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Alan Dabdoub

Alan Dabdoub, Partner at LPHS, represents plaintiffs and defendants in high stakes commercial disputes. Clients credit his outstanding results to his meticulous preparation, creativity, and courtroom presence.

Alan is a first-chair trial lawyer with experience trying cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators, including winning a $12 million dollar judgment for his client in a large commercial dispute after a week-long trial in one of the few cases tried during the COVID pandemic. He possesses expertise in business torts, contract disputes, trade secrets litigation, fiduciary duty litigation, partnership disputes, and bankruptcy litigation. 

Alan has handled complex disputes in the energy, healthcare, financial, banking, real estate, retail, technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, logistics, and construction industries.

Alan earned his B.A with honors, cum laude, as a scholarship recipient from Louisiana State University, where he achieved Dean’s List recognition for seven consecutive semesters. He then earned his J.D. from Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, excelling academically and twice receiving the Corpus Juris Secundum Award for achieving the highest grades in Torts I and Torts II.

Alan has repeatedly been recognized by his peers in D Magazine as one of the "Best Lawyers in Dallas” (2016, 2020-2022, 2024-2025). Alan was also selected as a Rising Star (business litigation) by "Texas Super Lawyer" (2011) and has repeatedly been selected as a Super Lawyer (business litigation) (2023-2024). Alan has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2024 for his exceptional representation of clients in business litigation. 

Alan is admitted to the State Bars of Texas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, and is a prolific speaker on cutting-edge topics in business litigation. He served as a Planning Committee Member for the Texas State Bar inaugural CLE in December 2024: “Handling Your First (or Next) Business Court Case”. 

Alan lives in Dallas with his wife Michelle Ackal Dabdoub and their three children, Grant, Ava, and Sloane.

  • Louisiana State University, B.A., cum laude
  • Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center, J.D.
    • Corpus Juris Secundum Award recipient
  • “Best Lawyers in America,” by Best Lawyers, 2024-2025
  • “Texas Super Lawyer,” by Super Lawyers, 2023-2024
  • "Best Lawyers in Dallas” by D Magazine, 2016-2020, 2022, 2024-2025
  • Listed as a "Texas Super Lawyer" in business litigation and employment litigation by Law & Politics, (as seen in Texas Monthly, Rising Star Edition, 2011)
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Member
  • Texas General Counsel Forum - Austin-San Antonio Chapter, Board of Directors
  • LPHS Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet Scholarship Program, Liaison
  • City of Dallas Civil Service Board, Adjunct Member, 2009
  • Center for Non-Profit Management, Dallas TX, Pro-Bono Counsel, 2007-2009


  • - Analysis on In re McDonald's Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, 2023 WL 387292 (Del.Ch., 2023)

  • What you Need To Know About the New Texas Business Courts and How They Will Work, GC Netweavers, September 21, 2023
  • Data Protection and Cybersecurity In the Time of COVID, GC Netweavers, September 17, 2020
  • Don’t Get Anti-Slapped; What You Need to Know About the TCPA, GC Netweavers, March 21, 2019
  • Preventing Loss and Damages in Trade Secrets: What You Need to Know About Unfair Competition, The Knowledge Group, July 2, 2018
  • Trade Secrets in the 2018 Landscape: What’s In and What’s Out, The Knowledge Group, January 11, 2018
  • Class Action Settlement Objections, What You Need to Know in 2017, The Knowledge Group, August 29, 2017
  • Emerging Issues: The Cutting-Edge of Qui Tam Developments - What’s New For 2015, The Knowledge Group/Live Webcast Series, August 2015
  • Protecting Trade Secrets in Asset Sale Negotiations, GC Netweavers, July 2015
  • Class Actions: Effectively Controlling Litigation Costs, American Conference Institute, New York, October 2013
  • Arbitration: When, Why and How it Can Control Litigation Costs, American Conference Institute, Chicago, Illinois, April 30-May 1, 2013
  • Effective Litigation Management for In-House and Outside Counsel, Dallas Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section, February 7, 2012
  • To Go to Trial or Not: The Internal Discussion, Lynn Tillotson Pinker and Cox, LLP’s Dinner Speaker Series IV, Dallas, Texas, February 2011
  • Understanding Juries: To Go to Trial or Not, Inside the Corporate Boardroom, Texas State Bar CLE, San Antonio, Texas, July 2009
  • Stack the Critics in Your Corner: Frame Your Voir Dire as an Audition, The Center for American and International Law, Plano, Texas, April 2009
  • Risks and Benefits of Utilizing Binding Arbitration Provisions in Complex Litigation, American Conference Institute, Managing Complex Litigation Conference, New York, New York, February 2008

  • Analysis on In re McDonald's Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, 2023 WL 387292 (Del.Ch., 2023)
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