Dan McClure, a partner since 1986 in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Houston location, has an active trial and appellate practice in both state and federal courts involving a variety of civil litigation matters. He has concentrated his practice on complex commercial litigation, including class actions, multidistrict litigation, antitrust, business torts, contract disputes, securities, oil and gas, health law, qui tam actions and government investigations.  

Dan has been twice named to the BTI Client Service All-Star Team, a list of fewer than 200 lawyers nationwide who deliver "the absolute best client service" based on a survey of corporate clients.  He is Chair of Fulbright's firm-wide Class Action Practice Group.

• Texas Board of Legal Specialization - certified in Civil Trial Law
• Institute for Energy Law, Executive Committee and Advisory Board member
• American Health Lawyers Association
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• American Inns of Court
• American Bar Association
  • Litigation, Health Law, and Antitrust Sections
• State Bar of Texas
  •  Litigation, Health Law, Antitrust and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Sections
• Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

• Chambers USA, Leading Lawyer in Texas, Energy and Natural Resources: Dispute Resolution (2008)
• Legal 500 U.S. Guide, Litigation: Energy (2008)
• Best Lawyers in America (2008)
• "Texas Super Lawyer," Business Litigation, Texas Monthly magazine (2003 - 2008)
• BTI Client Service All-Star Team (2006, 2009)

Dan's recent published works include:

• "Trends in Energy Litigation 2007," Co-Editor, April 2007 (winner of Burton Award for Best Law Firm Publication)
• "Qui Tam Cases in the Energy Industry,” 33^rd Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute, March 2007
• "The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 Significantly Expands Federal Jurisdiction Over Class Actions," Client Alert, February 2005
• "Current Trends in Energy Litigation," 27 State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section Report, 2002
• "Royalty Valuation and Payment Issues: Where Are We and Where Are We Headed?" 48 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2002
• "Developments in Oil and Gas Class Action Litigation," Fifty-Second Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, 2001
• "False Claims Act Being Misused to Impose Regulatory Agendas," 13 Legal Backgrounder No. 24, Washington Legal Foundation, July 10, 1998
• "Class Actions in the Oil and Gas Industry," Forty-Eighth Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, 1997
• "Trademarks and Competition: The Recent History," 59 Law & Contemp. Probs. 13, Spring 1996

1978 - J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
1974 - B.A., highest honors, University of Oklahoma

Dan is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado and Oklahoma.

Dan is an avid tennis player and bicyclist.  He has participated for eleven consecutive years in the MS-150 bicycle ride from Houston to Austin (182 miles) as a member of the Rocket Sprockets Cycling Team. 

• Houston Ballet, Board of Trustees, Executive Committee (2008)