19 years of Probate, Trust, Guardianship, and Trial  Practice

Experience in complex cases:

Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum (limited to select attorneys who have obtained judgments of a million dollars or more for their clients)

Obtained a $1.85 million settlement in a trust case involving breaches of fiduciary duties by the co-trustees

Obtained a $1.6 million verdict for a businessman defrauded into purchasing a membership-based business based on false membership numbers   

In representing a plaintiff businessman, successfully settled a  fraud claim relating to the purchase of the business in Whitney, Texas for which the value of the settlement to the plaintiff was over $1 million 

Was part of a legal team that successfully overturned a multi-million dollar judgment against a Big Six accounting firm

Part of the law firm that Obtained an $850,000 settlement for Paula Jones in her suit against Bill Clinton

Acquired by eminent domain millions of dollars of property for the Texas Turnpike Authority (now the North Texas Turnpike Authority)

Obtained a settlement valued at over $1,000,000 for a partner's breach of fiduciary duties

Obtained a substantial six-figure judgment for an executor's breach of fiduciary duties 

Obtained judgments removing executors and trustees for breaches of fiduciary duties

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Highest rating (AV) by Martindale-Hubbell 

Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court

Texas Bar; Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas

Dallas Bar Association, Member of Probate Section and the Business Law Section

Licensed to practice in all Texas state trial and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas

Licensed to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas

Licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eighth Circuits

Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation 1998 - present

Order of the Coif

Law Review Editor

Order of Barristers

Major in Accounting

Passed CPA exam on first attempt in 1983

Ms. Dawer's Experience: