Dan Hedges has more than 30 years of experience representing government agencies, public corporations, private companies, and individuals in internal corporate and government investigations, large commercial multi-party litigation, employment litigation, class action and shareholder derivative suits, antitrust litigation, and qui tam litigation.
Dan served as the chairman of Texas Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison's Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, which screens prospective federal judges and U.S. Attorneys. Prior to joining the firm, Dan served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas from 1981-1985. While in the Justice Department, Dan, along with Dan Webb and Rudolph Giuliani, co-founded the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. He was selected as the “Most Outstanding Young Lawyer in Texas” for 1982-1983.
Honors & Recognitions
Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer in General Commercial Litigation (Texas)
Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2001-2018
Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2018 (named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Houston, 2003-2004)
Texas Lawyer, “Impact Player of the Year,” 2001
Who’s Who Legal, Named one of the world’s leading practitioners for Business Crime Defense
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1974
B.A., Dartmouth College, summa cum laude, 1968
Admissions
Texas
Federal District Court Texas
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
United States Supreme Court