Dan Barrett has been trying lawsuits in Texas for nearly thirty years. He has received a rating of AV - Preeminent from Martindale-Hubbell, is included in The Register of Pre-eminent Attorneys and has been listed as a Texas Monthly Super Lawyer each year since beginning of the publication.

Dan is also a member of the Texas Legislature, having been elected to represent the citizens of District 97 in 2007. You can find Dan's page on the House website here: http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist97/barrett.htm.

Dan is well versed in all aspects of complex litigation, having handled multi-million dollar claims from both sides of the docket. His trial practice includes commercial and construction disputes, business torts, legal and medical malpractice and personal injury. Dan is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Current Employment Position(s):

Of Counsel

Areas of Practice:

Commercial Litigation
Business Torts

Construction Disputes

Governmental Entity Litigation

Legal Malpractice

Breach of Fiduciary Duties

Personal Injury

Wrongful Death

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties:

Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1986

Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocates, 1988

Bar Admissions:

Texas

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1979
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Member, Board of Barristers
Honors: Student Bar Association Officer
Honors: U.S. Law Week Award-Overall Scholastic Achievement

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1975
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major:  Government

Published Works:

Direct Examination of Witnesses, seminar presentation & paper - Trial Advocacy in Texas, May, 1990

Loss of Chance, Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers seminar & paper, April, 1991

Some Thoughts About Opening Statements, Texas Association of Defense Counsel - Young Lawyers Seminar, presentation and paper, December, 1991

Open Letter to Members of the Tarrant County Medical Society, Tarrant County Physician, June, 1992

Emerging Theories of Liability in Professional Malpractice Cases, Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, presentation, September, 1992

Climbing the HMO Bad Faith Tree, Texas Bad Faith Bulletin, October, 1992

Random Thoughts on Trial Preparation and Voir Dire, Texas Association of defense Counsel - Young Lawyers Seminar, presentation & paper, December, 1992

When the Bell Tolls for the Whole World: The Expanding Jungle of Psychiatric Health Care Liability, Texas Health Law Reporter, July, 1993

Opening Statements & Direct Examination of Witnesses, papers & seminar presentation - Trial Advocacy in Texas - NBI, Inc., October, 1995

Taking & Defending Effective Depositions in Texas, Lohrman Educational Systems, September, 1999

Accountability for Health Care is Sorely Lacking, Guest Column - Fort Worth business Press, March 8, 2002

'Malpractice Reform' Shoves Aside Patients, Op Ed - Fort Worth Star Telegram; Dallas Morning News, April & May, 2002

Justice isn't an item on a medical balance sheet, Op Ed -Dallas Morning news, September 9, 2002

Bleeding away our rights, Op Ed - Fort Worth Star Telegram, October 13, 2002

Defending trial lawyers: We're not buying candidates, Guest Column - Fort Worth Business Press, November 8, 2002

Doctors and Lawyers, Op Ed - Fort Worth Star Telegram, January 13, 2003

Malpractice fight has eerily similar insanity to it, Guest Column - Fort Worth Business Press, March 7-13, 2003

Malpractice by the Legislature, Op Ed - Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 9, 2003

Fort Worth Court furthers fetus/baby arguments, Guest Column - Fort Worth Business Press, November 7-13, 2003

Cheaper to Kill Than to Maim - A Patient's Guide to Medical Malpractice in Texas, Professional Solutions Group - Books Division, September, 2002

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Direct Examination of Witnesses, Trial Advocacy in Texas, 1990

Loss of a Chance, Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers, 1991

Some Thoughts About Opening Statements, Texas Association of Defense Counsel - Young Lawyers Seminar, 1991

Emerging Theories of Liability in Professional Malpractice Cases, Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, 1992

Random Thoughts on Trial Preparation and Voir Dire, Texas Association of Defense Counsel - Young Lawyers Seminar, 1992

Faculty Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy - Fort Worth, Texas, 1994

Opening Statements & Direct Examination of Witnesses - Trial Advocacy in Texas, NBI, Inc., 1995

Direct Examination of Defendant's Neurologist -, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1996

Effective Depositions in Texas, Lohrman Education Systems, 1999

Expert Witness Qualification, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2002

Robinson Challenges to Expert Witnesses, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2005

Honors and Awards:

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 'AV' Rating (Preeminent)

Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Texas Monthly - Super Lawyers

Who's Who in American Law

National Registry of Who's Who

American Board of Trial Advocates, Ft. Worth Chapter, Treasurer, 2000 - 2001

American Board of Trial Advocates, Ft. Worth Chapter, President Elect, 2001 - 2002

American Board of Trial Advocates, Ft. Worth Chapter, President, 2002 - 2003

American Board of Trial Advocates, National Board of Directors, 2003 - 2004

Life Fellow - Texas Bar Foundation

Founding Fellow - Tarrant County Bar Foundation

Fellow - American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation

Texas Trial Lawyers' Association, Director, 2002 - 2005

Tarrant County Trial Lawyers' Association, President, 2003 - 2004

Tarrant County Bar Association, Director, 2001 - 2003

Former President - Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association

Texas Association Defense Counsel, 1993 - 1994

District Director

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Texas House of Representatives:
Committee on Land & Resource Management
Committee on Pensions & Investments

 

Texas Association Defense Counsel, 1984 - 1994

Tarrant County Bar Association

Defense Research Institute, 1982 - 1994

American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics

Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association

Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Association, 1992 - 1993

President

Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association

College of the State Bar of Texas

Maintaining Member

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

American Association for Justice

American Board of Trial Advocates

Shakespeare in the Park, 1990 - 1997

Trustee

Volunteers of America, Texas

Director, 1996 - 2000

State Bar of Texas

 

Past Employment Positions:

Law Offices of Daniel R. Barrett, Solo Practitioner, 1997 - 2004

Fielding, Barrett & Taylor, Partner, 1988 - 1997

Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, Partner, 1984 - 1988

Law Office of James P. Wagner, 1981 - 1984

Jones, Pruitt, Marlow & Barrett, Partner, 1980 - 1981

Law Offices of George Thompson, 1979 - 1980

Fraternities/Sororities:

Delta Theta Phi

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