Daniel O'Brien
Dripping Springs Attorney
Dan focuses on real estate litigation and transactions, estate planning and probate, and general civil litigation matters. He draws on his experience as a former County Court at Law Judge in Hays County handling thousands of civil and criminal matters. He is an AV-Preeminent rated lawyer by
Martindale-Hubbell and recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer® (a Thompson Reuters rating service) in the area of General Litigation. He served as law clerk to Justice Davie L. Wilson of the First Court of Appeals in Houston before practicing for several years in the commercial litigation section a large Austin-based law firm. He is a qualified mediator providing mediation and arbitration services in Dripping Springs and the surrounding area.
Dan is a Past President of the Hays County Bar Association, a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the University of Texas School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, and a former Barrister Member of the Robert W. Calvert Inn of Court.
Dan has served in numerous community leadership roles, including as director of The Burke Center for Youth, The Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce, and HCWC (Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center). He is also
a past Commissioner and President of North Hays EMS and former
Commissioner of the Dripping Springs Emergency Management Commission. In 2019, he was awarded the Hays County Bar Association’s Service Award.
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Partner
- Baker & Robertson
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- Judge
- Hays County Court at Law No. 3
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- Attorney / President
- Law Office Daniel O'Brien P.C.
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- Attorney
- Brackett & Ellis
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- Associate Attorney - Commercial Litigation Section
- Clark Thomas & Winters
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- Law Clerk for Justice Davie L. Wilson
- Texas First Court of Appeals
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- Baylor Law School
- J.D. (2001) | Law
- Honors: Order of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi Honors Society
- University of Texas - Austin
- B.A. (1996) | Economics & History (double major)
- AV-Preeminent Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Texas Super Lawyers - General Litigation
- Texas Monthly Magazine, a Thomson Reuters service
- AV-Preeminent Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Texas Super Lawyers - General Litigation
- Texas Monthly Magazine, a Thomson Reuters service
- AV-Preeminent Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Hays County Bar Association
- Past President
- Current
- The College of the State Bar of Texas
- Member
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- Texas Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
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- Texas State Bar  # 24032918
- Member
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- Hays County Bar Association
- Director
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- Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas
- Website
- Baker & Robertson