Chris Dodson

Experience

1. Partner

   White & Case LLP

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Chambers-ranked courtroom lawyer with a diverse trial practice focused on high-risk and high-value business disputes and environmental matters. He has extensive first-chair trial experience across a variety of subject matters.Chris\' courtroom skills and approach have been widely recognized and honored. Chambers USA ranks Chris among the leading commercial litigators in Texas, noting that he is an “outstanding trial lawyer,” “very impressive,\" and describing him as \"an incredibly hard worker who thinks very well on his feet and is very effective in court.\" He is also nationally recognized in The Legal 500 United States for Energy Litigation (20••••19), Environment: Litigation (20••••20), and General Commercial Disputes (20••••19, 2022). Chris has also been recognized by the Texas Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon\'s Leading 500 Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, and Texas Super Lawyers.In a span of 12 months, Chris obtained a $1.6 billion verdict on behalf of a corporate plaintiff and also a take-nothing defense verdict in a trade-secrets case on behalf of a corporate defendant.

Education

• Southern Methodist University

  B.A., Political science and public policy

  1998 — 2002

• The University of Texas at Austin

  J.D.

  2002 — 2005