Houston Texas Tigers (local chapter of Mizzou Alumni Association)
Committee Member, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 220

Publications and Seminars

"Enrollment Management: Now Liable for Third Party Vendors" - Today's Campus November/December 2011
"Getting Ready for Gainful Employment Reporting and Disclosure"
“Keep the Champagne On Ice” - State Regulation of Distance Education is Here to Stay, Today's Campus September/October 2011
“Whose Decision Is it Anyway?” The Division of Labor between Courts and Arbitrators with Respect to Waiver,” 2006 Journal of Dispute Resolution 305

Presentations

Presentation, Education Challenges: Title IV Issues, Region VI Advisory Council of Private Career Schools Conference, Dallas, Texas, Mar. 13, 2011
Webinar, The Department of Education’s New Gainful Employment Regulations, Dunn & Davison, Feb. 23, 2011
Webinar, Incentive Compensation under the New Department of Education Regulations, Dunn & Davison, Feb. 24, 2011
"Digging Deeper" - ABHES Annual Conferenece - Incentive Compensation, Gainful Employful Employment and 90/10.
Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Region V Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Bloomingdale, Illinois, 2009
Presenter, U.S. Dept. of Education Regions VII & VIII Private Career Colleges & Schools Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 2009
Presenter, Bukaty Companies “Lunch and Learn,” ERISA’s Summary Plan Description Requirements, 2009