Attorney Dominique D. Calhoun

Dominique D. Calhoun is a shareholder and founding member of Calhoun Meredith, PLLC.

Calhoun represents hundreds of clients injured due to negligence. His work has recovered millions for his clients and, for consecutive years, has garnered him the distinction of being named by Super Lawyers as one of Texas’s Rising Stars in the practice area of personal injury, an honor only bestowed to the top 2.5% of lawyers in the State of Texas.

Dedicated to improving the lives of all Texans and citizens throughout the country, Calhoun has contributed his legal and business acumen to a number of non-profit organizations, including serving as the 81st President of the National Bar Association (the oldest and largest Bar association of Black lawyers and judges in the United States); member of the National Council of Bar Presidents; Commissioner for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity; Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; National Chairman of A Kappa’s Promise – a national partnership between the March of Dimes and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; board member for Undies for Everyone; Vice-Chairman for the Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce’s Foundation; and member of the State Bar of Texas’s Diversity in the Profession Committee.

He also serves as the Legal Counsel to the Southwestern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and as the Grand Legal Advisor to the United Most Worshipful Scottish Rite Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Texas, Inc.

Calhoun is an alumnus of Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where he graduated in the top ten percent of his class and was appointed by the Governor of Texas to serve as student regent for Texas Southern University – the highest-ranking student leadership position at the institution.

He is also a two-time graduate of Midwestern State University, where he earned a Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, and served as President of the Student Government Association.

Education

Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Houston, Texas, Juris Doctorate

• Honors: Graduated in the top 10% of his class
• Appointed by the Governor of Texas to serve as the Student Regent for Texas Southern University
• President of the Student Bar Association
  Member of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Law Review
• Inducted into The Order of the Barristers

• Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas
• Masters in Business Administration
• Honors: Graduated in the top 10% of his class

• B.S., Bachelor of Science
• Honors: President of the Student Government Association

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of Texas
• Southern District of Texas

Pro-Bono Activities

• Vice Chairman for the Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce’s Foundation
• Board Member for Undies for Everyone
• National Liaison for March of Dimes – A Kappa’s Promise

Professional Associations

• 81st President of the National Bar Association
• Member of the State Bar of Texas’s Diversity in the Profession Committee
• Board Member for the National Board of Directors Thurgood Marshall School of Law Alumni Board
• Member of the National Council of Bar Presidents
• Commissioner for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• Legal Counsel to the Southwestern Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
• Grand Legal Advisor to the United Most Worshipful Scottish Rite Grand Lodge A.F. and A.M. of Texas, Inc.

Fraternities

• Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
• Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity
• Sigma Delta Tau Legal Fraternity

Accolades

• Rated by Super Lawyers | Selected in 2022. Thomson Reuters.
• Rated by Super Lawyers | Selected in 2023. Thomson Reuters.
• Rated by Super Lawyers | Selected in 2024. Thomson Reuters.
• Rated by Super Lawyers | Selected in 2025. Thomson Reuters.

Recent Events

• 86th Annual Grand Chapter Meeting – Tampa Conclave 2023

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury
• Business Law
• Government Relations