PARTNER University Of Texas J.D., 2001 High Honors Clerk of the Chancellors Editor in Chief, Texas Law Review University of Notre Dame B.A., History and English, 1998 summa cum laude Law Clerk to the Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy U.S. Supreme Court 2003-2004 Law Clerk to the Hon. Ed Carnes U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 2001-2002 Admitted to Practice Texas, 2001 Texas Rising Star, 2008 - 2009 Texas Monthly Magazine Printer Friendly Version EDWARD C. DAWSON edawson@ywcllp.com  |   512.533.0112   |   Austin   |   vCard Mr. Dawson's practice focuses on complex appeals and commercial litigation. He has represented corporations and individuals in a variety of matters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He has particular experience in appeals involving antitrust, commercial disputes, white-collar criminal defense, constitutional law, employment law, bankruptcy, and the First Amendment. He has represented clients in a broad variety of industries, including energy, media, healthcare, construction, and shipping. He is admitted to practice in Texas, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. Representative matters: Ricci v. DeStefano. Drafted petition and merits stage briefing in United States Supreme Court for firefighters challenging discrimination by City of New Haven. Rothgery v. Gillespie County. Drafted merits stage briefing in United States Supreme Court for county defending claims over Sixth Amendment right to appointment of counsel. GeoMet v. CNX. Drafted briefs in Virginia Supreme Court for coalbed methane company defending its pipeline right of way through coalbed methane gas field. Gulsby-Bay Plant Partners v. Gulf Liquids New River Project LLC. Drafted briefing in trial court and court of appeals for companies appealing large verdict in dispute over contracts to build natural gas fractionation plants in Louisiana. In re Refined Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation. Filed amicus brief on behalf of United States Chamber of Commerce in case seeking to impose antitrust liability on companies based on relationships to OPEC. State v. Medellin (pro bono). Prepared amicus brief to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on behalf of States of Alabama, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico in disputing President's power to order Texas state courts to disregard procedural default rules in habeas cases; prepared amicus brief to United States Supreme Court on behalf of law professors on same issue. United States v. Wittig. Argued to Tenth Circuit and won appeal challenging 60-month sentence in former executive's defense of white-collar-criminal case; drafted briefing in related case that resulted in reversal by Tenth Circuit of 40-count conviction and 18 year sentence. Rationis Enterprises, Inc. v. Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. Drafted briefs to Second Circuit for shipbuilder appealing large verdict in case arising out of shipwreck. Presentations and Publications: Board of Editors, The Advocate, Magazine of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2008-present. "Appellate Mediation in Texas and Beyond," The Advocate, Fall 2007. "2005 Supreme Court Term Wrap-Up," Harris County District Judges Association, 2006. "Cases affecting State-Federal Relations on the Supreme Court Docket for the 2006-07 Term," National Conference of State Legislatures, 2006. Legigation, 79 Texas L. Rev. 1760 (2001).