Karl G. Dial is a partner in the firm's Litigation Section. He concentrates his practice in the area of complex commercial litigation, including cases involving director and officer liability, securities litigation, legal and accounting malpractice litigation, trade secrets, information technology and intellectual property litigation.

Karl has extensive experience litigating in federal and state court and before arbitration panels, having tried more than 40 cases in state and federal courts and before arbitrators.

Karl is licensed to practice in both Texas and New York. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1984 and has been Board Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist since 1989. 

Representative matters include:

• Representation of hundreds of directors and officers in securities class action cases, investor suits, derivative cases and in suits brought by the FDIC or bankruptcy trustees
• Representation in numerous misappropriation of trade secrets and copyright lawsuits.
• Representation of "Big 4" and other accounting firms in numerous malpractice and breach of duty lawsuits and administrative proceedings
• Jury trials involving securities and breach of fiduciary duty claims by shareholders
• Jury trials of auditing and legal malpractice cases
• Jury trials of cases involving breach of stock purchase agreements
• Jury trials of partnership disputes
• Recent trial of trade secrets claims
• Arbitrations of securities and malpractice claims

• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• State Bar of New York
• University of Texas Law Review Association, Director

• Selected as "Best Lawyers in America for Bet-The-Company Litigation"
• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1989
• "Texas Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters
• "Top Defender," Dallas Business Journal
• Former Administrative Partner of Fulbright office

• "Professional and Director & Officer Liability," College for Judicial Studies, April 2010
• "Securities Litigation," AON Roundtable, March 2010
• "Director & Officer Liability and Insurance Coverage," The University of Texas, 2004

1983 - J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law
1980 - B.B.A., highest honors, The University of Texas

As an undergraduate, Karl was the valedictorian of the School of Business. While in law school, he was a member of the Texas Law Review and was Order of the Coif.

• Junior Achievement, Former Chairman
• University of Texas Law Review Association, Director
• Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Former Chairman of the Board of Stewards, Board of Trustees
• Dallas Business Hall of Fame, Former Chairman