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David R. Esquivel Joins Board of Directors at Tennessee Justice Center

Attorney David R. Esquivel, a partner in the litigation department at Bass, Berry & Sims law firm, has joined the Board of Directors at the Tennessee Justice Center announced Michele Johnson, managing attorney for the Tennessee Justice Center.

“We are very pleased to welcome David to our board,” said Johnson. “His legal work and commitment to equal justice are highly respected throughout the state and nation.”

Esquivel focuses his law practice on antitrust and other competition-related matters and has a strong commitment to pro bono representation. He received his undergraduate degree cum laude in Political Science and History from Duke University in 1992.  He graduated with high honors from the Duke University School of Law in 1997.  At Duke, he was an articles editor for the Duke Law Journal, served on the Moot Court Board, and authored The Identity Crisis in Public Interest Law, an article published in 1996 in the Duke Law Journal.  After law school, Esquivel served as a law clerk to the late Sam J. Ervin III, Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Esquivel recently served as lead trial counsel in the pro bono representation of five Salvadoran plaintiffs in a federal court lawsuit against Col. Nicolas Carranza, the former Vice-Minister of Defense in El Salvador.  The plaintiffs were tortured or suffered the death of their families at the hands of the Salvadoran military during the early 1980s.  The jury awarded the plaintiffs $6 million in compensatory and punitive damages and found Col. Carranza responsible for crimes against humanity.  The verdict represents the first time that a U.S. jury in a contested case has found a commander liable for crimes against humanity.  For his work on this case, Esquivel received the 2005 Harris A. Gilbert "Pro Bono Attorney of the Year" Award from the Tennessee Bar Association.

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