David Van Os

Attended University of Texas at Austin on scholastic General Motors Scholarship, 1968–1972; Graduated UT With Honors, May 1972.

While in law school and in the early years of his career Van Os was mentored in the practice of law by prominent Texas labor and civil rights attorneys Sam Houston Clinton (later a long-serving Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals) and David R. Richards.

He spent the first 23 years of his legal career in Austin before he and Rachel moved their growing family to San Antonio in 1999.

After moving to San Antonio he continued to be involved in high-profile issues such as obtaining a temporary restraining order on behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) that temporarily halted the unpopular closing of Kelly Air Force Base.

He was the owner and managing attorney of the law firm of David Van Os & Associates, P.C., of San Antonio Texas.

Van Os proposed that the power of eminent domain be limited to reasons of public security and safety.

He joined other Texan Democratic candidates such as Hank Gilbert, Fred Head, and Maria Luisa Alvarado in speaking out against the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor at public hearings in the summer of 2006.

His opponent, Republican incumbent Greg Abbott entered the race with over six million dollars in his campaign war chest.

Local supporters joined him on the courthouse steps as he proclaimed his determination to "return Texas government back to the people" denouncing the "bought and paid for perversion of the American political process."

Van Os vowed to use the office of the attorney general, if elected, to enforce the anti-trust provisions of the Texas and U.S. constitutions, especially regarding insurance company pricing.