David W. Hardymon
Mr. Hardymon is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the litigation group. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, particularly in energy-related fields, such as oil and gas contract disputes, royalty litigaton, landfill controversies, and environmental contamination claims.
Career highlights include:
- Extensive civil, criminal and appellate litigation experience
- Serving as lead counsel in over 40 jury trials
- Serving as co-counsel with John Keller of the Vorys firm in the successful prosecution of an oil and gas case that resulted in what was then the largest arbitration award ever received in the Midwest Region of the American Arbitration Association
- Serving as lead counsel for plaintiff in a superfund cost recovery action that resulted in a multi-million dollar arbitration award.
Mr. Hardymon is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the West Virginia Bar Association, the Kentucky Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute.
Mr. Hardymon received his J.D. from Capital University Law School and his B.A. from Bowling Green State University. He is a frequent lecturer on legal ethics and royalty litigation.
Mr. Hardymon is a Columbus Bar Foundation Fellow and the current editor of the Columbus Bar Association publication Lawyer’s Quarterly.
Before joining Vorys Mr. Hardymon served as a Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Franklin County, Ohio from 1976 to 1981.
Teaching/Speaking Engagements
- American Corporate Counsel Association, Ohio Chapter Seminar on Corporate Communications (2010)
- Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute on Private Royalty Litigation (2008)
- Ohio Oil & Gas Association Technical and Special Issues Conference (2008)
- American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Mike Benedum Chapter Annual Meeting (2006)
- Energy and Mineral Law Foundation 24th Annual Institute (2003)
- Eastern Mineral Law Foundation 14th Annual Institute (1993)
Honors & Awards
- Columbus CEO, Top Lawyers in Columbus, 2010
- AV Peer Review Rated in Martindale Hubbell
- Ohio Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2004-2006
- Listed in Who’s Who, and Who’s Who in American Law.
Publications
- “An Overview of Commercial Arbitration,” Eastern Mineral Law Institute, 1993 (14 E. Min. L. Inst. 8-1)
- David W. Hardymon, et.al., “Practical Legal Ethics in Ohio: Issues and Answers,” National Business Institute, 2000-2001
- “Adrift on the Implied Covenant to Market: Regulation By Implication,” Energy & Mineral Law Institute, 2003 (24 Energy & Min. L. Inst. 207)