George Whittenburg
Partner - Amarillo Office
Phone: (806) 345-5400
Fax: (806) 372-5757
Email: gwhittenburg@whittenburglaw.com
"In person, George has a congenial personality, but during a lawsuit, he is a pit bull."
Texas Monthly, 1996
Board Certified - Civil Trial Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization (www.tbls.org)
Emeritus Council Member, ALI (www.ali.org)
Named as a Texas Super Lawyer, 2006 & 2008 (www.superlawyers.com)
Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Research Editor, Texas Law Review, 1967-1968. Advisor, A Practical Guide to Achieving Excelence in the Practice of Law (ALI-ABA, 1992). Speaker: "Dealing with Conflict of Interest Issues", State Bar of Texas Legal Malpractice Institute, Dallas, Texas, 1993. Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization)
Practice Areas
Civil Law; Complex Litigation; Business Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law; Professional Liability
Admitted
1968, Texas; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1991, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1968
College
University of Texas, B.B.A., with honors, 1965
Member
Amarillo, Dallas, and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Texas (Participant, Special Disciplinary Counsel Program, 1994- ); American Law Institute (Member of Council, 1989- ; Adviser, Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers, 1986-1999)
Mack Whittenburg
Partner - Amarillo Office
Phone: (806) 345-5400
Fax: (806) 372-5757
Email: mwhittenburg@whittenburglaw.com
Named Partner in law firm with brother for 40 years as fourth-generation members of Panhandle family. Extensive experience in Civil litigation, Oil & Gas, Real Estate, and Bankruptcy Law.
Phi Delta Phi. Review Editor, Texas Law Review, 1969-1970. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
Practice Areas
Real Estate; Oil and Gas Law; Banking Law; Bankruptcy Law; Creditors Rights Law
Admitted
1968, Texas; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1991, District of Columbia
Law School
University of Texas, J.D., 1970
College
Texas Tech University, B.B.A., 1967
Member
Amarillo, and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas
David Strange
Partner - Amarillo & Lubbock Office
Phone: (806) 345-5400
Fax: (806) 372-5757
Email: dstrange@whittenburglaw.com
David N. Strange is a managing partner at Whittenburg Whittenburg Stein & Strange, P.C., with offices in Amarillo, Dallas, and Lubbock, Texas. David is also an adjunct Professor of Law at the Texas Tech University School of Law where he teaches courses in Immigration Law and Advanced Immigration Law.
David is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and has authored several articles discussing U.S. immigration law, including The Waiver of Inadmissibility Pursuant to Section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act: A Case Study, 41 Tex. Tech L. Rev. Addendum 49 (2009), and Immigration 101 for Criminal-Defense Lawyers, Texas Lawyer, Special Report, Immigration Law, February 22, 2010 (2010).
In addition to his legal career, David graduated from the Defense Language Institute/Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, Summa Cum Laude, and subsequently served as a Russian Linguist/Cryptologist in the United States Navy.
David also received a Certificate of Advanced Spanish from the Insituto Biblico Nacional de Venezuela, and served as an English instructor while in Venezuela.
Presently, David is a Member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Amarillo Area Bar Association.
David Gamez Jr.
Member - Amarillo Office
Phone: (806) 345-5404
Fax: (806) 372-5757
Email: dgamez@whittenburglaw.com
David Gamez Jr. was born in Weslaco, Texas and attended the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics in 2002. Subsequently, David returned to the University of Texas where he completed the requirements for a second major in History in 2004. David then attended the Texas Tech University School of Law, and graduated in 2007. David is fluent in Spanish, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2007. David is an associate attorney at the law firm of Whittenburg Whittenburg Stein & Strange, P.C.
Nathan Christensen
Member - Dallas Office
Phone: (214) 267-2400
Fax: (214) 267-2424
Email: nchristensen@whittenburglaw.com
Nathan Christensen is from a small town in Southern Utah. He spent two years of his life living and working in various cities in Honduras where he became fluent in Spanish. After returning to the United States, he studied International Relations at BYU. While at school he met his lovely wife Tiffani, a girl from Texas, which meant he would be spending the rest of his life in Texas whether he knew it or not. Nathan eventually attended law school at the Texas Tech University School of Law where he was selected to be a member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. He also spent a summer studying international law in Guanajuato, Mexico and was able to work for a local law firm while in Mexico. This experience made him interested in practicing U.S. Immigration Law. Nathan received his Doctor of Jurisprudence in December 2008 and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in May of 2009. He and his wife have three children, two boys and a girl. He is currently an associate attorney for Whittenburg Whittenburg Stein & Strange P.C. in its Dallas office.
Other Staff
Elba Jordan, Senior Paralegal & Supervisor
Bilingual Immigration Paralegal. Ten-years experience supervising immigration paralegals. Immigrant from El Salvador.
Belinda Sena and Araceli Trevizo, Paralegal Team Leaders
Bilingual Immigration Paralegal. Araceli, an immigrant from Mexico.
Dayanira Gonzalez, Paralegal
Bilingual Immigration Paralegal. Immigrant from Mexico.
Marisela Salazar and Becky Silva, Paralegals
Bilingual Administrative Paralegals. Becky, an immigrant from Mexico.
Adriana Aboytes Paralegal
