Kyle B. Dugan is a trial attorney and commercial litigator with experience across a broad spectrum of subject matter in both federal and state courts, as well as arbitration. He primarily focuses his practice on complex business, construction, and intellectual property litigation. But ultimately, Kyle wants to solve his clients’ toughest problems—whatever they may be.
Prior to joining Hick Thomas, Kyle honed his skills with an AmLaw 20 firm. During his years there, he represented a variety of clients, including Fortune 50 financial services and technology corporations, a Grammy-award-winning artist, foreign banks, and children’s toy manufacturers. During this time, Kyle had the opportunity to pilot cases through every phase of the litigation process (and beyond). This taught him to be flexible and treat every problem with the same tenacity, always in pursuit of an efficient and business-minded client outcome.
Kyle is always looking for an edge for his clients. In today’s rapidly shifting landscape, that means leveraging the power of all available resources and tools, including artificial intelligence, to streamline representation.
Representative Matters
- Represented a State against the Federal government concerning reimbursement of excess police costs in response to pipeline protests (D.N.D.)
- Achieved successful defense of mechanical and plumbing subcontractor on high-rise hotel project over course of 58-day, 87 witness multi-party arbitration (AAA)
- Obtained jury verdict in favor of Fortune 50 technology company concerning alleged failure of business enterprise software (W.D. Tex.);
- Defended toy manufacturer against lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions resulting from alleged defects in child sleeper product (D.A.Z., S.D. Tex.).
- Reversed multimillion-dollar default judgments on behalf of logistics company and international bank (Hidalgo County, Texas).
- State Bar of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- American Bar Association
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2026)
