Practice areas: General Litigation, Class Action & Mass Torts, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1998
Education: St. Mary's University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2018 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2005, 2007 - 2009, 2011 - 2013 
Free Consultation The Lanier Law Firm
10940 W. Sam Houston Pkwy NSuite 100
Houston, TX 77064 Phone: 713-659-5200 Email: Dara Hegar Visit website
Dara Hegar is the Firm Managing Attorney at The Lanier Law Firm’s Houston office, where she oversees complex litigation and trial coordination across the firm’s practice areas, including personal injury, business litigation, product liability, pharmaceutical liability, and asbestos litigation.
Hegar serves on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Texas opioid litigation, helping negotiate more than $1 billion in recoveries for Texas cities and counties. Her extensive trial experience includes contributing to the $4.69 billion jury verdict in Ingham v. Johnson & Johnson, later reduced to $2.1 billion on appeal, as well as major pharmaceutical and medical device verdicts involving DePuy hip implants, Actos, and Vioxx.
Hegar has been recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Lawdragon, and The National Trial Lawyers for her litigation experience and leadership.
Practice areas
General Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Business Litigation, Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFirst Admitted: 1998, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/attorneys/dara-hegar/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Admitted to the Texas Bar, 1998
- Member of The State Bar of Texas
- American Association of Justice, Member
- The Association of Former Students at Texas A&M University, Board of Directors
- Houston Bar Association, Member
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- She has played a key role in the firm’s courtroom victories for years, including the $253 million verdict in the nation’s first Vioxx trial.
- $9 billion jury verdict against Takeda Pharmaceutical and Eli Lilly: Contributed to the litigation team in a case involving the diabetes drug Actos.
- $247 million, $528 million, and $1.05 billion jury verdicts against DePuy Orthopaedics and Johnson & Johnson: Contributed to the litigation team in defective hip implant cases.
- $4.69 billion jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson: Contributed to the trial team in Ingham, involving 22 women who alleged that asbestos-contaminated talcum powder caused their ovarian cancer. The verdict was later reduced to $2.1 billion on appeal.
Pro bono / Community Service
- Dara Hegar is an active member of her church as well as the Christ Clinic of Katy, which provides medical services for the poor and indigent.
Educational Background
- Earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and her law degree from St. Mary’s University, where she served with distinction as Associate Editor of the Law Journal in 1998
- Graduated, with honors, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Texas A&M University, 1995
Honors
- Best Lawyers – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs (2021-2027), Best Lawyers
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer, The National Trial Lawyers
- Named a “Rising Star” in the legal community eight times (2006-2013)., Texas Monthly
- Named a Super Lawyer™ by Thomson Reuters (2018-2026), Super Lawyers
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2020-2026), Lawdragon
- 500 Leading Litigators in America, Lawdragon, 2027
- Best Lawyers – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs (2017-2027), Best Lawyers
- Best Lawyers – Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs (2019-2027), Best Lawyers
Office location for Dara Hegar
10940 W. Sam Houston Pkwy N
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77064
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2018 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2005, 2007 - 2009, 2011 - 2013