Dina McKenney
214.969.1757
Overview
Dina McKenney focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, arbitration, intellectual property, and appellate matters. She represents clients in multiple industries, including healthcare, retail, energy and real estate, and has experience in a wide variety of cases involving breach of contract, fraud, antitrust, class action and trade secret disputes. She also represents brand owners in trademark, trade dress and unfair competition disputes.
Ms. McKenney previously served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and for the Honorable Catherina Haynes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Representative Experience
- Representing a petrochemical company in litigation concerning breach of contract, business disparagement, tortious interference, trade secrets and antitrust issues
- Representing 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
- Representing an international energy company in tax litigation
- Representing 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
- Representing hospitals in class action lawsuits involving alleged violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act
- Representing a hospital system and staffing agency in a lawsuit involving claims under the Sherman Act and the False Claims Act
- Representing a prevailing party in an appeal from a denial of motion to dismiss based on a mandatory forum-selection clause
- Representing brand owners in enforcing intellectual property rights
- Representing a beverage brand in a trademark, trade dress and unfair competition lawsuit in the Western District of Texas
Credentials
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors
- University of Pennsylvania, B.A., magna cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
Honors & Awards
- One to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America guide, Dallas Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024; Dallas Antitrust Law, 2024