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Daniel Charest

Burns Charest LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2018
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Energy Law
  • Law School:
    Tulane University
  • Website:
    http://www.burnscharest.com
  • Location:
    900 Jackson Street, Suite 500
    Dallas, TX 75202

Daniel focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation matters. When large landowners need representation in royalty cases to protect their mineral interests against major operators, they call on Daniel. He represents many interests throughout the Barnett Shale and similar oil & gas plays. Daniel also represents oil & gas companies in wide-ranging matters.

Daniel developed his trial-lawyer skills at a nationally-recognized litigation boutique, where he became a partner, tried cases, and ran his clients’ cases. Over the years, he honed his skills into an effective, efficient approach to lawyering that focuses on his client’s needs and achieving their desired outcome. He left that firm to establish Burns Charest LLP. And, now, he attacks his clients’ problems with skills, smarts, and hard work.

Daniel’s body of work reaches beyond any particular practice area. He has successfully handled matters involving antitrust, breach of contract, oil & gas, financial-service company disputes, business torts, such trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, consumer protection, class actions, fraud, insurance bad faith, and wrongful death. His work has taken place across the United States: federal and state courts from coast to coast with plenty of places in between. Daniel’s docket has involved procedural and jurisdictional challenges such as removal and remand, class certification, transfers, temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions, and appeals. In all, the body of work is, simply, high-stakes litigation.

Daniel recently tried—and won—an arbitration as first chair in a multi-million dollar dispute involving an executive employment matter. The ICDR Panel granted complete relief in favor of Daniel’s client and rejected all counterclaims against it. In addition, the Panel awarded over a million in fees and expenses to the client as part of the award.

In addition to his legal experience, Daniel brings real-world experience developed from working in leadership roles in industry at a young age that involved travel all over the globe and required cooperation with all forms of culture and character. While maintaining his full workload, Daniel has served as a pro bono mediator in a program administered by the Dallas courts, called “Settlement Week.” 

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Litigation
  • Oil and Gas
  • Contracts and Agreements
  • Antitrust and Trade Law
  • Class Actions    


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Lawyer Bio

Daniel focuses his practice on high-stakes litigation matters. When large landowners need representation in royalty cases to protect their mineral interests against major operators, they call on Daniel. He represents many interests throughout the Barnett Shale and similar oil & gas plays. Daniel also represents oil & gas companies in wide-ranging matters.

Daniel developed his trial-lawyer skills at a nationally-recognized litigation boutique, where he became a partner, tried cases, and ran his clients’ cases. Over the years, he honed his skills into an effective, efficient approach to lawyering that focuses on his client’s needs and achieving their desired outcome. He left that firm to establish Burns Charest LLP. And, now, he attacks his clients’ problems with skills, smarts, and hard work.

Daniel’s body of work reaches beyond any particular practice area. He has successfully handled matters involving antitrust, breach of contract, oil & gas, financial-service company disputes, business torts, such trade secret misappropriation and unfair competition, consumer protection, class actions, fraud, insurance bad faith, and wrongful death. His work has taken place across the United States: federal and state courts from coast to coast with plenty of places in between. Daniel’s docket has involved procedural and jurisdictional challenges such as removal and remand, class certification, transfers, temporary restraining orders, temporary injunctions, and appeals. In all, the body of work is, simply, high-stakes litigation.

Daniel recently tried—and won—an arbitration as first chair in a multi-million dollar dispute involving an executive employment matter. The ICDR Panel granted complete relief in favor of Daniel’s client and rejected all counterclaims against it. In addition, the Panel awarded over a million in fees and expenses to the client as part of the award.

In addition to his legal experience, Daniel brings real-world experience developed from working in leadership roles in industry at a young age that involved travel all over the globe and required cooperation with all forms of culture and character. While maintaining his full workload, Daniel has served as a pro bono mediator in a program administered by the Dallas courts, called “Settlement Week.” 

PRACTICE AREAS:

  • Litigation
  • Oil and Gas
  • Contracts and Agreements
  • Antitrust and Trade Law
  • Class Actions    


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  • Bar & Court Admissions
  • Affiliations
  • Award List
  • Additional Information

Education:

  • Tulane University , J.D., summa cum laude, graduated 2004

Bar Admissions:

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • District of Columbia, District of Columbia Bar
 

Court Admissions:

  • Admitted to practice in Texas, Virginia (inactive), the District of Columbia, and several federal district courts and courts of appeal, including all Texas federal courts

Affiliations:

  • District of Columbia Bar - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Member
  • Virginia State Bar - Member (inactive)

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Energy Law
 

Awards:

  • Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2019-2020
  • Among the Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine, 2020
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2020
  • Named “Future Star” in Texas by Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys, 2012-2014
  • Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2012-2104, as published in Texas Monthly
  • Managing Editor of the Tulane Law Review, 2003-2004
  • Order of the Coif, 2004
  • Chief Mate, unlimited tonnage, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy (Reserve), with an honorable discharge

Additional Information:

Clerkship
The Honorable Edith Brown Clement, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (clerkship 2005-2006).
Externship
The Honorable Martin L.C. Feldman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (externship 2003-2004).
 

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http://www.burnscharest.com
 
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4725 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Suite 200

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(202) 577.3977

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Dallas, TX

900 Jackson Street, Suite 500

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