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Education
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Baylor Law School,
J.D., Phi Delta Phi scholastic honor society, 1989
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University of Texas at Austin,
B.S., Speech Communications, with honors, 1986
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Admissions
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Texas
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Texas USDC, Eastern District
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Texas USDC, Northern District
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Texas USDC, Southern District
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Texas USDC, Western District
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Affiliations
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Dallas Bar Association; Litigation Section
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State Bar of Texas; Litigation Section
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American Bar Association; Litigation Section
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Texas Association of Defense Counsel
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DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
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National Association of Women Lawyers
Planning Committee, 2007-2008
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Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
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Recognitions
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Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (by BL Rankings), 2019-2025
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
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Listed in Texas Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters) for Class Action/Mass Torts, General Litigation, 2004, 2006
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Employment
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Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner, 2020-Present
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Thompson & Knight
Partner, 1996-2020
Associate, 1990-1996
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Community
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YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Founding Member, Young Leaders Board, Executive Committee
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Women with Promise
Founding Member
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TACA – The Arts Community Alliance
Board Member
Grants Panelist
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The University of Texas at Austin
Ambassador's Council
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Dawn defends major product manufacturers and chemical distributors in products liability and mass tort litigation. She also represents health care companies in a range of litigation matters.
For more than 20 years, Dawn has led the defense of toxic substances cases involving asbestos, silica, benzene, TCE, chlorinated solvents, and other substances. She has managed, defended and resolved cases involving thousands of plaintiffs for national product manufacturers in trial courts across Texas, and served as co-national asbestos litigation counsel in jurisdictions throughout the country.
Dawn has extensive experience representing manufacturers and sellers of automotive components, railroad engines and other components, seat belt and restraint systems, cranes, forklifts, aviation products, and personal watercraft.
She also represents health care companies in a range of matters, including contract disputes, payor disputes with insurers and issues involving all types of business agreements, including software agreements.
Dawn chairs the firm's Working Parent affinity group.
Representative Experience
Served as national counsel for Fortune 500 companies, managing and directing the defense of thousands of personal injury and wrongful death claims in numerous states.