About Dana Nichols
Dana Nichols brings compassion and precision to her role as a litigation attorney at Daniel Stark. A third-generation Baylor Bear, she attended Baylor University in Waco, earning her undergraduate degree in 2009 and her law degree from Baylor Law School in 2012. Dana began her career in Dallas at a general civil litigation firm, where she discovered her passion for personal injury law.
She joined Daniel Stark in 2024, drawn to the firm's mission of putting clients first. Dana finds deep reward in building personal connections with her clients, listening to their stories, and delivering results. Outside of work, Dana embraces the outdoors on her family ranch in Northeast Texas and competes in triathlons, having completed the Ironman 70.3 in Waco.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Daniel Stark Injury Lawyers
These results are credited to Daniel Stark Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Limestone County jury awarded $41 million to a married couple who suffered catastrophic injuries when an intoxicated company driver ran a stop sign and struck their pickup truck, holding both the driver and his employer vicariously liable.
A Brazos County jury awarded Rance Walker Kenney $1,680,784 in October 2023 against Brian Patrick Lockwood, the 19-year-old driver in a January 2019 College Station crash that left Kenney, a passenger, with a traumatic brain injury. Lockwood was driving an estimated 80 mph when his BMW left the road and hit a tree. Claims against the bar and the fraternity chapter were settled confidentially before trial. The award covered pain, mental anguish, physical impairment and lost earning capacity.
A retired Texas elementary school teacher received a $402,500 settlement after a distracted teenage driver crossed the center line on FM 2843 in Bell County and struck her vehicle head-on, fracturing seven ribs and forcing her to leave a teaching career that had spanned five decades.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.