Dan Barrett (D)

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Personal Information

B.A.-University of Texas at Austin, 1975; JD-Texas Tech School of Law

H-2007-present


Dan has lived in Tarrant County for twenty-eight years, ever since graduating from Texas Tech School of Law. Dan, his wife, Debra, and their two adult sons, have roots to Texas that go back several generations. Because he is the son of an Air Force officer, Dan spent his early childhood in several different states and foreign countries. He is a product of Texas public schools, having graduated from Reagan High School in Austin in 1972.

Dan’s professional career has been spent seeking justice in courtrooms across Texas. He knows the legal system from all sides, having served as a director of both the Texas Association of Defense Counsel and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, as well as the Tarrant County Bar Association. He received the designation “pre-eminent” – Martindale-Hubbell’s highest ranking – and served as President of the Fort Worth Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, as well as both the Tarrant County Trial Lawyers and the Tarrant County Civil Trial Lawyers Associations. He is currently of counsel with Taylor, Olson, Adkins, Sralla & Elam, primarily representing north Texas cities and other local governmental entities.

Dan was a Trustee on the board of Shakespeare in the Park from 1990 through 1997, a Director of Volunteers of America, Texas from 1996 to 2000 and has been active in Leadership Fort Worth from 1996 until the present. He was on the TTLA Legislative Analysis Committee for the 77th, 78th, and 79th Legislatures.