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EYES CAST TO THE FUTURE
While proud of his past, Dan Cogdell continues to prep for significant upcoming cases.
MAKING ROADWAYS SAFER
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is shaping up to be another outstanding year for Jennifer Doan and her colleagues at Haltom & Doan—an East Texas trial and appellate boutique that goes toe-to-toe with some of the country’s biggest firms in high-stakes cases—having had the kind of results that would make another firm’s entire year. Closing out the year of 2017, the team at Haltom & Doan garnered a heralded defense win for Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a patent infringement case in East Texas after six years of litigation. The jury in Network-1 v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company returned a complete defense verdict finding all asserted claims of Network1’s Remote Power Patent (U.S. Patent No. 6,218,930) invalid and not infringed. After 27 other companies in the industry had paid over $116 million in licensing fees on the same patent, the trial victory earned Jennifer Doan and her colleagues the “Litigator of the Week” award from The American Lawyer and The Recorder on November 16, 2017. On the heels of this victory, in January 2018, Doan and her H&D colleagues won a breach of contract case for their client, CEATS, Inc., where the jury awarded $459,800.00. Not bad for a litigation boutique that has built a reputation over its 14-year history as being a go-to firm for trying—and appealing—complex intellectual property cases involving industry giants. “We’ve always had a strong patent, intellectual property, and business docket,” says Doan, who has represented numerous tech companies in state and federal courts throughout Texas and beyond. “But we’re also trying bet-the-company cases, as well as cases on breach of contract, product liability, pharmaceutical, environmental, toxic tort, and so on. We’re very well positioned to assist clients at trial or on appeal with a wide variety of matters. Courtroom skills translate to all different areas of law.” And at Haltom & Doan, courtroom skills are what it’s all about, especially when there’s so much on the line. The firm has a depth and breadth of experience that is hard to match; its attorneys, for one thing, have collectively tried hundreds of cases. They also hold (and have held) leadership positions in numerous professional organizations and associations. But for Doan and her colleagues, all of that is secondary to the ultimate goal: to help clients achieve a successful resolution to their difficult, often disruptive, legal challenges. “Meeting or exceeding our clients’ trial goals is what we live and breathe every day,” says Doan.
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New Orleans in 2015. DeGuerin and the rest of Durst’s defense team argued that the popularity of the HBO documentary about their client was the reason behind his arrest for the 15-year-old crime. The defense has also argued that, because Kathleen Durst’s body was never found, there is no evidence that she was murdered or that Robert Durst was the one who could have killed her. “It’s not based on facts, it’s based on ratings,” DeGuerin said of Durst’s 2015 arrest, as reported in the Los Angeles Times.
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Blank Rome: Barry Abrams (litigation – land use & zoning; litigation – municipal; litigation – securities, 2012) represented the Montrose Management District against Montrose property owners, who said the entity mismanaged their money and invested in services that did not benefit the area. After a six-year legal battle between the parties, the Montrose Management District officially dissolved in March, having run out of money. “There are no assets to pay anyone, including the professionals continuing to try to help wind down the affairs,” Abrams said in the Houston Chronicle.
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Jackson Walker: Jeffrey P. Drummond (health care law, 2018) spoke with Dallas News on the case of a Parkland hospital former employee who pleaded guilty to fraud after she was found leaking patient documents. Drummond specializes in HIPAA law, which concerns health insurance and patient privacy, and said the hospital is partly to blame for not having a prevention system in place to prevent these leaks. In 2017, another Parkland employee was sentenced for the same crime after stealing patient lists from the hospital.
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Lee & Braziel: J. Derrek Braziel (employment law – individuals, 2008) represented a man in his complaint against a sanitation company that previously employed him. The man, a former maintenance worker, said he was not properly compensated for his time because the company misclassified him as exempt— meaning he received no overtime pay. In his suit, he sought unpaid wages and damages, holding the company accountable for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz: Attorneys and law students at the Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics are offering free counseling to victims of Hurricane Harvey. Victims of the storm facing evictions, wage disputes in the rebuilding process, and FEMA denials were encouraged to seek free legal advice. The clinics are named for firm partner Randall O. Sorrels (medical malpractice law – plaintiffs; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs, 2011), after his donation to the South Texas College of Law Houston.
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Perkins Coie: Mark L. Johansen (commercial litigation, 2016) joined Perkins Coie as a partner, where he will practice commercial litigation. Johansen, born and raised in Dallas, came to the firm from Gruber Hail Johansen Shank, where he was partner and co-founder.
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ark Stevens: Mark Stevens (criminal defense: general practice, criminal defense: white collar, DUI/DWI defense, 1991) defended John Xavier Portillo, national vice president of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, in a racketeering trial targeting the club’s high level members. Ex-Bandido Richard Steven Merla testified that he and another Bandidos member shot and killed Robert Lara in 2002 as retribution for Lara killing a Bandidos secretary in the San Antonio chapter. Merla claimed to the court that Portillo then torched the gun he used to kill Lara. Merla was involved with the Bandidos from 2000 to 2004. He is serving 40 years in prison for Lara’s murder and 40 more for the murder of Robert Quiroga, a San Antonio boxing champion. Quiroga’s murder, which was not club-related but was “personal,” according to Merla, ended his involvement with the Bandidos.
In his testimony, Merla also admitted to drug trafficking, implicating Portillo by claiming he delivered “kilogram quantities of cocaine and meth to Portillo’s southeast San Antonio home, and put it in the washer in Portillo’s garage,” according to reporting on the trial from Chron.com. Another former Bandidos affiliate, Magenta Winans, testified that she, Merla, and Portillo were involved in Lara’s murder. Winans ran an escort service for Bandidos members and helped traffic drugs, which she also spoke to during the trial. In his cross examination, Stevens questioned Merla about statements he made in a 2007 documentary in which he expressed anger toward Portillo for kicking him out of the Bandidos and claimed he would act out against Portillo should he ever be released. “That’s what you’re doing today, isn’t it?” Stevens asked Merla, according to Chron.com. Merla responded that it wasn’t.
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BYRD DAVIS ALDEN & HENRICHSON Robert C. Alden DAVIS, GERALD & CREMER Shannon H. Ratliff GEORGE BROTHERS KINCAID & HORTON D. Douglas Brothers, R. James George, Jr. GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY John B. McFarland, John J. McKetta III GRAY & BECKER Richard Edwin Gray III HANCE SCARBOROUGH Terry L. Scarborough HARDY PARRISH YANG William M. Parrish HILLIARD & SHADOWEN Steve D. Shadowen HOWRY, BREEN & HERMAN Randy R. Howry HUSCH BLACKWELL Thomas H. Watkins MINTON, BURTON, BASSETT AND COLLINS Roy Q. Minton NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Terry O. Tottenham BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO AND REORGANIZATION LAW Casey L. Dobson, Stephen E. McConnico BAKER BOTTS WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS William F. Stutts Eric J. Taube BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TURNER BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LIFE & ENGEL SCIENCES PRACTICE Brian S. Engel, Steve P. Turner BARRON & NEWBURGER BAKER BOTTS Stephen W. Sather** Margaret J. Sampson FRANK B. LYON FARNEY DANIELS Frank B. Lyon W. Bryan Farney GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT MOODY Gina N. Shishima James V. Hoeffner** PARKER HIGHLANDER JACKSON WALKER Steven L. Highlander, David L. Parker C. Wade Cooper** BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL BAUMER (INCLUDING LLCS AND Michael V. Baumer PARTNERSHIPS) MARTINEC, WINN & VICKERS DWYER MURPHY CALVERT Joseph D. Martinec** Drew S. Calvert REID COLLINS & TSAI GIORDANI, SWANGER, RIPP & JETEL William T. Reid IV Cindy L. Grossman STRASBURGER & PRICE Stephen A. Roberts** CLOSELY HELD COMPANIES AND FAMILY BUSINESSES LAW STREUSAND, LANDON & OZBURN Sabrina L. Streusand ARMBRUST & BROWN WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS Scott A. Taylor Eric J. Taube** WINSTEAD BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION Alexander R. Allemann
ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND Marcy Hogan Greer SLACK & DAVIS ALMANZA, BLACKBURN, DICKIE & Mike Davis MITCHELL Martha S. Dickie BANKING AND FINANCE LAW BECK REDDEN Eric J.R. Nichols A. RICK HIGHTOWER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW BRACEWELL A. Rick Hightower (B) W. Stephen Benesh BAKER BOTTS William F. Stutts (B, R)
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ALEXANDER DUBOSE JEFFERSON & TOWNSEND Marcy Hogan Greer ALMANZA, BLACKBURN, DICKIE & MITCHELL Martha S. Dickie ARMBRUST & BROWN Mark L. Hawkins BAKER BOTTS Evan Young BECK REDDEN Eric J.R. Nichols BOULETTE GOLDEN & MARIN Michael D. Marin BRACEWELL W. Stephen Benesh BROPHY, EDMUNDSON, SHELTON, & WEISS Joseph F. Brophy BURNETTTURNER Michael L.R. Burnett BYRD DAVIS ALDEN & HENRICHSON Robert C. Alden CAIN & SKARNULIS C. Blair Dancy DAVIS, GERALD & CREMER Shannon H. Ratliff DONNA BROWN Donna Brown DUBOIS BRYANT & CAMPBELL William S. Rhea IV, Matthew J. Sullivan EDWARDS LAW Jeffrey S. Edwards ENOCH KEVER Gary E. Zausmer EWELL, BROWN, BLANKE & KNIGHT David P. Blanke, Gary Ewell FISH & RICHARDSON W. Tommy Jacks FRITZ, BYRNE, HEAD & GILSTRAP Daniel H. Byrne GEORGE BROTHERS KINCAID & HORTON D. Douglas Brothers, R. James George, Jr. GEORGE BUTTS LAW George B. Butts GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY Peter D. Kennedy, John B. McFarland, John J. McKetta III GRAY & BECKER Douglas M. Becker, Richard Edwin Gray III HANCE SCARBOROUGH Terry L. Scarborough HARDY PARRISH YANG COLLABORATIVE LAW: William M. Parrish FAMILY LAW HILLIARD & SHADOWEN Steve D. Shadowen FARRIS & GREEN Janice L. Green HOWRY, BREEN & HERMAN Sean E. Breen, Timothy J. Herman, GORANSONBAIN AUSLEY Randy R. Howry Kristen A. Algert, Kelly Ausley-Flores HUSCH BLACKWELL LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER TULL Thomas H. Watkins Jennifer Tull NOELKE MAPLES ST. LEGER BRYANT JACKSON WALKER J. Matthew Dow, Christopher R. Keith D. Maples Mugica, Robert B. Neblett III
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JAMES J. SCHESKE James J. Scheske JOHN W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW John Thomas JOHNS & COUNSEL Chris Johns KIDD LAW FIRM Scott R. Kidd LOCKE LORD Jerry K. Clements, John K. Schwartz MCKOOL SMITH Scott L. Cole MINTON, BURTON, BASSETT AND COLLINS Roy Q. Minton MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR D. Ronald Reneker, Benton T. Wheatley NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Brian S. Greig, M. Scott Incerto, Jane Snoddy Smith, Terry O. Tottenham, Paul D. Trahan PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN Conor M. Civins RICHARDSON + BURGESS Karen C. Burgess, James M. Richardson SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO Casey L. Dobson, Stephen E. McConnico SHEARMAN & STERLING David P. Whittlesey SKELTON & WOODY J. Hampton Skelton SMITH ROBERTSON Wallace M. Smith STRASBURGER & PRICE Robert M. O’Boyle THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW John B. Beckworth THOMPSON & KNIGHT Debora B. Alsup TULLY RINCKEY Brittan L. Buchanan WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS Kevin W. Brown, Richard W. Harrison, Eric J. Taube WEISBART SPRINGER HAYES Geoffrey D. Weisbart WINSTEAD G. Stewart Whitehead WRIGHT & GREENHILL Mahon B. Garry, Jr.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FITZGERALD & MEISSNER AND COMPLIANCE LAW Bill Fitzgerald, Wayne D. Meissner
GUNTER, BENNETT AND ANTHES BAKER BOTTS Christopher M. Gunter Michael L. Bengtson (C) JOSEPH A. TURNER DLA PIPER Joseph A. Turner Samer M. Zabaneh (C) MINTON, BURTON, BASSETT AND DWYER MURPHY CALVERT COLLINS Kelly J. Dwyer (G) Samuel E. Bassett, Warren L. Collins, Jr., Roy Q. Minton QUEEN SAENZ + SCHUTZ Thomas I. Queen, Jr. (G) TERRENCE W. KIRK, ATTORNEY AT LAW CORPORATE LAW Terrence W. Kirk THE LAW OFFICE OF E.G. MORRIS ARMBRUST & BROWN E. G. Morris Frank B. Brown
BAKER BOTTS Michael L. Bengtson BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO ACOSTA John E. Gangstad BRANSCOMB Jeffrey S. Dickerson COOK BROOKS JOHNSON Michael L. Cook DICKINSON WRIGHT Darrell R. Windham DLA PIPER John J. Gilluly III, David B. Parrish, Samer M. Zabaneh DUBOIS BRYANT & CAMPBELL J. Nixon Fox III, Scott Lineberry DWYER MURPHY CALVERT Drew S. Calvert, Kelly J. Dwyer, Billy J. Murphy DYKEMA GOSSETT Phillip M. Slinkard GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY Roderick Edens, Jr., R. Clarke Heidrick, Jr. GREENBERG TRAURIG Kyle K. Fox HAJJAR PETERS Diana K. Borden HUSCH BLACKWELL Steven F. Carman JACKSON WALKER Brandon C. Janes KELLY HART & HALLMAN David R. Keyes LAW OFFICE OF KAREN HOLODY Karen J. Holody MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Cliff Ernst, Edward S. McHorse PAUL MICHAEL HEBERT COMMUNICATIONS LAW Paul Michael Hebert POLLARD + COLLIE BRACEWELL William C. Pollard Philip F. Ricketts QUEEN SAENZ + SCHUTZ CONSTRUCTION LAW Thomas I. Queen, Jr. VINSON & ELKINS ALLENSWORTH & PORTER Paul R. Tobias, William R. Volk William R. Allensworth**, Will W. Allensworth**, Joe R. Basham**, W. AMON BURTON, JR. Travis W. Brown, Matthew C. Ryan W. Amon Burton, Jr. ANDREWS MYERS CRIMINAL DEFENSE: R. Carson Fisk GENERAL PRACTICE ARMBRUST & BROWN BOTSFORD & ROARK J. Bruce Scrafford* David L. Botsford BRACEWELL FITZGERALD & MEISSNER W. Stephen Benesh* Bill Fitzgerald, Wayne D. Meissner DAVIS, GERALD & CREMER GUNTER, BENNETT AND ANTHES Shannon H. Ratliff* Christopher M. Gunter DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO JOSEPH A. TURNER Leonard W. Woods* Joseph A. Turner HOWRY, BREEN & HERMAN MINTON, BURTON, BASSETT AND Sean E. Breen, Randy R. Howry* COLLINS JACKSON WALKER Samuel E. Bassett, Warren L. Collins, Robert B. Neblett III** Jr., Roy Q. Minton LAW OFFICES OF R. KEMP KASLING TERRENCE W. KIRK, ATTORNEY R. Kemp Kasling* AT LAW Terrence W. Kirk MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Kevin M. Beiter* THE LAW OFFICE OF E.G. MORRIS E. G. Morris PECKAR & ABRAMSON George C. Baldwin CRIMINAL DEFENSE: SHIDLOFSKY LAW FIRM WHITE-COLLAR Lee H. Shidlofsky* ALMANZA, BLACKBURN, DICKIE & WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS MITCHELL Richard W. Harrison* Martha S. Dickie WINSTEAD BECK REDDEN Robert C. Bass, Jr.**, G. Stewart Eric J.R. Nichols Whitehead** BOTSFORD & ROARK David L. Botsford
DERIVATIVES AND FUTURES LAW BAKER BOTTS William F. Stutts
EDUCATION LAW BRIM, ROBINETT, CANTU & BRIM Jefferson K. Brim III THE FOWLER LAW FIRM Laura Sanders Fowler TIGER HANNER K. Tiger Hanner WALSH GALLEGOS TREVIÑO RUSSO & KYLE James R. Walsh
ELDER LAW FARRELL, BURDETT & JOHNSON PLLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FARRELL & PAK H. Clyde Farrell III KING & SPALDING Kathy L. Poppitt MARILYN G. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW Marilyn G. Miller THE LOVELACE LAW FIRM Renée Colwill Lovelace THOMPSON & TIEMANN G. Gaye Thompson
EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW BARRON ADLER CLOUGH & ODDO Michael M. Barron JACKSON WALKER Robert B. Neblett III
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW BARTON LAW OFFICE Lydia Wommack Barton BRADSHAW & BICKERTON Maria Elena Bickerton, Ronald F. Bradshaw, Laura P. Irani JACKSON WALKER Charles H. Campbell Jr. KUPERMAN, ORR & ALBERS David I. Kuperman
ENERGY LAW
PARSLEY COFFIN RENNER Ann M. Coffin SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO Catherine J. Webking SMITH TROSTLE & HUERTA J. Kay Trostle THOMPSON & KNIGHT Phillip G. Oldham, Rex D. VanMiddlesworth, Arthur J. Wright WINSTEAD Ron H. Moss
LLOYD GOSSELINK ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND Paul G. Gosselink MATHEWS & FREELAND Jim Mathews** MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Kevin M. Beiter*, Philip S. Haag NOSSAMAN Alan M. Glen SMILEY LAW FIRM Cynthia C. Smiley ENERGY REGULATORY LAW THE AL LAW GROUP Susan G. Zachos** DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO THOMPSON & KNIGHT William O. Coe, Mark Held, James Becky L. Jolin, James C. Morriss III**, E. Mann, Kerry McGrath, John F. Christopher D. Smith Williams, William C. Wren VINSON & ELKINS EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) Eric A. Groten* James E. Guy WINSTEAD JACKSON WALKER Albert R. Axe, Jr., Derek L. Seal Michael J. Nasi EQUIPMENT FINANCE LAW KELLY HART & HALLMAN Glenn E. Johnson BAKER BOTTS LLOYD GOSSELINK ROCHELLE & William F. Stutts TOWNSEND FAMILY LAW Thomas L. Brocato STRASBURGER & PRICE BURNETTTURNER Thomas K. Anson Michael L.R. Burnett, Travis L. Turner THOMPSON & KNIGHT COLDWELL BOWES Katherine L. Coleman, James C. Charles F. Bowes, Bradley M. Coldwell Morriss III, Rex D. VanMiddlesworth FARRIS & GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Janice L. Green FRIDAY MILNER LAMBERT TURNER BAKER BOTTS Joe D. Milner, Jami Milner Turner Molly J. Cagle**, Pamela M. Giblin**, Aileen M. Hooks**, Jennifer Keane**, GORANSONBAIN AUSLEY Derek R. McDonald* Kristen A. Algert, Thomas L. Ausley, Kelly Ausley-Flores, P. Lindley Bain, BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND Eric A. Robertson Madeleine Boyer Kadas, Bryan J. Moore GRAY & BECKER Patricia Dixon, Richard Edwin Gray III BRACEWELL Sara M. Burgin**, Matthew G. LAW OFFICE OF JAMES W. PIPER Paulson, Whitney L. Swift, Timothy James W. Piper A. Wilkins LAW OFFICES OF JENNIFER TULL COBB & COUNSEL Jennifer Tull Bill Cobb LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT B. LUTHER DUBOIS BRYANT & CAMPBELL Robert B. Luther Peter T. Gregg**, R. Keith Hopson** MAUZY & TUCKER DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO Catherine A. Mauzy Celina Romero MINTON, BURTON, BASSETT AND DYKEMA GOSSETT COLLINS Keith A. Shuley David F. Minton ENOCH KEVER NOELKE MAPLES ST. LEGER BRYANT Rodman C. Johnson, John J. Vay Keith D. Maples, Lea C. Noelke, Andrea (Andi) St. Leger EWELL, BROWN, BLANKE & KNIGHT David P. Blanke RIVERS MCNAMARA Mary Evelyn McNamara, Richel Rivers FRITZ, BYRNE, HEAD & GILSTRAP John D. Head**, Robert O. Renbarger SHERIDAN BARRETT COBLE AND ANDRAE GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & JoAl Cannon Sheridan MOODY Helen Currie Foster, John B. THE LAW OFFICE OF JANET McFarland*, P. M. Schenkkan*, Ben F. MCCULLAR Vaughan III* Janet McCullar GUIDA, SLAVICH & FLORES VAUGHT LAW FIRM C. Carrick Brooke-Davidson**, Paul James A. Vaught A. Seals FAMILY LAW MEDIATION HAYNES AND BOONE James D. Braddock**, Jeffrey COLDWELL BOWES Civins**, Mary Simmons Mendoza** Charles F. Bowes HOLLAND & KNIGHT FARRIS & GREEN Paul C. Sarahan Janice L. Green HUSCH BLACKWELL FRIDAY MILNER LAMBERT TURNER Jackson B. Battle**, Thomas H. Joe D. Milner Watkins* GORANSONBAIN AUSLEY JACKSON WALKER Kristen A. Algert Leonard H. Dougal**, Michael J. Nasi, THOMPSON SALINAS LONDERGAN Edward C. Small* Lisa A. Londergan K&L GATES William J. Moltz**, R. Steven Morton FIRST AMENDMENT LAW KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN GEORGE BROTHERS KINCAID & Danny G. Worrell HORTON KELLEY DRYE & WARREN Julie A. Ford**, R. James George, Jr. John A. Riley GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & KELLY HART & HALLMAN MOODY Robert T. Stewart James A. Hemphill*, Peter D. Kennedy* KEMP SMITH Andrew S. Miller, Deborah C. Trejo JACKSON WALKER Amanda L. Bush* KG STRATEGIES R. Kinnan Golemon JOEL R. WHITE & ASSOCIATES Joel R. White LAW OFFICE OF MARY REAGAN Mary B. Reagan THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW LAW OFFICES OF KEN RAMIREZ John B. Beckworth* Kenneth R. Ramirez
BRACEWELL W. Glenn Opel, Philip F. Ricketts DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO William C. Wren EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) James M. Bushee, James E. Guy, Lino Mendiola III, Richard P. Noland GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY P. M. Schenkkan HERRERA & BOYLE James G. Boyle JACKSON WALKER Michael J. Nasi, Edward C. Small KELLY HART & HALLMAN Glenn E. Johnson, William M. Kerr, Jr. LAW OFFICES OF ALLEN D. CUMMINGS Allen D. Cummings LAW OFFICES OF ROGER P. NEVOLA Roger P. Nevola LLOYD GOSSELINK ROCHELLE & TOWNSEND Georgia N. Crump, Geoffrey M. Gay, R. Lambeth Townsend LOCKE LORD H. Martin Gibson MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LAW OFFICES OF ROGER P. NEVOLA Tim George, Campbell McGinnis Roger P. Nevola**
FRANCHISE LAW HAYNES AND BOONE Robert A. Lauer STRASBURGER & PRICE Lloyd E. Ferguson
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE BAKER BOTTS Pamela M. Giblin BORGELT LAW Roger B. Borgelt CLINT HACKNEY & COMPANY Clinton P. Hackney COATS ROSE John M. Joseph DEBORAH GOODELL POLAN Deborah Goodell Polan FOLEY GARDERE Mark Vane GREENBERG TRAURIG Thomas J. Bond, Demetrius G. McDaniel JACK WALLACE GULLAHORN Jack W. Gullahorn JACKSON WALKER Edward C. Small JOHNSON AND JOHNSON Gordon R. Johnson K&L GATES John M. Erskine Jr. KELLY HART & HALLMAN C. Andrew Weber KEMP SMITH Thomas A. Forbes KG STRATEGIES R. Kinnan Golemon LAW OFFICES OF ELLEN WILLIAMS Ellen C. Williams LAW OFFICES OF KEN RAMIREZ Kenneth R. Ramirez LAW OFFICES OF LISA K. ANDERSON Lisa K. Anderson RANDY C. CAIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Randy C. Cain THE GRAYDON GROUP Machree G. Gibson, Galt Graydon
HEALTH CARE LAW CARLS, MCDONALD & DALRYMPLE Nancy A. Shellhorse GERMER Missy K. Atwood HUSCH BLACKWELL David W. Hilgers, Hal S. Katz, Ace Pickens, Julian L. Rivera JOY & YOUNG Marie Berliner, Louise M. Joy, Hilary H. Young KING & SPALDING Catherine M. Greaves, Kathy L. Poppitt LOCKE LORD Jennifer L. Rangel MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Edward S. McHorse NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Jerry A. Bell, Jr., R. Jeffrey Layne, Stacey A. Martinez*, Yvonne K. Puig**, Terry O. Tottenham REED, CLAYMON, MEEKER & HARGETT Jennifer B. Claymon, Kevin A. Reed, Robert Spurck SHACKELFORD, BOWEN, MCKINLEY & NORTON William E. Hopkins SHARP & COBOS Antonio A. Cobos, Michael Robert Sharp STRASBURGER & PRICE William D. Darling, Kathryn M. Darling, Kevin M. Wood SWANN & WADDILL Sharron L. Swann WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS Fletcher H. Brown
IMMIGRATION LAW FOSTER Robert F. Loughran K&L GATES Brian Graham
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KING & SPALDING Richard J. Groos (IP*, T) LAW OFFICE OF PETER J. AYERS Peter J. Ayers (IP*, P*) INFORMATION LEE & HAYES TECHNOLOGY LAW John M. Shumaker (IP*, P*) MATHESON KEYS DAFFER & KORDZIK MATHESON KEYS DAFFER & KORDZIK Jerry M. Keys (C, P, T) Jerry M. Keys MCKOOL SMITH INSURANCE LAW Kevin L. Burgess (IP*, P*), Pierre J. Hubert (IP*), Steven J. Pollinger (IP*, P*) BROPHY, EDMUNDSON, SHELTON, & WEISS MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH Guy M. Hohmann Arthur Gollwitzer III (IP*) CANTILO & BENNETT NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Patrick H. Cantilo David D. Bahler (IP*, P, P*, T), Mark Thomas Garrett (C, IP*, P, P*, T), DE LEON WASHBURN & WARD Alicia Morris Groos (T), Michael R. Hector De Leon, Benjamin S. De Leon Krawzsenek (P), Michael S. Metteauer DUANE MORRIS (T), Gina N. Shishima (P, P*) Alexander J. Gonzales PARKER HIGHLANDER DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO Steven L. Highlander (P), David L. Leonard W. Woods* Parker (IP*, P, P*) FOLEY GARDERE PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW Kimberly A. Yelkin PITTMAN Michael Chibib (IP*), Conor M. Civins GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & (IP*, P*, T) MOODY Susan G. Conway, P. M. Schenkkan PIRKEY BARBER William G. Barber (IP*, T), Rodney K. GREENBERG TRAURIG Caldwell (IP*, T), Sherri Eastley (T), Thomas J. Bond, Barry R. Senterfitt Christopher L. Graff (T), Christopher HAYNES AND BOONE M. Kindel (T), Wendy C. Larson (T), Leslie C. Thorne Jered E. Matthysse (IP*, T), Stephen P. Meleen (IP*, T), Louis T. Pirkey (IP*, JACKSON WALKER T), Shannon T. Vale (C, T) Dudley D. McCalla, Steven D. Moore SHELTON COBURN LAW FIRM OF MICHAEL SEAN QUINN Barry K. Shelton (IP*) Michael S. Quinn SLAYDEN GRUBERT BEARD MCGUIREWOODS Brian C. Banner (IP*), R. William J. Mark Lawless Beard, Jr. (IP*), Bruce W. Slayden MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG, GATES II (IP*) & WOODYARD THE LAW OFFICES OF CHAZ DE LA Melvin L. Burner, Jr., Elisabeth S. GARZA DeLargy Charles H. De La Garza (IP*) SHIDLOFSKY LAW FIRM WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS Lee H. Shidlofsky Richard W. Harrison (IP*, P*) SKELTON & WOODY J. Hampton Skelton IT OUTSOURCING LAW THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS WILLIAM A. BROUSSARD Jay A. Thompson William A. Broussard, Sr. VAN OSSELAER DISPUTE RESOLUTION LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW Paul J. Van Osselaer WINSTEAD BOULETTE GOLDEN & MARIN Linda J. Burgess Jason S. Boulette (EM, LM), Tanya DeMent (LE*), Michael J. Golden INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW D. (EM), Laura Merritt (EM), Ann Abrams Price (EM) BAKER BOTTS Joseph D. Gray (P*), Kevin J. Meek CONSTANGY, BROOKS, SMITH & (IP*, P*, T), Margaret J. Sampson PROPHETE (IP*, P, P*), David B. Weaver (IP*, P*) Mark R. Flora (EM, LE*, LM) BRACEWELL CORNELL SMITH MIERL & BRUTOCAO Alan D. Albright (IP*, P*) Scott A. Brutocao (EM, LE*), Connie Cornell (EM, LM), Steven L. Mierl CONLEY ROSE (EI, EM, LE*, LM), Edward M. Smith Stewart Mesher (IP*, P*) (EM, LM) CONNOR KUDLAC LEE DEATS DURST & OWEN Kevin S. Kudlac (C, IP*, P, P*, T) B. Craig Deats (EI), Philip Durst (EI), DAVIS, GERALD & CREMER Martha P. Owen (EI) Shannon H. Ratliff (IP*, P*) DESHAZO & NESBITT DECHERT Thomas A. Nesbitt (EI, EM, LE*, LM) Jeffrey B. Plies (IP*) GLENDA PITTMAN & ASSOCIATES DICKINSON WRIGHT Glenda L. Pittman (LU) Ross Spencer Garsson (P) JACKSON LEWIS DINOVO PRICE A. Robert Fischer (EM, LE*) Andrew G. DiNovo (IP*, P, P*) K&L GATES DLA PIPER Brian Graham (EM) Brian K. Erickson (IP*, P*) KATOR, PARKS, WEISER & HARRIS DUANE MORRIS David Weiser (EI) Gilbert A. Greene (IP*) KRONENBERGER LAW FIRM DYKEMA GOSSETT Gregg R. Kronenberger (EM) Michael P. Adams (IP*, P, P*, T) LITTLER MENDELSON FARNEY DANIELS Allan G. King (EM, LM), Steven R. Steven R. Daniels (IP*, P*), W. Bryan McCown (EM, LM) Farney (IP*, P*) MORELAND LAW FIRM FLECKMAN & MCGLYNN Edmond S. Moreland Jr. (EI) William D. Raman (C, IP*, T) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & Brian S. Greig (EM, LE*, LM) MOODY OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK Peter D. Kennedy (IP*) & STEWART HARDY PARRISH YANG Shafeeqa W. Giarratani (EM, LE*), William M. Parrish (IP*, P*) Bruce A. Griggs (EM, LM) HULSEY PAUL SCHORN William N. Hulsey III (P) Paul A. Schorn (EI) HUSCH BLACKWELL THE LAW OFFICES OF KELL A. SIMON Thomas H. Watkins (P*) Kell A. Simon (EI) JACKSON WALKER WEISBART SPRINGER HAYES Raman N. Dewan (P) Sherrard L. Hayes II (EM, LM), Geoffrey D. Weisbart (LE*)
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enacity. Fearlessness. Judgment. Patience. These are all qualities that make up a competent criminal lawyer, according to Houston attorney Dan Cogdell. And he should know, after his 35plus years of practice. Dan Cogdell, principal and founder of Cogdell Law Firm, got his start in law after becoming inspired by his mentor, Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, and Haynes’ role in the T. Cullen Davis cases. While working at Haynes & Fullenweider, Cogdell became the youngest attorney in the firm’s history to ever make partner. “I went to law school with the sole and specific objective of going to work for Mr. Haynes and becoming an accomplished criminal lawyer, and I was lucky enough to do both of those things,” Cogdell says. “Getting to work for and with Mr. Haynes was the greatest break a young lawyer could hope for. As the saying goes, if I am tall, it is only because I stood on the shoulders of a giant.” In 1988, Cogdell opened his own firm and has since served as trial attorney in almost 300 cases across 16 states. He’s served in many white-collar cases over the years where he’s achieved an immense amount of success in bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud cases and seen acquittals in numerous federal prosecutions that included securities fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, medical fraud, and governmental contracting fraud, among others. When speaking of his and the firm’s success, Cogdell references the need to play multiple roles for his clients. “Not only do we have to be a good lawyer and figure out the best path to achieve the best result, but we have to be a good counselor and a good steward of their future,” Cogdell says. “This job isn’t easy, and it isn’t for the faint of heart. Our clients literally put their liberty in our hands.” But Cogdell admits that he his accomplishments haven’t come without a little bit of help as well as relief through his motorcycling racing. “I couldn’t be in the position that I’m in without the support of my beautiful wife, Robin, and our family,” he says. And while his motorcycle racing hobby doesn’t impact his legal career in a professional sense, it’s always nice to have a way to unwind. “When you’re racing a motorcycle, you don’t really have time to worry about anything other than doing that safely and ending up without a trip to the hospital. If you are racing on Sunday, Monday isn’t anything to be afraid of.” Cogdell has been recognized by Best Lawyers ® for 23 years, and won the Houston-area 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” award for Criminal Defense: White-Collar Practice.
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EDUCATION LAW WELLS, PEYTON, GREENBERG, & HUNT Tanner T. Hunt, Jr.
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AARON VALADEZ, DAVID A. TIJERINA , GRANT MCFARLAND, DANIEL J.T. SCIANO, LAWRENCE J. WEBB, STEPHEN F. LAZOR
or more than 45 years, Tinsman & Sciano, Inc., has provided skilled legal representation to the people of Texas in the areas of personal injury and commercial litigation, helping clients obtain the justice they deserve while improving safety for the public at large. “We have a long history of trying cases to verdict,” notes CFO Daniel J.T. Sciano. “And it’s that expertise, along with our ability to fund cases through development, trial, and appeal that allow us to successfully handle matters and obtain financial recoveries for our clients in the six-, seven-, and eightfigure range.” The firm’s six dedicated attorneys bring years of experience to their handling of complex wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases involving defective and unsafe products, unsafe premises, trucking and other vehicular collisions, industrial accidents, and burn injuries. Tinsman & Sciano also litigates cases involving oil and gas royalty disputes, will contests, trusts and estates, contract claims, and claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Sciano is distinct among Texas attorneys in that he is board-
certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. His success in these areas has also garnered him significant accolades, such as inclusion in Best Lawyers®, selection for The Best Lawyers in America every year since 1995, and selection for the Best Lawyers San Antonio “Lawyer of the Year” award for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in 2010 and 2012. Like Sciano, Stephen Lazor is included in Best Lawyers, and he recently received the Best Lawyers 2018 San Antonio “Lawyer of the Year” award for plaintiffs’ Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Over his four-decade career, Lazor has earned the respect of both the medical and legal communities for his work representing victims of medical negligence, industrial accidents, unsafe premises, vehicular collisions, and defective products. “In every case, our unwavering goal is to see that our clients receive the full measure of justice for the harm or loss they have suffered,” Sciano says. “Our combination of skilled attorneys and financial resources ensure we can stand toe-to-toe with the most powerful of adversaries and see that justice is done.”
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Steven Baron
AUSTIN
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW
BEAUMONT
Elisabeth A. Evert
Gregory M. Gordon
William D. Raman
John F. Higgins
James W. Repass
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
Layne E. Kruse
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
J. Scott Rose CORPORATE SAN ANTONIO Sabrina L. Streusand AUSTIN
M. Sean Royall BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION
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Mike Hatchell
David E. Keltner
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
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DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Constance H. Pfeiffer
HOUSTON
Ricardo G. Cedillo
SAN ANTONIO
Eric J.R. Nichols AUSTIN Richard A. Sayles
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND LIFE SCIENCES PRACTICE
J. Gary Trichter HOUSTON
James R. Walsh
AUSTIN
J. David Kirkland, Jr. ELDER LAW HOUSTON Molly Dear Abshire HOUSTON
H. Clyde Farrell III AUSTIN
Gerard G. Pecht
HOUSTON
Michael A. Saslaw
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW
Albon O. Head, Jr.
Patrick R. Gordon
H. Dixon Montague
DALL AS/FORT WORTH HOUSTON
EL PASO
Gina N. Shishima
Lawrence A. Hall
Daryl L. Lansdale, Jr.
G. Michael O’Leary
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
CORPORATE LAW
Paul B. Turner
DUI/DWI DEFENSE
William L. Banowsky
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE LAW
Neal S. Manne HOUSTON
DERIVATIVES AND FUTURES LAW
EDUCATION LAW
COMPLIANCE LAW
APPELLATE PRACTICE
COPYRIGHT LAW
Alan G. Sampson
ANTITRUST LAW
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW
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COLLABORATIVE LAW: CIVIL
Karl Bayer
AUSTIN
Lawrence G. Newman
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
R. Doak Bishop COLLABORATIVE HOUSTON
LAW: FAMILY LAW
Donald R. Philbin, Jr.
Melvin H. Wolovits
SAN ANTONIO
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
BANKING AND FINANCE LAW
Kristen A. Algert
Jody L. Johnson
SAN ANTONIO
Cliff Ernst
Mark C. Evans
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
Norma L. Trusch
HOUSTON
James A. Markus
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Brian Robert Bloom
John A. Convery
Laura P. Irani
J. Gordon Dees
Sylvan S. Lang, Jr.
Bobby D. Mims
Gail W. Stewart
Samuel E. Bassett
AUSTIN
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DALL AS/FORT WORTH AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
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HOUSTON
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Reed W. Prospere EMPLOYMENT LAW DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Mary Stillinger
EL PASO
W. Scott Wallace
- INDIVIDUALS
J. Derek Braziel
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Malinda A. Gaul
Matthew B. Cano
Christopher M. Gunter
Kenneth D. Hughes
Gregory M. Cokinos
Timothy Johnson
Thomas A. Nesbitt
CONSTRUCTION LAW
TEXAS
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AUSTIN
HOUSTON
R. Carson Fisk
Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr
Hollye C. Fisk
Adolfo Quijano, Jr.
Mark S. Werbner
AUSTIN
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
SAN ANTONIO EL PASO
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON AUSTIN
EMPLOYMENT LAW - MANAGEMENT
IMMIGRATION LAW
Clara B. Burns EL PASO
Michael V. Galo, Jr.
SAN ANTONIO
Linda O. Headley
HOUSTON
Lon R. Williams, Jr.
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
ENERGY LAW
Gary J. Ilagan
Ron H. Moss
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON
Sharon M. Mattox
Danny G. Worrell
HOUSTON AUSTIN
FAMILY LAW
Shawn L. Raymond
Raymond T. Nimmer
HOUSTON
R. Brent Cooper
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
William H. Ford SAN ANTONIO
Gordon R. Pate, Sr.
Guy Stanford Lipe
HOUSTON
Eric A. Robertson
Frances A. Harris
Kyle W. Sanders
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION LAW
Deborah S. Coldwell
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Jack W. Gullahorn
Sherrard L. Hayes II
F. Barham Lewis, Jr.
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
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HOUSTON
SAN ANTONIO
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HOUSTON AUSTIN
Eric B. Terry
SAN ANTONIO
Michelle I. Rieger
John W. Weber, Jr.
William B. Westcott
G. Stewart Whitehead
DALL AS/FORT WORTH SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON AUSTIN
LITIGATION ENVIRONMENTAL
Frederick W. Addison III
C. Tynan Buthod
John D. Head
DALL AS/FORT WORTH HOUSTON AUSTIN
LITIGATION - ERISA
Felicia A. Finston
Claudia Wilson Frost
DALL AS/FORT WORTH HOUSTON
LITIGATION - FIRST AMENDMENT
John B. Beckworth
AUSTIN
LITIGATION - INSURANCE
Michael L. Knapek
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
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Richard T. Suttle, Jr. LITIGATION - INTELLECTUAL AUSTIN
Robert F. Begert
PROPERTY
Peter J. Ayers
J. Daniel Harkins
John R. Keville
David L. McCombs
T. John Ward Jr.
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Lisa Atlas Genecov LEGAL MALPRACTICE DALL AS/FORT WORTH Edgar C. Morrison, Jr.
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
William S. Dahlstrom
LAW - PLAINTIFFS
Josiah M. Daniel III
David K. Watsky
LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW - DEFENDANTS
Donna S. Clark
LITIGATION - BANKRUPTCY
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
LAND USE AND ZONING LAW
SAN ANTONIO
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
AUSTIN
HEALTH CARE LAW
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DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Michael R. Buchanan
FRANCHISE LAW
Todd A. Fisher
DALL AS/FORT WORTH AUSTIN
HOUSTON
LABOR LAW - MANAGEMENT
Michael K. O’Neal James L. Pledger
David F. Asmus
IT OUTSOURCING LAW
HOUSTON
Dean V. Fleming
John P. Bowman LITIGATION - CONSTRUCTION HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
James V. Hoeffner
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE LAW
Janice L. Green AUSTIN
P. Talmage Boston Jr.
Lee H. Shidlofsky AUSTIN
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
William R. Greendyke
Thomas A. Greenwald
FAMILY LAW MEDIATION
HOUSTON
BEAUMONT
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
AND FINANCE
Christopher W. Martin HOUSTON
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION GOVERNMENTAL
Warren Cole
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
David N. Guedry LITIGATION - BANKING
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION - COMMERCIAL
HOUSTON
LITIGATION - ANTITRUST
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
HOUSTON
R. Laurence Macon
AUSTIN
Jeffrey M. Gaba
Theodore W. Paris
Michelle L. Saenz-Rodriguez DALL AS/FORT WORTH
David C. Duggins
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Ronald W. Breaux
James D. Seegers INSURANCE LAW HOUSTON
ENERGY REGULATORY LAW
LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PRIVATE EQUITY LAW
Robert F. Loughran AUSTIN
J. Robert Beatty
Simon M. Azar-Farr
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
David W. Shuford
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH T YLER
Robert Latham SPORTS LAW
People compare litigation to all Dallas, TX sorts of things, depending on their style and that of their opponent: chess matches, for the studious and logical; boxing rings, for the confrontational and bold; and even war, for those prone to extremes. For Robert Latham, former Stanford athlete and now the Dallas area 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” award winner in Litigation Sports Law, litigation is like a game of rugby. “It teaches you [that] preparation is critical—that there’s somebody on the other side who’s going to be equally prepared and to expect that and respect it,” Latham says, when asked how his time playing rugby has influenced his work in the courtroom. “And when I do litigation, I like the competition. I like the feeling of going in and not knowing if you’re going to win or you’re going to lose, and having to get your game face on and put your best effort forward.” For Latham, a partner at Jackson Walker, rugby is much more than an old college hobby. Previously chairman of the board for USA Rugby, he has also served on the U.S. Olympic Committee, the International Rugby Board Council, the IRB Executive Committee, and the IRB Regulations Committee. Latham is the author of Winners & Losers: Rants, Riffs & Reflections on the World of Sports and writes a regular column for SportsTravel magazine. Despite all that might keep him busy—the chairmanships, the writing, the public speaking, and the Masters Rugby games he still occasionally plays— Latham maintains a thriving legal career. At Jackson Walker, his firm of 33 years, Latham practices media, first-amendment, and entertainment law, along with sports law and other areas of litigation. While Latham’s practice combines his two great passions, the intersection of sports and the law can be rife with challenges—particularly from fans who resent being confronted by the darker realities of the industry, like player discipline or doping. “People like sports to be about the athletes,” Latham says. “And they like it to be pure, and they like it to be joyful. They don’t like people in suits coming in and telling people in uniforms what to do.” But if Latham sometimes has to deliver a bitter pill, it’s only to strengthen the health and the integrity of the game he loves. “Law touches everything,” Latham says. “Including sports. People tend to think that sports is a game— and it should be. It’s fun, it’s exciting, but you need structure around it and rules. And I think being a lawyer and having legal training is part of that.”
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LITIGATION - TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Keith A. Clouse
Louis M. Ditta
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Michael D. McQueen EL PASO
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS LAW HOUSTON
Raymond E. LaDriere II DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Steven L. Mierl
Joyce W. Moore
Mark J. Oberti
William D. Pargaman
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN
CONTROVERSY - TAX
Elizabeth A. Copeland
Kirk R. Williams
William R. Cousins III
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Mark W. Eidman
Gary J. Cruciani
Glen A. Rosenbaum
LITIGATION - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
SAN ANTONIO
AUSTIN
LITIGATION - MUNICIPAL
/ CLASS ACTIONS DEFENDANTS
LITIGATION - PATENT
David D. Bahler
Gary D. Elliston
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Otis W. Carroll T YLER
Charles B. Walker, Jr.
Martin E. Rose
MEDIATION
W. Mike Baggett
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Randy R. Howry
Andrew L. Kerr
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
HOUSTON
Gary W. Javore
SAN ANTONIO
LITIGATION - SECURITIES
HOUSTON AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
Steven L. Highlander AUSTIN
David D. Sterling
Eric J. Taube
HOUSTON AUSTIN
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John R. MacLean
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW - DEFENDANTS
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Thomas M. Bullion III
AUSTIN
Richard W. Crews Kyle H. Dreyer
HOUSTON
David W. Ledyard BEAUMONT
Kurt G. Paxson
EL PASO
David M. Prichard SAN ANTONIO
LITIGATION - PLAINTIFFS
Jon B. Burmeister
Stephen F. Lazor
Ray Chester
Jack E. McGehee
Francisco Guerra IV
SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON EL PASO
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
BEAUMONT
AUSTIN
SAN ANTONIO
René M. Haas
CORPUS CHRISTI
Robert E. Lapin
George A. Quesada
HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW
Mark A. Weibel
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
SPORTS LAW
Robert P. Latham
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
TAX LAW
Darin N. Digby
James F. Martens
Gregory V. Nelson
C. Eugene Wolf Jr.
SAN ANTONIO AUSTIN
HOUSTON EL PASO
Brian P. Fenske
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
Chad W. King
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
TRADE SECRETS LAW
Jay Donald Kelley
Herbert J. Hammond DALL AS/FORT WORTH
TRADEMARK LAW
Keith H. Mullen
Jeffrey M. Becker
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
William D. Raman
Keith A. Rutherford
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
TRANSPORTATION LAW
W. Glenn Opel AUSTIN
Robert F. Ruckman
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Donald F. Carnes
Robert M. Tramuto
Allan M. Goldfarb
Nancy Nowlin Kerr
Joseph E. Broussard IV BEAUMONT
John B. Quigley
Timothy D. Johnson EL PASO
Eric G. Reis
John W. Proctor
DALL AS/FORT WORTH HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
J. Graham Hill
HOUSTON
RAILROAD LAW
CORPUS CHRISTI
Michael D. Volk
Daniel J. Sheehan Jr.
PUBLIC FINANCE LAW
Douglass M. Rayburn
PROJECT FINANCE LAW
REAL ESTATE LAW
AUSTIN
EL PASO
SAN ANTONIO BEAUMONT
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Richard L. Kerr
Scott L. Sherman
Steven R. Martens AUSTIN
R. Eric Viehman
Kurt D. Nondorf
Charla G. Aldous PERSONAL INJURY AUSTIN
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
MALPRACTICE LAW - PLAINTIFFS
C. Randal Johnston Sr. TECHNOLOGY LAW
Jeffrey A. Leuschel
Stanley A. Thiebaud
Jay Harvey
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Jonathan P. Osha HOUSTON
AUSTIN
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
BEAUMONT
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Bryan O. Blevins, Jr.
HOUSTON
Steven H. Gerdes
Missy K. Atwood
MALPRACTICE Bruce W. Collins MEDICAL LAW - PLAINTIFFS
AUSTIN
Steven C. Malin DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Cecilia H. Morgan DALL AS/FORT WORTH
SAN ANTONIO
Jeffrey D. Otto
Gene J. Oshman
SAN ANTONIO
Gary McGowan HOUSTON
Tim T. Griesenbeck, Jr.
HOUSTON
E. A. Apffel III
J. Michael Myers
LITIGATION - DEFENDANTS
LAW - DEFENDANTS
Timothy R. McCormick
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
PATENT LAW
Sharla J. Frost
Craig A. Haynes PROFESSIONAL
Jeffrey R. Jury PERSONAL INJURY AUSTIN
J. Hoke Peacock II MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
E. Paul Cauley Jr.
SECURITIES REGULATION
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION - PLAINTIFFS
OIL AND GAS LAW
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
HOUSTON
BEAUMONT
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY)
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
James M. Truss
Matthew C. Matheny
BEAUMONT
David M. Rosenberg
HOUSTON
SAN ANTONIO
AUSTIN
John B. McFarland
Clyde M. Siebman
Marvin D. Nathan
P. M. Schenkkan
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS - PLAINTIFFS
Terry I. Cross
W. James McAnelly III
W. Mark Lanier
LITIGATION - REAL ESTATE
HOUSTON
Tom Rhodes
SAN ANTONIO
William D. Wood
HOUSTON
Robert C. Bledsoe LUBBOCK
Fielding B. Cochran III
BEAUMONT
Glenn D. West
Barbara J. Barron
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Laura H. Burney
BEAUMONT
AUSTIN
AUSTIN
Christy Amuny
Susan L. Bickley
HOUSTON
Thomas I. Queen, Jr.
NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW
N. Scott Fletcher MASS TORT LITIGATION HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
Keith R. Fullenweider
NATURAL RESOURCES LAW
Laura E. O’Donnell LITIGATION AND SAN ANTONIO
LITIGATION - LAND USE AND ZONING
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION - DEFENDANTS
SAN ANTONIO
HOUSTON
CORPUS CHRISTI
HOUSTON
VENTURE CAPITAL LAW
Kevin A. Sullivan
Felix P. Phillips, Jr.
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW
Paul R. Tobias
Michael L. Bengtson
WATER LAW
Samuel W. Cooper
William B. Dawson
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
AUSTIN
HOUSTON
DALL AS/FORT WORTH
HOUSTON AUSTIN
Douglas G. Caroom AUSTIN
COVER STORY
EYES CAST TO THE FUTURE
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ouston criminal defense attorney Dan Cogdell has a reputation for tenacity and a competitive nature in the courtroom. This is due in part to his impressive past, which is highlighted with successes and acquittals, but also based on his current roster of clients and what he has in store for the future. His trial history includes the Enron matter, where he successfully achieved the only “not guilty” verdict among all of their initial cases. Similarly, Cogdell helped negotiate a successful resolution for his client in the Stanford financial matter. Cogdell also obtained an acquittal for a Houston City Council member and retired district judge in the Houston City Hall bribery case. Cogdell even tried one of the infamous Texas cadet murder cases where an Air Force Academy student (Cogdell’s client) and his then-girlfriend, a Naval Academy student, were charged with murder. In the Branch Davidian matter, Cogdell represented Clive Doyle, the member of a religious group suspected of stockpiling illegal weapons at their Mount Carmel Center ranch outside of Waco, Texas. Doyle was one of 11 facing charges for the murders of four federal agents, and was acquitted of all charges. The execution of a search warrant by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (the BATF), resulted in an intense gunfire battle and the deaths of both ATF agents and Davidians. Following a 51-day stand-off, the FBI then launched a separate assault, which ultimately resulted in a fire that engulfed the compound and killed 76 people. “I think that the significance of that trial goes without saying,” Cogdell says. “In fact, I’m wrapping up doing a television show that’s an hour-long documentary about the trial. It is literally a trial that people are still interested in almost 25 years after the fact.”
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And while those accolades are certainly aspects of his career that he’s proud of, Cogdell is focusing on his current and future endeavors. “It’s hard to look back because I’ve got so much to look forward to.” Currently, he’s working on representing Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton in a securities fraud allegation. He’s also representing the pastor of one of the largest Methodist churches in the country, Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, who is charged with fraud. “You don’t really have time to look back and rest on your laurels when you’re preparing for cases of those significance,” Cogdell says. “While I’m certainly proud of my past, I’m even more proud of where I’m at currently. The future for my practice is certainly bright, not only for my firm, but more importantly for my clients. Trust me, I’m not slowing down. If anything, I am speeding up!” The work Cogdell does is stressful, and he’s first to acknowledge that he wouldn’t be in the position he’s in without the support of his wife, Robin, and his family.
“While I’m certainly proud of my past, I’m even more proud of where I’m headed.” — DAN COGDELL
He’s a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association (life fellow), and many others. He has also been recognized by Best Lawyers ® 23 times, and won the “Lawyer of the Year” award in 2018 for White-Collar Criminal Defense in Houston. Cogdell is among a handful of criminal defense lawyers in Texas who are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, which recognizes the top 1 percent of trial lawyers. W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM
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2018 SURVE Y RESULTS
TONY PLETCHER Anthony E. Pletcher (D, P)
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION HARTLINE DACUS BARGER DREYER Darrell L. Barger (D) LAWLER & ASSOCIATES Marion R. Lawler III (D) SICO HOELSCHER HARRIS & BRAUGH David E. Harris (P) THE RAMIREZ LAW FIRM Roberto L. Ramirez (P) TONY PLETCHER Anthony E. Pletcher (P)
REAL ESTATE LAW BRANSCOMB Craig L. Williams DAVID Z. CONOLY David Z. Conoly** WOOD, BOYKIN & WOLTER Stewart N. Rice
TAX LAW BRANSCOMB Kenton E. McDonald** OSTARCH, HILM & MCCAULEY Gerald W. Ostarch
TRUSTS AND ESTATES BRANSCOMB Omar J. Leal, Scott L. Sherman**, Michael W. Stukenberg DAVIS, HUTCHINSON & WILKERSON Martin C. Davis HARTLINE DACUS BARGER DREYER Darrell L. Barger* HUSEMAN & STEWART F. Van Huseman* WELDER LESHIN Richard L. Leshin
DALLAS/FORT WORTH ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW KELLY HART & HALLMAN Dee J. Kelly, Jr. STRASBURGER & PRICE P. Michael Jung VINSON & ELKINS Richard L. Adams
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION BURDIN MEDIATIONS Mary M. Burdin (M), Suzanne M. Duvall (M), Kenneth J. Rubenstein (M), Paul L. Salzberger (M), Melvin H. Wolovits (A, M) DONNA J. HARRIS Donna J. Harris (M) DORSEY & WHITNEY Jay J. Madrid (M) ELLIOTT MEDIATION Kay Elkins Elliott (A, M) GILBERT MEDIATION GROUP Courtenay L. Bass (M), Mark W. Gilbert (A, M), Walter E. Parker, Jr. (A, M) HANKINSON Deborah G. Hankinson (A, M) HARRIS SOLUTIONS Frances A. Harris (A) JACKSON WALKER Retta A. Miller (A) JAMS Hugh E. Hackney (A), Harlan A. Martin (A, M), Cecilia H. Morgan (A, M) JOHN W. HUGHES John W. Hughes (A, M) KELLY HART & HALLMAN David E. Keltner (A) KENDALL LAW GROUP Joe Kendall (A) LACY LYSTER MALONE & STEPPICK David R. Seidler (A, M) LAW OFFICE OF EDWIN G. BELL Edwin G. Bell (M) LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTOPHER NOLLAND Christopher M. Nolland (M) LAW OFFICES OF SHERRIE R. ABNEY Sherrie R. Abney (M)
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LAWRENCE R. MAXWELL, JR. Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr. (A, M) LOCKE LORD Michael H. Collins (A) MAXEL (BUD) SILVERBERG Maxel B. Silverberg (A, M) MCMULLEN MEDIATIONS Wade H. McMullen (M) MIKE AMIS ATTORNEY-MEDIATOR J. Michael Amis (M) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Gary D. Eisenstat (M) ORSINGER, NELSON, DOWNING & ANDERSON Marilea W. Lewis (M) PECKAR & ABRAMSON Jeffrey A. Ford (A, M) PRATT-YUNGBLUT Donald O. Pratt (A, M) ROSS W. STODDARD, III ATTORNEYMEDIATOR Ross W. Stoddard III (M) SCHEEF & STONE J. Mitchell Little (A) SUSAN Z. WRIGHT Susan Z. Wright (M) THOMPSON & KNIGHT Frank Finn Jr. (A, M) VERNER BRUMLEY MUELLER PARKER Janet P. Brumley (M) WHITAKER CHALK SWINDLE & SCHWARTZ John Allen Chalk (A) WILL PRYOR MEDIATION & ARBITRATION Will Pryor (A, M) WINSTEAD J. David Brown (M) WOODS MAY RACHEL MATLOCK & HEWETT Robert J. Matlock (M)
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MAKING ROADWAYS SAFER Trial attorney Daniel J. T. Sciano on his history of obtaining justice in trucking accident cases.
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ith decades of experience handling commercial motor vehicle cases, trial attorney Daniel Sciano has developed expertise that few attorneys can match. He litigates major trucking cases involving companies that either shirked safety regulations or hired unfit drivers, and as a subject matter specialist in the field, he often speaks at continuing legal education programs about related issues. “By participating in advanced courses on trucking and automobile collisions, I’m always up to date on the field’s constantly evolving regulations,” explains Sciano, who is board-certified in both civil trial law and personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. This knowledge and experience has
allowed Sciano to provide his clients with the most effective representation possible. In 2017, he secured a $12.4 million verdict for the parents whose son suffered a fatal accident when unsecured cargo fell off a construction company’s double-axle trailer onto a dimly lit highway in San Marcos, Texas. During the trial, Sciano rightfully condemned the multi-state construction company for not implementing and adhering to a proper safety policy. “Vehicles carrying objects that are not properly secured present a severe safety risk on our public highways,” Sciano says. “And we demonstrated in this case that the company’s lack of policies and training for securing cargo led to an avoidable fatal accident and serious injury.” Among his other recent successes, Sciano achieved a significant resolution in a case
“When people seek us out, they’re getting a lawyer and a law firm with years of experience in trying cases to verdict and dealing with the local judiciary.”
— DANIEL J.T. SCIANO
resulting from a 2016 incident in which a truck carrying Takata airbag parts and explosives crashed and detonated on a road in the town of Quemado, Texas. The incident injured more than a dozen people and killed a woman in her home. Beyond advocating for clients in automobile and trucking accidents, Sciano has established a diverse practice that encompasses complex personal injury claims, defective products claims, commercial disputes, and trusts and estates litigation. Sciano is currently representing the family of a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy who was killed when her car plunged into a sinkhole that opened up in the roadway at the junction of an old and a new sanitary sewer line. He’s also currently representing victims of the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting, in which a gunman opened fire on parishioners at a small Baptist church in rural Texas, killing at least 26 people. “When people seek us out, they’re getting a lawyer and a law firm with years of experience in trying cases to verdict and dealing with the local judiciary,” Sciano says. “We set high standards for legal excellence, and we do what it takes to obtain justice for our clients.”
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SIDLEY AUSTIN Sara Garcia Duran, Kelly M. Dybala, Angela L. Fontana, D. Gilbert Friedlander, William D. Howell, S. Scott Parel STRASBURGER & PRICE Jules S. Brenner, Frederick J. Fowler, Carol A. Glendenning, Sam Hallman, David K. Meyercord THOMPSON & KNIGHT Sam P. Burford, Jr., Ann Marie Cowdrey, Amy R. Curtis, Joseph Dannenmaier, J. Holt Foster III, Fred W. Fulton, Jessica W. Hammons, James L. Irish, William J. Schuerger, Michael C. Titens, Wesley P. Williams VALDEZ WASHINGTON R. Jeronimo Valdez VINSON & ELKINS Alan J. Bogdanow, Mark Early, Robert L. Kimball, Michael A. Saslaw WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES Rodney L. Moore, Glenn D. West WINSTON & STRAWN Bryan L. Goolsby, Thomas William Hughes
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GRAY REED & MCGRAW Kyle W. Sanders page 26
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SAN ANTONIO ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION DONALD R. PHILBIN, JR. Donald R. Philbin, Jr. (A, M) DYKEMA GOSSETT Phylis J. Speedlin (A, M) JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER, JAVORE & COCHRAN Gary W. Javore (A, M)
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Mark Stevens NICHOLAS & BARRERA Roy R. Barrera, Sr., Roy R. Barrera, Jr. STRASBURGER & PRICE Reese L. Harrison, Jr., Farley P. Katz
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NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Robert G. Newman*
FAMILY LAW BASHARA & SCHWARTZ Sam C. Bashara BRAY, CHAPPELL & PATTERSON Clarence V. Bray FORD MURRAY William H. Ford HIGDON, HARDY, & ZUFLACHT Charles E. Hardy LANGLEY & BANACK Jo Chris Lopez LAW OFFICE OF JAMES E. MONNIG James E. Monnig LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTINA MOLITOR Christina Molitor ORSINGER, NELSON, DOWNING & ANDERSON Amber Liddell Alwais WILSON, PENNYPACKER & THOMSON Cheryl L. Wilson
FAMILY LAW MEDIATION BRAY, CHAPPELL & PATTERSON Benjamin R. Chappell
FIRST AMENDMENT LAW CLEMENS & SPENCER Mark J. Cannan*
HEALTH CARE LAW BRIN & BRIN David L. Butler JACKSON WALKER Edgar C. Morrison, Jr. KREAGERMITCHELL Michael L. Kreager, Bruce M. Mitchell
NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Charles A. Deacon PETER H. WICKERSHAM Peter H. Wickersham STRASBURGER & PRICE Cynthia Day Grimes
MCKINNEY LAW FIRM Christopher J. McKinney (EI) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Mario A. Barrera (EM, LE*, LM), Philip J. Pfeiffer (EM, LM) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART IMMIGRATION LAW Robert E. Bettac (EM, LE*, LM), Tiffany L. Cox (LE*), Lawrence D. BRACEWELL Smith (EM, LM) Victoria M. Garcia SCHMOYER REINHARD SHIVERS & SHIVERS Justin J. Barbour (EM, LE*), John A. Robert A. Shivers, Nancy T. Shivers Ferguson, Jr. (EM, LE*, LM), Judy K. Jetelina (EM, LE*, LM), Christine E. SIMON AZAR-FARR & ASSOCIATES Reinhard (EM, LE*, LM), Shannon B. Simon M. Azar-Farr Schmoyer (EM, LM) INSURANCE LAW THE GALO LAW FIRM Michael V. Galo, Jr. (EM, LE*) GRAVELY & PEARSON THE RAPP LAW FIRM Marc E. Gravely Robert A. Rapp, Jr. (EM, LM) LANG LAW FIRM Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW LANGLEY & BANACK CLEMENS & SPENCER Thomas H. Veitch George H. Spencer, Jr. (D) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI A. Lewin Plunkett (D) AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD THORNTON, BIECHLIN, REYNOLDS Kirt S. O’Neill (P*) & GUERRA DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA Robert R. Biechlin, Jr. (D), Richard J. Ricardo G. Cedillo (IP*, P*) Reynolds III (D) DYKEMA GOSSETT MASS TORT LITIGATION J. Daniel Harkins (C, IP*, P, P*, T) / CLASS ACTIONS LAW OFFICES OF GALE R. PETERSON Gale R. Peterson (IP*, P*) CROSLEY LAW FIRM Thomas A. Crosley (P) SOULES & WALLACE Luther H. Soules III (IP*) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Robert G. Newman (D) STRASBURGER & PRICE Judith R. Blakeway (IP*) ROD REGAN LAW FIRM Roderick J. Regan (D) THE MACON LAW FIRM R. Laurence Macon (IP*, P*) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW TOM RHODES LAW FIRM LYONS & LYONS Tom Rhodes (P*) Clarence V. Lyons (P) INTERNATIONAL MERGERS NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT & ACQUISITIONS Charles A. Deacon (D) JACKSON WALKER PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI Stephen D. Seidel Tim T. Griesenbeck, Jr. (D) LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW REY PEREZ & ASSOCIATES Rey Perez (D, P) BARTON, EAST & CALDWELL STRASBURGER & PRICE Dawn B. Finlayson (EM, LE*, LM) Cynthia Day Grimes (D) BRACEWELL Leslie Selig Byrd (EM, LM), Victoria M. TINSMAN & SCIANO Garcia (EM), James H. Kizziar, Jr. (EM, Stephen F. Lazor (P) page 13 LE*, LM), J. Tullos Wells (EM, LM) TOM RHODES LAW FIRM BRANSCOMB Tom Rhodes (P) Sandra Ramos White (EM, LE*) DAVID M. EVANS, ATTORNEY & MUNICIPAL LAW COUNSELOR AT LAW David M. Evans (EI, LE*) DENTON NAVARRO ROCHA BERNAL HYDE & ZECH DAVID VAN OS & ASSOCIATES Lowell F. Denton David Van Os (LU) MCKAMIE KRUEGER DYKEMA GOSSETT William M. McKamie** Ramon D. Bissmeyer (EM, LE*, LM), Donna K. McElroy (EM, LM), Daniel R. NATURAL RESOURCES LAW Stern (EI, EM, LE*, LM, LU) FORTE & PITTARD ELDER BRAY & BANKLER R. Chris Pittard (EI) David H.O. Roth GARDNER LAW J. RANDALL PATTERSON Robert D. Kilgore (LE*, LM) J. Randall Patterson GAUL AND DUMONT LAURA H. BURNEY Kala S. Dumont (EI, LE*), Malinda Laura H. Burney A. Gaul (EI) MCREYNOLDS & TYE GRAVELY & PEARSON Michael L. McReynolds Matthew R. Pearson (EI) WINSTEAD HAYNES AND BOONE Jon R. Ray Laura E. O’Donnell (LE*) OIL AND GAS LAW HOLLAND & HOLLAND John A. Heller (EM) BARTON, EAST & CALDWELL JEFFREY A. GOLDBERG (THE LAW G. Wade Caldwell OFFICE OF) DYKEMA GOSSETT Jeffrey A. Goldberg (EI, LE*) James M. Truss JEFFREY LAW FIRM ELDER BRAY & BANKLER Ray B. Jeffrey (EM) David H.O. Roth KATZMAN & KATZMAN J. RANDALL PATTERSON Alex L. Katzman (EI, LE*) J. Randall Patterson LANG LAW FIRM WINSTEAD Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. (EI) Jon R. Ray LAW OFFICE OF GLEN D. MANGUM PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION Glen D. Mangum (EI, LE*) LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL R. LATIMER BRANTON HALL RODRIGUEZ CRUZ Michael R. Latimer (EI, EM, LE*, James L. Branton (P) LM, LU) BRIN & BRIN LAW OFFICES OF ARTHUR NICHOLSON George G. Brin (D) Arthur C. Nicholson III (EI, EM, LE*)
BROCK PERSON GUERRA REYNA John A. Guerra (D), Ricardo R. Reyna (D) COWEN MASK BLANCHARD Mary I. Wilson (P) CROSLEY LAW FIRM Thomas A. Crosley (P) DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA Ronald E. Mendoza (D) EVANS, ROWE & HOLBROOK Brett B. Rowe (D) GOODE CASSEB JONES RIKLIN CHOATE & WATSON Fred Riley Jones (D), Kyle C. Watson (D) JANICEK LAW FIRM Elizabeth S. Janicek (P) KETTERMAN ROWLAND & WESTLUND Phillip G. Bernal (P), Douglas D. Ketterman (P) LANG LAW FIRM Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. (P) LANGLEY & BANACK Steven D. Browne (D) LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY C. ANDERSON Jeffrey C. Anderson (P) LAW OFFICES OF FIDEL RODRIGUEZ, JR. Fidel Rodriguez, Jr. (P) LYONS & LYONS Clarence V. Lyons (P) NAMAN, HOWELL, SMITH & LEE J. Michael Myers (D) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Charles A. Deacon (D), John W. Weber, Jr. (D) PIERSON LAW FIRM William W. Pierson (D) PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI A. Lewin Plunkett (D) PRICHARD YOUNG David M. Prichard (D) RUSH & GRANSEE Robert L. Rush (P) STRASBURGER & PRICE Cynthia Day Grimes (D), Andrew L. Kerr (D) THORNTON, BIECHLIN, REYNOLDS & GUERRA Robert R. Biechlin, Jr. (D), Richard J. Reynolds III (D), Gerald R. Zwernemann (D)
TINSMAN & SCIANO Daniel J.T. Sciano (P) page 13 TOM RHODES LAW FIRM Tom Rhodes (P) WATTS GUERRA Francisco Guerra IV (P), Mikal C. Watts (P)
BRANSCOMB Rhonda G. Jolley, Grady B. Jolley DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA J. Russell Davis DYKEMA GOSSETT Kerry T. Benedict, John B. Stewart, James M. Truss* ELDER BRAY & BANKLER Michael A. Morell FARRIMOND CASTILLO & BRESNAHAN Scott A. Farrimond GOLDEN STEVES & GORDON Stephen L. Golden HAYNES AND BOONE Frank Z. Ruttenberg HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA Andrew S. Cohen JACKSON WALKER Peter R. Broderick, James M. McDonough JOSEPH W. TAYLOR Joseph W. Taylor KERR & JAECKLE Richard L. Kerr LANGLEY & BANACK Michael C. Boyle*, Steven R. Brook, August Linnartz, Jr.*, Marc J. Schnall LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS J. SMITH Thomas Jay Smith LAW OFFICES OF JAMES H. BARROW James H. Barrow** NORMAN & OLIVER James C. Norman NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT John P. Jennings, James M. Summers RICHARD F. HALTER Richard F. Halter SARA E. DYSART Sara E. Dysart SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN Banks M. Smith SOULES & WALLACE Luther H. Soules III* STRASBURGER & PRICE Andrew L. Kerr* WILSON & WILSON LAW Jamie M. Wilson
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW DYKEMA GOSSETT Wilhelm E. Liebmann (S) LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. DOYLE, JR. James M. Doyle, Jr. (S) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr. (S*) THE MACON LAW FIRM R. Laurence Macon (S*)
TAX LAW PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE,
NAMAN, HOWELL, SMITH & LEE J. Michael Myers (D) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT John W. Weber, Jr. (D) PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI A. Lewin Plunkett (D) PRICHARD YOUNG David M. Prichard (D), Kevin M. Young (D) TOM RHODES LAW FIRM Tom Rhodes (P) WATTS GUERRA Francisco Guerra IV (P)
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW
WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY William H. Lester, Jr., Charles J. Muller, Jaime Vasquez* DYKEMA GOSSETT Robert W. Nelson HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA Charles M. Hornberger** NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT George W. Scofield SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN R. James Curphy, Darin N. Digby STRASBURGER & PRICE Stanley L. Blend**, Elizabeth A. Copeland**, Farley P. Katz**
TRUSTS AND ESTATES
PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI BRANSCOMB Joseph McKnight Davis* Tim T. Griesenbeck, Jr. (P) CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE, TOM RHODES LAW FIRM WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY Tom Rhodes (P) James M. McNeel** PUBLIC FINANCE LAW DAVIDSON TROILO REAM & GARZA James C. Woo NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Clayton Scott Binford, W. Jeffrey Kuhn DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA Ricardo G. Cedillo* REAL ESTATE LAW DROUGHT, DROUGHT & BOBBITT James Drought* BARTON, EAST & CALDWELL DUNCAN, BRESSLER & LIU J. Cary Barton Edgar M. Duncan BAYNE, SNELL & KRAUSE DYKEMA GOSSETT Barry Snell* David B. West*
P L E A SE RE F E R TO T HE P R AC T IC E A RE A S K E Y ON PAG E 8 F OR A DE S C RIP T ION OF A S T E RISK S A ND SP ECI A LT Y A BBRE V I AT IONS .
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HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA Rudy A. Garza*, Charles M. Hornberger** JEFFERSON CANO Lamont A. Jefferson* KEVIN PHILIP KENNEDY Kevin Philip Kennedy LANGLEY & BANACK James J. Aycock, Arthur H. Bayern**, William T. Bayern, Joyce W. Moore* NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Nancy Nowlin Kerr, Robert G. Newman* PATRICIA FLORA SITCHLER Patricia F. Sitchler SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN Darin N. Digby, William Scanlan, Jr., Banks M. Smith SOULES & WALLACE Luther H. Soules III* STRASBURGER & PRICE Taylor S. Boone, David P. Stanush UHL, FITZSIMONS, JEWETT & BURTON Harry W. Wolff, Jr. YALE LAW FIRM Glen A. Yale**
THE LAW OFFICES OF BOBBY D. MIMS Bobby D. Mims YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES Damon Young
FAMILY LAW BAIN, FILES, JARRETT & HARRISON Jerry E. Bain, Michael E. Jarrett LAW OFFICES OF BRUCE D. BAIN Bruce D. Bain
IMMIGRATION LAW THE LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD S. FISCHER Richard S. Fischer
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD Charles Everingham IV (IP*, P*) CAPSHAW DERIEUX S. Calvin Capshaw (IP*, P*) FINDLAY CRAFT Eric H. Findlay (IP*) IRELAND, CARROLL & KELLEY Otis W. Carroll (IP*, P*) MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter (IP*, P*) UTILITIES LAW PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH Robert C. Bunt (C, IP*, P*, T) HAYNES AND BOONE WARD SMITH & HILL Diana M. Liebmann Wesley Hill (IP*), T. John Ward Jr. (IP*), T. John “Judge” Ward (IP*) TYLER YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE Damon Young (IP*, P*)
RESOLUTION
JAMES W. KNOWLES, ATTORNEYMEDIATOR James W. Knowles (M)
ANTITRUST LAW
HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom* page 5
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW STUCKEY & GARRIGAN Timothy B. Garrigan (EI)
MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS
HALTOM & DOAN Jennifer H. Doan (D, P), James N. Haltom (D) BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION page 5
HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom page 5 IRELAND, CARROLL & KELLEY Otis W. Carroll MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION CAPSHAW DERIEUX S. Calvin Capshaw
HALTOM & DOAN Jennifer H. Doan, James N. Haltom page 5 IRELAND, CARROLL & KELLEY Otis W. Carroll MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH Robert C. Bunt YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES Damon Young
CONSTRUCTION LAW KENT, ANDERSON, BUSH, FROST & METCALF David J. Bush**
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter*
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
HALTOM & DOAN Jennifer H. Doan (D), James N. Haltom (D) page 5 ROTH LAW FIRM Carl R. Roth (P) SLOAN, BAGLEY, HATCHER & PERRY Glenn A. Perry (P) WARD SMITH & HILL Bruce A. Smith (P)
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION
HALTOM & DOAN Jennifer H. Doan (D), Darby V. Doan (D) page 5 SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter (S*)
TAX LAW
HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom* page 5
BAIN, FILES, JARRETT & HARRISON F.R. Files, Jr., J. Brett Harrison TRUSTS AND ESTATES HOLMES & MOORE Clifton L. Holmes ALLEN LOTTMANN KIMMEL THE LAW OFFICES OF BOBBY D. MIMS Michael D. Allen, Richard H. Lottmann Bobby D. Mims CAPSHAW GREEN Tina R. Green YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES Damon Young
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR BAIN, FILES, JARRETT & HARRISON F.R. Files, Jr.
GARY S. KESSLER COMMERCIAL LITIGATION Gary S. Kessler is boardcertified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America© for 20 years for his work in business litigation. He and his litigation team regularly appear in state and federal courts across the country in a wide variety of business and corporate matters. He has extensive experience handling many types of corporate and securities litigation, including regulatory matters. He is a member of many industry organizations, including the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and the Defense Research Institute, and is a regular instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
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