B.D. Daniel - Of Counsel

B.D. Daniel joined Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P. in 1999.  B.D.’s practice focuses on complex business litigation, primarily patent, energy and environmental cases and disputes involving sophisticated financial transactions.  He served as Special Litigation Counsel in the Land & Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1982 to 1984. B.D. has extensive experience representing clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts.

Educational Background

• 1976 – J.D. with honors University of Texas School of Law
• Articles Editor, Texas Law Review
• 1973 – B.A. Yale University

Professional Activities and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
• Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• American Bar Association

Professional Honors

• Special Commendation, U.S. Department of Justice, 1984

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

• Potential Liability of Marine Classification Societies to Non-Contracting Parties, Volume 19, Number 2, UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME LAW JOURNAL, 2006-07
• 5th Circuit Update – Significant Recent Decisions and Other Developments, Federal Bar Association
• Damages – Evaluation and Proof, Advanced Civil Litigation, University of Houston Law Foundation
• Year 2000 – Litigation Ethics, 12th Annual Computer & Information Law Institute

Representative Cases

• Representing an international oil and gas construction company in an arbitration involving disputes arising from construction of a deepwater offshore production facility.
• Representing a group of construction companies in disputes arising from construction of a liquefied natural gas recovery facility.
• Representing communications companies in a case involving a patent for computer-based long-distance telephone service in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Representing a timber company in a Superfund contribution action.
• Representing an international drilling contractor in a case involving a drilling rig capsized by Hurricane Rita.
• Representing an international energy company in a successful case to set aside an oil and gas arbitration award.
• Represented a semiconductor manufacturer in a microprocessor patent case in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Represented a digital signal processor manufacturer in a microprocessor patent case in the Eastern District of Texas.
• Representing an international oil field services company in a lawsuit to enjoin misappropriation of trade secrets.
• Represented a maritime classification society in lawsuits involving the Prestige oil tanker casualty and oil spill.
• Represented a railroad holding company in a case to resolve liability under a tax sharing agreement incident to a corporate spinoff.
• Represented a laminate manufacturer in a dealer termination case.
• Represented a drug manufacturer in a copyright case involving business management software.
• Represented a national bank as corporate trustee in the Taxable Municipal Bonds Securities Litigation and other litigation arising out of the insolvency of Executive Life Insurance Company.
• Represented a national bank as pension trustee in ERISA litigation.
• Represented the U.S. Government in the Superfund case to clean up the site in Seymour, Indiana.
• Represented the U.S. Air Force in a case attempting to block development of the MX Missile.
• Represented the U.S. Department of the Interior in a case attempting to halt oil and gas drilling in the Beaufort Sea.