Chase Thomas Hilton

Chase Thomas Hilton

Dallas, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2025
Burns Charest LLP

4 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Biography

Chase Hilton joined Burns Charest after spending several years representing the indigent at the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office. While there, he served as lead and co-lead counsel on numerous jury trials, in addition to maintaining an active trial docket. Mr. Hilton now brings his wealth of experience trying criminal cases to juries to litigating civil disputes.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University, Mr. Hilton moved to Texas to attend Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and served as the Managing Editor of the SMU Law Review. During law school, he interned with the United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Louisiana.

Burns Charest LLP

4 Best Lawyers awards

Burns Charest LLP logo

Overview

  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated Cum Laude, graduated 2017
  • Louisiana State University, B.S., graduated Summa Cum Laude, graduated 2014

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas, 2017

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas, 2017
  • Southern Methodist University, J.D., graduated Cum Laude, graduated 2017
  • Louisiana State University, B.S., graduated Summa Cum Laude, graduated 2014
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, 2025

  • Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, 2023-2025

  • Recognized for a Top 100 Verdict in the nation by the National Law Journal, 2022

Additional Information

  • Publications

Fingerprints: A New Means of Identification in Airport Security Screening, 81 J. Air L. & Com. 561 (2016).

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