Daniel O'Brien

Dan focuses on real estate litigation and transactions, estate planning and probate, and general civil litigation matters. He draws on his experience as a former County Court at Law Judge in Hays County handling thousands of civil and criminal matters. He is an AV-Preeminent rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer® (a Thompson Reuters rating service) in the area of General Litigation. He served as law clerk to Justice Davie L. Wilson of the First Court of Appeals in Houston before practicing for several years in the commercial litigation section a large Austin-based law firm. He is a qualified mediator providing mediation and arbitration services in Dripping Springs and the surrounding area. Dan is a Past President of the Hays County Bar Association, a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the University of Texas School of Law’s Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, and a former Barrister Member of the Robert W. Calvert Inn of Court. Dan has served in numerous community leadership roles, including as director of The Burke Center for Youth, The Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce, and HCWC (Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center). He is also a past Commissioner and President of North Hays EMS and former Commissioner of the Dripping Springs Emergency Management Commission. In 2019, he was awarded the Hays County Bar Association’s Service Award.