Two more seasoned prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Dallas have joined Dykema’s litigation department, bringing to four the number of hires the firm has made from that office this year.
Tiffany H. Eggers, a former criminal chief in the U.S. attorney’s office, and Sarah R. Douglas, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in the fraud section, will team up with Leigha Simonton, the immediate former U.S. attorney, and Scott Hogan, Simonton’s former first assistant, who joined Dykema in April.
Eggers and Douglas bring “decades of experience and a formidable track record in federal trial work, white-collar prosecutions, cybercrime, and appellate advocacy,” the firm said in a written announcement.
Together with Simonton and Hogan, the group of career prosecutors “shares an impressive — and perhaps unprecedented — combination of federal trial, investigative, and leadership experience,” the announcement said.
Eggers most recently led the cyber and national security section of the U.S. attorney’s office. Before that, as criminal chief for the Northern District of Texas, she oversaw a team of more than 65 federal prosecutors. She has tried nearly 140 cases, including 49 in federal court.
Douglas, also a veteran of the courtroom, handled complex criminal matters — more than 70 as lead trial counsel — including prosecutions of economic and public corruption cases. Before her federal service, she spent more than a decade at the Collin County district attorney’s office, where she authored more than 60 appellate briefs.
“Honestly, I cannot believe how well this worked out,” Simonton said in an interview with The Texas Lawbook. The four former prosecutors have “a perfect set of complementary skills. We can handle almost any type of case, in particular white-collar cases, from investigation through appeal.”
Eric White, managing member of Dykema’s Dallas office, added: “As experienced, versatile trial lawyers, Tiffany and Sarah bring the rare combination of courtroom firepower, investigative savvy, and the ability to learn and pivot across complex legal domains. Their arrival also reinforces our commitment to growing a deep and highly skilled litigation bench in Dallas.”
Eggers said one thing that drew her to Dykema — in addition to being able to reunite with Simonton and Hogan — was the opportunity to continue doing high-profile trial work.
“Over the course my career, I’ve seen firms that would run from trial,” she said. “Dykema won’t run from a trial. If that’s what’s best for a client, they’re going to go to trial. I like that.”
With these latest lateral hires, Dykema is up to 11 on the year, which leads the market.
According to Texas Lawbook 50 data, the firm recorded $81.2 million in Texas revenue last year, an increase of 14 percent from 2023. Dykema was the 28th-ranked firm in 2024 when measured by lawyers in Texas, with 117 across the state, up 2.6 percent from 2023.