Dina W. McKenney | People | Thompson & Knight LLP

Experience

Dina McKenney focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, arbitration, and appellate matters. She represents clients in multiple industries, including healthcare and energy, and has experience in a wide variety of cases involving breach of contract, fraud, fiduciary duties, antitrust, and class action disputes. She also represents brand owners in trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition litigation.

Named One to Watch in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2021 by Woodward/White Inc.

Named among the top firms in Texas for Commercial Litigation in Chambers USA 2020 by Chambers and Partners

Recognized as a “Recommended Litigation Firm” in Texas in Benchmark: Litigation, The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Firms and Attorneys

Representative Matters

Represents an international energy company and various affiliates in an arbitration before the International Centre for Dispute Resolution that involves claims for breach of contract, fraud, and statutory violations
Represents an international energy company in tax litigation
Represents an international energy company and various affiliates in a lawsuit that involves claims for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, statutory violations, and conspiracy
Represented several hospitals in class action lawsuits involving alleged violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
Represented a hospital system and staffing agency in a lawsuit involving claims under the Sherman Act and the False Claims Act
Represented prevailing party in an appeal from a denial of motion to dismiss based on a mandatory forum-selection clause
Represents a beverage brand in a trademark, trade dress, and unfair competition lawsuit in the Western District of Texas

Prior Employment

Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Catharina Haynes, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2015-2017
Judicial Clerk for the Honorable David C. Godbey, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2014-2015
Judicial Intern for the Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2012

News & Insights

Honors & Affiliations

Distinctions/Honors

One to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America^® by Woodward/White Inc. (Commercial Litigation), 2021

Memberships/Affiliations

Member, State Bar of Texas

Education & Admissions

Education

J.D., 2014, with honors, The University of Texas School of Law; Order of the Coif; Notes Editor, Texas Law Review; Teaching Quizmaster, 2012-2013
B.A., 2009, magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania

Admissions

Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas