The Lanier Law Firm

Managing Attorney - Houston Office

Dara Hegar, Managing Attorney for the firm’s offices in Houston, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and New York, brought her expertise in complex litigation and trial coordination to the Lanier Law Firm in 1999. 

Dara represents clients in each of the firm’s practice areas with a focus on trial coordination in complex litigation matters. While Mrs. Hegar’s proficiency spans across all of the firm's practice areas, her specialty is providing specific insight that has resulted in many significant verdicts and settlements. Mrs. Hegar has been named as a "Texas Rising Star" in the legal community eight times by Thomson Reuters and Texas Monthly, receiving the honor each year from 2006 through 2013. Dara was named a Super Lawyer™ by Thomson Reuters in 2018 through 2020 and has been honored as a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" by The National Trial Lawyers. Furthermore, she was also honored to be included in U.S. News and World Report’s 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in America.  Ms. Hegar served as briefing attorney to the Honorable Richard H. Edelman at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals from 1998 through 1999, before joining The Lanier Law Firm.

Dara is a member of the Houston Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, and the American Assocation of Justice. Dara also proudly serves on the Board of Directors of The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University.

Ms. Hegar received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with honors from Texas A&M University in 1995. She received her Master of Arts degree in International Relations and her law degree from St. Mary's University, where she served with distinction as Associate Editor of the Law Journal in 1998.