About
Daniel Charest gets effects for his customers in high-stakes litigation. His profession displays a records of big wins inside the court room and excessive-profile settlement agreements. He achieves those consequences via a aggregate of smarts and every day tough work. Daniel knows that trust and accountability along with his clients, plus a dedicated organization of attorneys, shape the foundation of a sturdy legal group.
From global arbitrations in London to small-town courthouses, Daniel knows each victory—irrespective of the dimensions—subjects to the patron. Daniel co-based Burns Charest with the challenge to shape a crew of dynamic legal professionals from varied backgrounds who're inspired to get actual results for their clients. And Burns Charest reflects that imaginative and prescient.
Among other awards and popularity, Daniel has been decided on by means of the Texas Lawyer as “2020 Lawyer of the Year,” the National Law Journal as a 2020 “Winning Litigator,” and with the aid of Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and Energy Law from 2017-2021.
He earned his regulation diploma from Tulane University, in which he graduated summa cum laude and served at the Tulane Law Review. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and federal and circuit courts across the u . s . a ..
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Legal Issues
- Antitrust Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions



Experience
- Partner
Susman Godfrey LLP
2011 - Lawyer
Susman Godfrey LLP
2006 - Law clerk to The Hon. Edith Brown Clement
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2005 - Associate
Winston & Strawn LLP
2004
Educations

Graduation year: 2001

Graduation year: 1990