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Andy P. Mielnik

Senior Counsel

Andy P. Mielnik is a commercial litigation attorney and Senior Counsel in Dykema’s Dallas office who represents clients in business disputes. His work spans state and federal court litigation, arbitration, and mediation.

Andy has managed all phases of litigation, including pleadings, discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation. He has briefed and argued dispositive and procedural motions and drafted pleadings, motions, and briefs in complex litigation cases ranging from commercial and investment disputes to shareholder derivative actions and mortgage foreclosure proceedings.

His experience includes representing banks, servicers, and lenders in litigation arising from workouts and foreclosures, including pursuing injunctive relief and receiverships. He has defended corporations, officers, and directors against fiduciary duty claims and shareholder derivative actions, represented landlords and tenants in lease disputes, and prepared witnesses for depositions and other proceedings. He has also assisted clients in Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and examinations, advised on title insurance coverage and claims issues, and obtained a favorable settlement for an investment advisor he defended in a FINRA arbitration.

Andy’s judicial experience spans federal trial and appellate courts. He held clerkships with the Honorable Walter S. Smith, Jr. and the Honorable B. Dwight Goains in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Before joining Dykema, he served as a career clerk to the Honorable Irma Carrillo Ramirez in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, following several years as her career clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

    • SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude 
    • Baylor University, B.B.A., cum laude

  • Bar Admissions

    • Texas

  • Court Admissions

    • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
    • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
    • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

    • Federal Bar Association, Member

    • Dallas Bar Association, Member

    • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation, Fellow 

    • Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inn of Court, Associate, 2015-2016

    • Career Law Clerk, Honorable Irma Carrillo Ramirez, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

    • Career Law Clerk, Honorable Irma Carrillo Ramirez, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

    • Term Law Clerk, Honorable Walter S. Smith, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

    • Term Law Clerk, Honorable B. Dwight Goains, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Contact

Dallas214-258-2483