Patrick J. Dyer, Senior Counsel

Pat Dyer has been an active civil trial attorney for more than 30 years as a litigator in state and federal courts, both at the trial and appellate levels. In 2008, he was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Supreme Court Task Force on Ancillary Proceedings, tasked to review and recommend revisions to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure regarding attachment, execution, garnishment, injunction, sequestration, turnover and trial of right of property. In 2012, Pat was appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to the Texas Process Servers Review Board. In 2011-12, he was also named as a Texas Super Lawyer in the field of business litigation by Thomson Reuters and the publishers of Texas Monthly Magazine. In 2013, Pat was named a Super Lawyer in the field of business litigation in Super Lawyers Business Edition and was also named a Top Lawyer in Houston by Houstonia Magazine. Pat has also received the highest Martindale-Hubbell peer rating of AV Preeminent, recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.

Doctor of Jurisprudence
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, with honors, 1982

Bachelor of Arts (History & Political Science)
Rice University, 1979

Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2022 – Present | Senior Counsel
Olson & Olson, LLP | Houston, Texas | 2014 – 2021 | Attorney
Private Practice | Houston, Texas | 1982 – 2014 | Shareholder, Principal

Pat is certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has tried numerous jury cases to verdict in a wide range of fields including banking, construction, contracts, real estate, partnership and corporate disputes, business acquisition, employment law, and oilfield litigation. Additionally, he is a trained mediator with Basic and Advanced Mediation Training through the Attorney-Mediators Institute.

• Defending Default Judgments, presented at the 16^th Annual Collections & Creditors’ Rights Course, May 2018, Houston, Texas
• Trial Notebooks, presented at the Olson & Olson 14^th Annual Local Government Seminar, January 2018, Stafford, Texas
• Collections Mock Trial, presented through Texas Bar CLE: Collections & Creditors’ Rights, 2017, San Antonio, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments, presented through Texas Bar CLE: Collections & Creditors’ Rights, 2015, Houston, Texas, 2014, Dallas, Texas, (2014 Course Director)
• The Equitable Bill of Review, presented at the Harris County Civil Judicial Education Conference, August 2013, Lost Pines, Texas
• Collections Cases at the Courthouse: An Overview from Trial Preparation to Verdict, presentation through Texas Bar CLE: Collections 101 Course 2013, May 2013, Dallas, Texas
• Top Ten Traps to Avoid as a Collections Litigator/Trial Attorney, presentation through University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, October 2012, Austin, Texas
• Are You Ready Come Judgment Day? Post-Judgment Discovery and Remedies, presented at the Texas Bar CLE: Collections and Creditors Rights 2012, June 2012, Dallas, Texas
• Practice Tips and Strategies for Defending Default Judgments, presented at the University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, September 2011, Austin, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments, presented at the Texas Bar CLE: Collections and Creditors Rights 2011, May 2011, San Antonio, Texas
• Defending Default Judgments: Motions for New Trial, Restricted Appeals, and Bills of Review, paper and presentation at University of Texas CLE: Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments, September 2010, Austin, Texas
• “Supersedeas: The Trials and Tribulations of Suspending Enforcement of a Money Judgment Under the New Rules,” published in Houston Lawyer, July/August 2009
• Judgments and Collections, presentation at Houston Paralegal Association Annual Spring CLE Seminar, May 2008, Galveston, Texas
• Taking Care of Clients to Get More Business, presented to 16th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, February 2008, Houston, Texas
• Suspension and Enforcement of Judgments: The Supersedeas Dilemna, paper and presentation at 2008 Texas Judicial Winter Regional Conference, February 2008, Houston, Texas
• Are You Ready for Judgment Day — Suspension and Collection of Judgments, paper and presentation at 16th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Law Conference, January 2008, San Antonio, Texas
• Suspension and Enforcement of Judgments: The Supersedeas Dilemna, paper and presentation at 2008 Texas Judicial Winter Regional Conference, January 2008, San Antonio, Texas
• What Every Lawyer Should Know About Equitable Bills of Review, presented to Houston Bar Association Commercial and Consumer Law Section, September 2007
• Appellate Update, presented to Houston Bar Association Appellate Section, August 16, 2007
• Civil Procedure Update: Post-Judgment Motions, Turnover, Bills of Review, presented at Harris County District Courts Judicial Education Conference, August 2007
• “A Practical Guide to the Equitable Bill of Review,” republished in The Journal of Consumer & Commercial Law, Summer 2007
• “A Practical Guide to the Equitable Bill of Review,” published in the Texas Bar Journal, January 2007
• Covenants Not to Compete, Sifting through Sheshunoff’s Shift, presented to the Fort Bend County Bar Association, January 2007