Dorothea Vidal is a shareholder at Geary, Porter & Donovan, P.C. and heads the firm's commercial litigation section. She has more than 30 years of experience in trial and arbitration, as well as with appeals, having handled almost every type business dispute, including those involving breach of contract, insurance coverage, product liability, shareholder derivative claims, minority shareholders, theft of trade secrets, real property, eminent domain, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, usury, and creditors’ rights. In addition, Ms. Vidal has handled numerous will contests.
Ms. Vidal has tried, arbitrated, or otherwise disposed of cases in both state and federal courts throughout Texas, as well as in state and federal courts in Arkansas, California, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Tennessee. She has also litigated cases internationally.
Ms. Vidal has argued appeals before the Fifth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, as well as before both the Dallas and Fort Worth Courts of Appeal.
Awards & Honors
Martindale Hubbell AV PREEMINENT 5.0/5.0
1990-2016
McSwain - McCartney Scholarship
1980
AmJur Award in Property
1980
Order of Barristers
Advocacy Honor Society 1981
Richie Moot Court Society
1980
Phi Delta Phi
Secretary 1982
Baylor Law Review
Associate Editor 1982
