- Reviewed and made remedial recommendations for corporate governance and transactional documents related to high-eight-figure real-estate development in the Caribbean
- Negotiated and drafted lease renewals for one of the largest movie-theater companies in the state
- Negotiated and drafted bio-tech supply and distribution agreements with publicly traded companies, large non-profits, and a Fortune 100 company
- Extensive start-up counsel experience, including start-up admitted to prestigious NVDIA Inception, Amazon AWS Activate, and National Science Foundation National I-Corps programs
- Extensive probate and estate-planning review and drafting experience, including will- and trust-based estate planning for traditional and blended families of all income levels
- Counsel to high-value real-estate development companies, including advice as to deal structure and drafting of closing documents
- Advised $53 billion company regarding professional liability exposure in healthcare administration leading to favorable settlement
- Acted as local counsel for large international law firms including Norton Rose Fulbright and Haynes Boone
- Lead counsel in civil RICO case involving several lawsuits regarding high-value real properties located across four states
- Represented several billion-dollar-net-worth companies or individuals in high-stakes litigation
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court, District of Wyoming
- United States District Court, Northern District of Texas
- United States District Court. Western District of Texas
- Wyoming Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Texas
- New Mexico Supreme Court
- Harvard Law School, 2010, Juris Doctor
  - Seevak Fellow, 2008
  - Senior Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
  - Study Abroad, La Catolica Pontificia Universidad de Chile, fall 2009
- Brigham Young University, 2005, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, summa cum laude
- Publications
  - No Objection: How to Hire a Lawyer You Don’t Hate (2024, Valley Mountain Press);
  - “How to Know When You Need a Lawyer (and How to Find the Right One)” (May 2024, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange) (Named Top Ten Article of 2024);
  - “Why You Should Have a Lawyer on Your Startup Board” (February 2019, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange);
  - Seraph: Prelude to the Newer World (2016)
- Schulze Award Winner, 2023/24 (other recipients included Steve Blank and Stephen Wunker)
- Leach v. James, 455 S.W.3d 171 (Tex. App. 2014)
- Teague v. Norcold, Inc., No. 5:10-CV-114-C, 2010 WL 11561729 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 22, 2010)
- Wright v. Field, No. 5:10-CV-189-C, 2012 WL 13026881 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 10, 2012)
- Bain Cotton Co. v. Chesnutt Cotton Co., 531 F. App'x 500 (5th Cir. 2013)
- Moore v. City of Seagraves, No. 5:12-CV-164-C, 2013 WL 12101085 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2013)
- Cardiel v. Apache Corp., 559 F. App'x 284 (5th Cir. 2014)
- Venture Cotton Co-op. v. Freeman, 435 S.W.3d 222 (Tex. 2014)
- Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc., 789 F.3d 573 (5th Cir. 2015)
- Rowten v. Wall St. Brokerage, LLC, No. 5:13-CV-111-C, 2015 WL 11120863 (N.D. Tex. Apr. 23, 2015)
- Vander-Plas v. May, No. 07-15-00454-CV, 2016 WL 5851913 (Tex. App. Oct. 4, 2016)
- Rowten v. Wall St. Brokerage, L.L.C., 646 F. App'x 379 (5th Cir. 2016)
- Foster v. Nova Hardbanding, LLC, No. CV 15-1047 CG/LAM, 2016 WL 4492829 (D.N.M. Apr. 20, 2016)
- ZibalStar, L.C. v. Conte, No. 2:17-CV-563, 2018 WL 1578019 (D. Utah Mar. 27, 2018)
- Horizon Tower Ltd., LLC v. Park Cnty., No. 2:23-CV-37-ABJ, 2024 WL 4525229 (D. Wyo. Oct. 4, 2024)
Dustin grew up on a dairy ranch in southwest Colorado and then on a 200-acre alfalfa farm in northwest New Mexico, where he fed cows, irrigated, cut, and baled hay, and drove tractor. He now resides in the magnificent Bighorn Basin in Cody, Wyoming, where he spends his free time writing, exploring the nearby mountains, and making dinosaur growls for his strong-silent-type four-year-old and pretending to be whichever prince is counterpart to his five-year-old princess.
Prior to becoming a lawyer Dustin’s professional activities included interning for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, teaching underprivileged bilingual fifth-graders as a Teach-for-America corps member, and working as political science research faculty at a major university, where he helped execute high-profile studies and helped bring to publication several political-science books, including a nationally bestselling American Government textbook.
Dustin is passionate about faith, family, and freedom, and strives to do his part to strengthen each of these bedrocks to our nation’s greatness.

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