Board of Directors

Carter Dugan serves as Partner-in-Charge of the Houston office.

Carter is a partner in the Energy Litigation Practice Group. Carter practices in the Houston office where her practice encompasses handling a wide range of complex commercial and energy litigation matters pending in state and federal courts across the country.  

Carter represents clients across a wide spectrum of industries in matters including enforcing contractual and property rights, disputes involving fraud and error, and disputes alleging professional negligence. In addition, Carter has developed a focus on litigation of construction matters and has extensive experience in representing owners, municipalities, and contractors in complex construction disputes. Carter routinely advises clients on a multitude of construction and commercial issues including contract breach and interpretation, regulatory compliance, environmental compliance, bid anomalies, delay claims, acceleration and inefficiency claims, and default terminations. 

In addition, Carter regularly assists clients with avoiding litigation through providing contractual analysis, identifying project risks, and advising on alternative dispute resolution, at all stages of projects.

Carter is also involved in leadership within the Firm and the community. She currently serves as the Houston office’s Partner-in-Charge and prior to that time, served as its Administrative Partner. Carter’s community involvement centers on ensuring that girls and women have equal access to education, the workforce, and political office. In addition, she and her family are committed to fundraising for cancer research and early detection.