Brent Beckert is an associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group in the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone.

Prior to his arrival at Haynes and Boone, Brent served as a legal fellow on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, where he focused on privacy, technology, intellectual property, immigration, national security, and criminal justice issues. 

Professional and Community Activities

• North Texas Food Bank, Member, Capital Campaign Committee; Founder and Chair, Young Professionals Committee
• City of Dallas, Civil Service Board (Adjunct Member)
• Dallas Independent School District, P-TECH Impact Board
• Attorney Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Co-Chair of the Pipeline Subcommittee
• The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), Firm Representative of TACA 360° Program
• Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations, Term Member

• J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2014, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law
• B.A., Political Science, Duke University, 2011
• Legal Intern to the Honorable Judge Jorge A. Solis, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Summer 2012 
• Legal Intern to the Honorable Judge Ursula M. Ungaro, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Summer 2012

• Texas, 2014