Patrick Dyer

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas

• Supreme Court of the United States

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• U.S. District Courts:
  Southern District of Texas
  Northern District of Texas

   

Memberships & Associations

• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
• Fort Bend County Bar Association
• Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
• Institute for Responsible Dispute Resolution
• Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Education

• Doctor of Jurisprudence

University of Texas School of Law, Austin, with honors, 1982 

• Bachelor of Arts (History & Political Science)

Rice University, 1979 

Professional Experience

• Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2022 – Present | Senior Counsel
• Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2014 – 2021 | Attorney
• Private Practice | Houston, Texas | 1982 – 2014 | Shareholder, Principal

Concentration

Pat is certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has tried numerous jury cases to verdict in a wide range of fields including banking, construction, contracts, real estate, partnership and corporate disputes, business acquisition, employment law, and oilfield litigation. Additionally, he is a trained mediator with Basic and Advanced Mediation Training through the Attorney-Mediators Institute. 

Articles, Publications & Presentations

• Defending Default Judgments, presented at the 16th Annual Collections & Creditors’ Rights Course, May 2018, Houston, Texas
• Trial Notebooks, presented at the Olson & Olson 14th Annual Local Government Seminar, January 2018, Stafford, Texas
• Collections Mock Trial, presented through Texas Bar CLE: Collections & Creditors’ Rights, 2017, San Antonio, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments, presented through Texas Bar CLE: Collections & Creditors’ Rights, 2015, Houston, Texas, 2014, Dallas, Texas, (2014 Course Director)
• The Equitable Bill of Review, presented at the Harris County Civil Judicial Education Conference, August 2013, Lost Pines, Texas
• Collections Cases at the Courthouse: An Overview from Trial Preparation to Verdict, presentation through Texas Bar CLE: Collections 101 Course 2013, May 2013, Dallas, Texas
• Top Ten Traps to Avoid as a Collections Litigator/Trial Attorney, presentation through University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, October 2012, Austin, Texas
• Are You Ready Come Judgment Day? Post-Judgment Discovery and Remedies, presented at the Texas Bar CLE: Collections and Creditors Rights 2012, June 2012, Dallas, Texas
• Practice Tips and Strategies for Defending Default Judgments, presented at the University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, September 2011, Austin, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments, presented at the Texas Bar CLE: Collections and Creditors Rights 2011, May 2011, San Antonio, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments: Motions for New Trial, Restricted Appeals, and Bills of Review, paper and presentation at University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, September 2010, Austin, Texas
• “Supersedeas: The Trials and Tribulations of Suspending Enforcement of a Money Judgment Under the New Rules,” published in Houston Lawyer, July/August 2009
• Judgments and Collections, presentation at Houston Paralegal Association Annual Spring CLE Seminar, May 2008, Galveston, Texas
• Taking Care of Clients to Get More Business, presented to 16th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, February 2008, Houston, Texas
• Suspension and Enforcement of Judgments: The Supersedeas Dilemna, paper and presentation at 2008 Texas Judicial Winter Regional Conference, February 2008, Houston, Texas
• Are You Ready for Judgment Day — Suspension and Collection of Judgments, paper and presentation at 16th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, January 2008, San Antonio, Texas
• Suspension and Enforcement of Judgments: The Supersedeas Dilemna, paper and presentation at 2008 Texas Judicial Winter Regional Conference, January 2008, San Antonio, Texas
• What Every Lawyer Should Know About Equitable Bills of Review, presented to Houston Bar Association Commercial and Consumer Law Section, September 2007
• Appellate Update, presented to Houston Bar Association Appellate Section, August 16, 2007
• Civil Procedure Update: Post-Judgment Motions, Turnover, Bills of Review, presented at Harris County District Courts Judicial Education Conference, August 2007
• “A Practical Guide to the Equitable Bill of Review,” republished in The Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law, Summer 2007
• “A Practical Guide to the Equitable Bill of Review,” published in the Texas Bar Journal, January 2007
• Covenants Not to Compete, Sifting through Sheshunoff’s Shift, presented to the Fort Bend County Bar Association, January 2007

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