About Dana LeJune & Associates

Dana Andrew LeJune was born in Beaumont, Texas in 1956 into a Cajun, rice sharecropping family. He graduated from French High School there in 1975. In 1976 he began his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, and received his B.A. in History three years later. He taught Government and History at French High School through May, 1979, when he began law school.

Mr. LeJune attended South Texas College of Law and graduated with a J.D. in December, 1982, after having published a maritime law article in the August, 1982 South Texas Law Journal. He took the February, 1983 Texas Bar Exam, and was licensed to practice law in Texas in May, 1983. After working for a small civil litigation firm for a short period of time, he began the solo practice of law in late 1983. From 1994 - March, 2003, Mr. LeJune partnered with Jeffrey R. Singer, a Baylor Law Graduate, in the firm, LEJUNE & SINGER. Late in the partnership tenure, Mr. Singer moved to Richmond, Texas, and opened his own office in Sugar Land, Texas. Monsieurs LeJune and Singer continue to associate on cases, and remain good friends.

Mr. LeJune is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the premiere rating by the oldest and most respected legal professional evaluator in America. Mr. LeJune is admitted to practice in all Texas State Courts, as well as all four Federal Districts of Texas. He is also admitted to practice in the following Federal Courts around the nation: Western District of Tennessee, Western District of Michigan, District of Colorado, Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, Northern District Court of Indiana, District of Nebraska, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, and the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

At various periods over the years, Mr. LeJune has been a member of the following professional organizations: The Houston Bar Association, American, Texas, and Houston Trial Lawyers Associations, Houston Young Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, National Employment Law Association, and State Bar College of Texas. In 1998, the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee appointed him to sit on the District 4E-15 Panel in preliminary judgment of grievances filed by consumers against local attorneys through the year 2001, and in 2001 he was elected chairman of that committee and served in that capacity until term limits applied in 2003.

Mr. LeJune became Board-Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law in 1991, and has maintained that certification ever since. He has sat on the boards of various charitable and corporate boards, including local Public Radio Stations. Mr. LeJune regularly handles, litigates and tries many types of civil cases, including business litigation (breach of contract, partnership liability, shareholder actions, and claims involving non-competition, antitrust and unfair competition), labor and employment (wrongful termination, age, race and sex discrimination, sexual harassment including hostile work environment and/or quid pro quo retaliatory discharge, labor code including FLSA, and whistle-blower cases), cases involving consumer law and deceptive trade practice (home and car defect and "rip-offs"), trademark and copyright infringement cases (involving primarily professional photographers, architects, draftsmen, illustrators, design, public relations firms, and advertising agencies), personal injury cases -- automobile collisions, product liability (defective products), nonsubscriber workplace injuries (on-the-job injuries where the employer does not have workers compensation insurance), premises liability such as inadequate security and slip/trip and falls) -- and professional negligence cases (medical, architectural, accounting and legal malpractice).

He is the "recommended attorney" for the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers, and has represented many members of that organization. He has also represented nonmember photographers, as well as illustrators, architects, design and public relations firms, and advertising agencies in copyright matters since 1983.

In 2009 he authored and presented, "Copyright for the General Practitioner... Oops!" to the Houston Bar Association, and to a Communications Law Class at University of Houston.

He has been married to Tammy Lynn Forbes for too long, and has three children, all of whom received a Catholic Middle School education.

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The benefits of hiring a small law firm.
Working with a small firm is much more rewarding than working with a large law firm for both the client and the attorney. It allows you to establish a personal relationship with me, and not worry about an inexperienced lawyer being assigned your case, as often happens at larger firms.

It allows me to decide what type of cases I handle and to take full responsibility for my choices. I do not have any minimum billing requirements, nor do I have to justify the amount of time I spend on a case to anyone except my client. This commitment and accountability gives you a level of personal service you will not find at large law firms.

College of the State Bar:
Continuous Member Since 1984
The College of the State Bar of Texas recognizes lawyers who participate in continuing legal education to maintain and enhance their professional skills and the quality of their service to the public. The State Bar mandates that every lawyer completes fifteen hours of continuing legal education each year.

The College of the State Bar doubles that requirement to thirty hours per year. Historically, only about eight percent of the attorneys in Texas are able to meet the tough requirements for membership in the College of the State Bar of Texas.

I qualified for the College of the State Bar of Texas in 1984 and have maintained my membership every year since.

Grievance Committee Service
The District Grievance Committees of the Texas Bar Association are designed to assess written complaints and enforce the Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The Committees review the classified written complaints, and hold various types of hearings, some where testimony is under oath, and some informal, to determine if there is Just Cause to believe that the lawyer under complaint has shown professional misconduct.

If there is evidence of Just Cause, the Respondent (accused) attorney may elect to have his or her case heard before an Evidentiary Panel of the District Grievance Committees to determine whether misconduct occurred and, if so, the appropriate sanction.

I served as an active member for three years, then as Chairman of the 4-E-15 Grievance Panel for three years.

For more information on what to do if you believe your lawyer has not performed ethically, please visit the State Bar Website.

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