Dan A. Atkerson

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Dan A. Atkerson

also known as Law Offices of Dan A. Atkerson

4.9
97 reviews
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Rating: 8.0

Licensed for 41 years

Employment and labor Lawyer at Mckinney, TX
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor, Litigation, Discrimination

3401 Andesite Road, Mckinney, TX

Virtual Consultation Available

About Dan

Biography

I am an experienced aggressive attorney for employee rights on employment termination and discrimination claims, sexual harassment, employment retaliation, and severance negotiations. I have 40 years of practice experience.

Representing employees in cases of race, sex, sexual harassment, sexual orientation, age, disability, FMLA and pregnancy discrimination and retaliation for opposing discriminatory or illegal practices

Employee rights lawyer representing employees on claims of wrongful termination, employment discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation

40 years of successful litigation experience for employees in Texas state and federal courts

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Employment and Labor 60%

60%
Discrimination 20%

20%
Litigation 20%

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Contingency

33%-40%

Awards

Client's Choice
Client's Choice
2025 2024 2023
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+ 6
Distinguished Peer Review Rating

Licenses

Licensed in Texas for 41 years

State: Texas

Acquired: 1984

Eligible to Practice in Texas

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Dan A Atkerson

3401 Andesite Road, Mckinney, TX, 75071

atkersonlaw.com/

Dan A. Atkerson's Reviews

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Posted by Barry | August 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor

Employment Law

Dan handled my case well. He followed through quickly on all correspondence and negotiation. He kept me up to date. He offered good, sound advice. He knows the employment laws, and has good practical sense.

Posted by Arian | June 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Wrongful Termination

Professional lawyer

Dan helped me with my wrongful termination and discrimination case and spent considerable amount of time on it. He knows his job pretty well. Highly recommended.

Posted by Frank | June 14, 2017 | Hired Attorney | Discrimination

Very Responsive. Outstanding Followup!

I retained Dan Atkerson as my attorney to assist me with a potential age discrimination case against my former employer. After he reviewed the facts he accepted my case and immediately notified my former company of my complaint and demand for a revision to the original settlement offer. He negotiated... and was able to triple the original offer. While we never had a face to face meeting and all of our contact was either via telephone or email, I found Dan to be very responsive and consistent with his followup. He definitely knows how to position a demand for settlement in a way that gets results. I would highly recommend Dan if you should ever need an attorney.

Posted by anonymous | June 14, 2017 | Employment & Labor

Excellent service obtained

Attorney Dan Atkerson provided excellent consulting with his immense experience and knowledge in the area of Employment and labor, Litigation, Discrimination.

Posted by anonymous | March 22, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Discrimination

Odd experience

Hired him for discrimination claim against employer. And without good explanation he dropped the case leaving me frantically searching for new attorney. Never meet face to face. And only corresponded through email. Not reliable.

Dan Atkerson

Replied last March 22, 2016

I have been a practicing attorney for 32 years with a spotless record with the State Bar of Texas. I pride myself on excellent and prompt client communications. I have no idea who posted this but guarantee you they never paid me a dime because I only charge a fee if I win. I do cases in two phases: pre-lawsuit and then lawsuit if the case cannot be resolved and if there are sufficient grounds to file a lawsuit. If I did not further pursue the case to litigation it was because there were not sufficient grounds to pursue it, and the client pays me nothing unless I recover money for them. So I tried to help this person, got paid nothing and was trashed when I could not proceed further.

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Experience

Rating:  8.0 (Excellent)

Honors

2025

Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell

2017

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2015

BV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

1984 - Present

Attorney Owner, Law Offices of Dan A. Atkerson

Associations

Dallas Bar Association

Member

American Bar Association

Member

State Bar of Texas

Member

Education

1984

Texas Tech University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1984

Texas Tech University

MBA - Master of Business Administration

1981

University of Texas System, Tyler

BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration

Publications

1994

Southern Methodist University Law Review Professional Responsibility, Annual Survey of Texas Law

1984

Texas Tech Law Review Editor

1983

Texas Tech Law Review Protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Judicial Interpretation of Applicable Criminal Sanctions Under Title, 18, United States Code

1983

Texas Tech Law Review The Double Jeopardy Carving Doctrine is Abandoned in Texas

Languages

English

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