Darren P. Nicholson

Darren P. Nicholson


Burns Charest LLP

Recognized since 2018

Dallas, Texas

Practice Areas

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Litigation - Patent

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An accomplished trial lawyer, Darren Nicholson has been trying cases in state and federal courts for more than twenty years. After beginning his career at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington D.C., one of the country’s premier law firms, he returned to Dallas in 2008 and became a partner at the nationally-recognized trial boutique Sayles Werbner PC. Darren joined Burns Charest LLP in 2019 with one goal in mind – to help build one of the premier trial firms in the country.

Darren’s cases have been covered by The Dallas Morning News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and other publications. Currently, he is lead counsel for Parkland and other hospitals who have filed claims against manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who caused the opioid epidemic. His past cases include successfully representing plaintiffs in a multi-million dollar lawsuit involving business fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and commercial bribery; obtaining a multi-million dollar jury verdict against Forgent Network for breach of a patent licensing agreement; and obtaining a favorable judgment in the Texas Ranger Baseball Partners bankruptcy for breach of contract, among many others.

Just as every case is different, so is every client. Whatever the case, Darren invests the time and effort to identify the client’s objectives and to tailor an aggressive strategy to achieve them – whether trying a case, negotiating a settlement, avoiding litigation, or pursuing another option entirely.

Location
  • 900 Jackson Street, Suite 500
    Dallas, TX 75202
Education
  • Georgetown University, J.D., with honors, graduated 2001
  • The University of Texas, B.S., mathematics, graduated 1997
  • The University of Texas, B.A., psychology, graduated 1997
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
  • District of Columbia, District of Columbia Bar
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Dallas Bar Association - Member
  • DBA Public Forum Committee - Member
  • District of Columbia Bar - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas
  • Texas State District Courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Burns Charest LLP
Dallas, Texas

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2018-2025

  • Named “Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer” by Lawdragon, 2022-2024
  • Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2017-2024
  • Best Lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine, 2017-2018, 2020-2023
  • AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation, 2017
  • Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2010-2015
  • Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court, Barrister 2009-2012
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers award for appellate advocacy, 2001
  • Named “Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer” by Lawdragon, 2022

Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Consumer Law

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