David P. Weber
David P. Weber joined the Creighton University School of Law Faculty in July 2008. Professor Weber graduated magna cum laude from St. John's University with his B.A. in Economics. In 2005, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude. At the University of Minnesota he was co-editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade (now the Minnesota Journal of International Law). He is a member of Order of the Coif.
Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Weber was an associate at the multinational firm of Fredrickson & Byron, P.A., with its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he did corporate work including work in mergers and acquisitions, general corporate counseling and entity formation with a special focus on undocumented entrepreneurs. Professor Weber has lived and worked abroad in Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
While in private practice, Professor Weber served for over two years on the Board of Directors of Centro Legal, Inc., a non-profit provider of legal services to the Hispanic community. Professor Weber's community service includes serving on the Board of Directors at St. Cecilia's Grade School, pro bono immigration work with Catholic Charities as well as informal advising with other community organizations. Professor Weber researches and writes in the areas of immigration and commercial law. His most recent articles are:
(Unfair) Advantage: Damocles' Sword and the Coercive Use of Immigration Status in a Civil Society, 94 Marq. L. Rev. (2011); The Intangibles of Payment Stream Stripping: Why Article 9 Should Not Leave You Baring Your Assets (Applying a Common Law Remedy to a Creature of Statute)," 79 Miss. L.J. 419 (2009); Halting the Deportation of Business: A Pragmatic Paradigm for Dealing with Success, 23 GEO.IMMIGR.L.J. 766 (2009); United States vs. Lara: Federal Powers Couched in Terms of Sovereignty and a Relaxation of Prior Restraints, (October 1, 2007). North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 2, p. 735, 2007.
Professor Weber teaches Contracts, Immigration Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Negotiable Instruments, and Sports and Entertainment Law.
Courses Taught:
Contracts I, II
Immigration Law
Mergers and Acquisitions
Negotiable Instruments
Sports & Entertainment Law
See publications on Prof. Weber's SSRN page here.