David Strange
Independent Network Lawyer
Neither David nor AerMill has any financial interest in the other's business.
USA, TEXAS, LUBBOCK
- Family
- Criminal
- Immigration
David has over 20 years of experience representing the interests of his clients in a wide range of U.S. immigration matters. Since 2018, he has served as the managing attorney of Whittenburg & Strange, P.C., where he began his legal career. David oversees and manages all aspects of his firm’s day-to-day operations and thinks like a business owner because he is one. Before attending law school in Houston, he served in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from law school, he lived in Amarillo before returning to Lubbock, where he previously went to school and is now based. Since 2008, David has repeatedly taught both the Immigration Law and Advanced Immigration Law classes at the Texas Tech University School of Law. Since 2021, he has served as the Director of Immigration Programming at the Texas Tech University School of Law.
David draws on the market-leading position of his law firm and extensive personal, professional and academic relationships throughout Texas and in Washington D.C. to continue to grow his firm, professionally develop himself, his colleagues and employees and advance the interests of his and their respective clients. Whittenburg & Strange, P.C. owns and operates a law practice that first began serving clients in Amarillo over 50 years ago and currently has offices in Amarillo, Lubbock and Dallas. It is a full-service immigration law firm with a robust criminal defense and family law practices as well. The firm, once known as Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schachter, boasts a rich history in the Texas panhandle where it is directly and indirectly responsible for recruiting many of Amarillo’s leading lawyers to the area from other parts of the country.
David holds a B.A. from Texas Tech University, a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, and an LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center. He also has a Diploma in Russian from the Defense Language Institute / Foreign Language Center in Monterey, California, a Certificate of Advanced Spanish from the Insituto Biblico Nacional de Venezuela, and a Core Certificate from the Harvard Business School. David’s legal scholarship includes 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), Immigration 101 for Criminal-Defense Lawyers, Texas Lawyer, February 22, 2010, The Power of Padilla, Texas Lawyer, December 20, 2010, Immigration Law: 2010-2011 Fifth Circuit Case Law Update (with Arslanbek Umarov), 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 701 (2012), Why Arizona Senate Bill 1070 is Constitutional and Not Preempted by Federal Law (with Calvin Lewis and Michael Blake Downey) 89 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 283 (2012), A Conservative and Compassionate Approach to Immigration Reform (with Alberto Gonzales), Texas Tech University Press (2014), and Basics of Immigration Law for Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys (updated and edited with Zelda Howell), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 6th Edition (2019).
