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UNLOCKING AN AUTO PRODUCT SAFETY MYSTERY

After a low-speed, rear-end collision inexplicably left their two young children with severe head injuries, the Reavis family had many questions and no one to turn to for help.

TEXAS’ 2019 “LAWYER OF THE YEAR” HONOREES

THE DEFENSE (NEVER) RESTS

Featuring Brian Graham, partner at K&L Gates.

Dan Cogdell is a very busy man, but he’s just not the kind of lawyer who doesn’t return phone calls.

A WARRIOR FOR CLIENTS Michael P. Lyons stands up.

A TEXAS-SIZED REPUTATION

CHANGING FOR THE BETTER

Dan Sciano’s proven record of success and leadership has made him a highly sought-after plaintiff’s litigator in the Lone Star State.

Joseph Brophy’s Austin-based boutique firm comprises some of the most talented and experienced civil litigators in Texas.

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SHAPING PROGRESS Advocating for change without limits, Joseph Brophy gets the most for his clients, from coast to coast. left to right: J. KEVIN EDMUNDSON, JESSE Z. WEISS, JOSEPH F. BROPHY, CARRIE P. GOTTESMAN, RYAN SHELTON

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he members of Brophy, Edmundson, Shelton, & Weiss, PLLC, have successfully represented leaders in the Texas business community for years. Name partners Joseph F. Brophy, J. Kevin Edmundson, Ryan Shelton, and Jesse Z. Weiss have nearly a century of combined experience producing groundbreaking civil litigation work in business litigation, securities, fraud-related matters, and breaches of fiduciary duty. The firm’s partners have held senior-level positions at national and international firms, as well as with the Securities and Exchange Commission, achieving landmark results representing clients in state and federal court, in arbitration, and before regulators. Brophy says the unique combination of talent, experience, and camaraderie among the partners continually motivates them. “Our lawyers have experienced individual successes for years. We are all extremely dedicated to providing companies and owners the best possible legal representation—that hasn’t changed one bit,” says Brophy. “The enthusiasm for our work is unwavering, and the response from clients and peers has been terrific. This has already been an extremely exciting year.” Indeed, the Austin-based firm has represented plaintiffs and defendants of all sizes. The firm’s clientele includes business owners, investors and executives, commercial real estate

development firms, financial investment and advisory firms, medical service companies, franchisees, law firms, lawyers, law professors, and doctors. In both the challenging times and the good times, companies turn to Brophy, Edmundson, Shelton, & Weiss, PLLC, for business-related matters, including: • Business litigation, including divorces and formations. • Professional malpractice litigation (prosecution and defense). • FINRA arbitration. • Securities litigation. • Fraud, shareholder, and whistleblower litigation. • Class action litigation. • Insurance coverage. • Corporate real estate transactions and litigation. • Corporate transactional matters and disputes. Brophy has been included in Best Lawyers® for commercial litigation since 2013, and the publication has recognized the firm in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance law. His broad-based business practice handles both transactional and litigation matters and, as his mantra states, stretches from “the proverbial boardroom to the courtroom, and from coast to coast.” The firm supports civic-, health-, education-, and artsrelated endeavors in Austin and beyond, and also devotes many hours to pro bono legal services.

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Thompson & Knight: William L. Banowsky (Commercial Litigation; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – First Amendment; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation – Securities; Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), 2006) was a member of the trial team representing Encompass Office Solutions against BlueCross BlueShield Louisiana. BlueCross BlueShield Louisiana was found to have improperly reimbursed Encompass for medical procedures. Encompass, a Dallasbased company focused on women’s health, was awarded $9.5 million.

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Wright Abshire, Attorneys: Wesley E. Wright (Elder Law; 2008) and Molly Dear Abshire (Elder Law; Trusts and Estates, 2008) alerted the public to a Medicaid-related policy change that would have a serious impact on Texas seniors’ retirement accounts. “It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t still consider Medicaid planning,” wrote Wright and Abshire for the Houston Chronicle. “It means you need the planning even more because you are trying to exercise wisdom in the selection of options that will allow you to obtain Medicaid but still protect assets.”

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Bracewell: J. Tullos Wells (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management, 2001) hosted the 11th annual UNCF Mayor’s Luncheon at the Norris Conference Center in San Antonio. Nearly 250 guests, including corporate partners and community leaders, attended the event. “I am proud to be continuing this tradition in San Antonio, and I appreciate all of the sponsors who help make this event a major success. UNCF’s work helping people of color get access to higher education must go on,” said Mayor Ron Nirenberg. “Scholarships such as those awarded by UNCF make a significant difference. They reduce student debt and allow more Americans to work their way into high-income brackets.”

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Greenberg Traurig: Thomas J. Bond (Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice; Insurance Law, 2006) welcomed Elizabeth “Heidi” G. Bloch, a Texas appellate lawyer, to the firm’s Austin office as a shareholder. At Greenberg, Bloch will focus her practice on commercial litigation, construction litigation, and natural resources law. “We are very excited to have Heidi join our firm and the Austin office. Our strategy in Texas—and firmwide—is about finding the finest practitioners who have as their top priority to produce stellar results for our clients,” Bond said. “Heidi exemplifies those standards, and we are proud to get to work with her.”

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Norton Rose Fulbright: Jane Snoddy Smith (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law, 2008) was one of two partners appointed to the firm’s global head of real estate. “Norton Rose Fulbright serves many of the world’s leading players in real estate, and these major clients will benefit from the deep experience of Jane and Dan,” said Peter Martyr, Norton Rose Fulbright’s global chief executive. “Their leadership will guide our team as it advises on complex and sophisticated real estate matters around the world.” Smith advises foreign and domestic pension funds, REITS, and other institutional investors in direct investments and joint ventures, according to a press statement from the firm.

eGuerin, Dickson, Hennessy & became the subject of the 2010 film All Ward: Dick DeGuerin (Criminal Good Things, and later the true-crime D e fe n s e: G e n e r a l P r a c t i c e; show “The Jinx” in 2015. The day before Criminal Defense: White-Collar, 1983) the documentary series finale aired, revealed in court that the recorded Durst was arrested in New Orleans. For many following along with the confession of real estate mogul Robert Durst was misrepresented by the HBO case as it unfolded, damning evidence television show “The Jinx.” Durst, 75, against Durst appeared to take the form of a re c ord e d stands accused of confession: “What murdering writer “What the hell did I do? the hell did I do? Susan Berman in Killed them all, of course.” Killed them all, a h i g h-p r o f i l e of course,” said t r i a l fol low i ng his 2015 arrest. Durst was also accused Durst in audio that played at the end of the show. of killing his wife, Kathleen, in 1982. But that audio, which prosecutors DeGuer i n prev iously represented Durst in 2003, when he stood accused c on s id e re d “e x t re m e ly d a m n i n g ,” of murdering 71-year-old Morris Black. according to the Los Angeles Times, didn’t Black a nd Durst were neighbors in reveal the whole story. “It was edited and Galveston, Texas, where Durst lived taken out of order,” said DeGuerin. The briefly after his wife’s case was reopened judge agreed. After delays, the trial is set in 2000. Durst was found innocent by to begin in September 2019. Following his 2015 arrest, DeGuerin told way of self-defense. Durst’s latest case attracted media the Los Angeles Times that this case was attention a fter his a lleged murders “not based on facts, it’s based on ratings.”

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2019 SURVE Y RESULTS 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. GREENBERG TRAURIG Kyle K. Fox JACKSON WALKER Brandon C. Janes KELLY HART & HALLMAN David R. Keyes LAW OFFICE OF KAREN HOLODY Karen J. Holody MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Cliff Ernst, R. Clarke Heidrick, Jr., Edward S. McHorse POLLARD + COLLIE William C. Pollard QUEEN SAENZ + SCHUTZ Thomas I. Queen, Jr. VINSON & ELKINS Milam F. Newby, Paul R. Tobias W. AMON BURTON, JR. W. Amon Burton, Jr.

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EDUCATION LAW

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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

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IMMIGRATION LAW

FOSTER Robert F. Loughran K&L GATES Brian Graham MUROV & WARD Mark G. Murov PAUL PARSONS Paul Parsons

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW

MATHESON KEYS & KORDZIK Jerry M. Keys

INSURANCE LAW

CANTILO & BENNETT Patrick H. Cantilo DE LEON WASHBURN & WARD Benjamin S. De Leon, Hector De Leon DUANE MORRIS Alexander J. Gonzales DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO Leonard W. Woods DYKEMA GOSSETT Michael Klein FOLEY & LARDNER Kimberly A. Yelkin GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY Susan G. Conway, P. M. Schenkkan GREENBERG TRAURIG Thomas J. Bond, Barry R. Senterfitt HAYNES AND BOONE Leslie C. Thorne JACKSON WALKER Dudley D. McCalla, Steven D. Moore LAW FIRM OF MICHAEL SEAN QUINN Michael Sean Quinn MCGUIREWOODS J. Mark Lawless MITCHELL, WILLIAMS, SELIG, GATES & WOODYARD Melvin L. Burner, Jr., Elisabeth S. DeLargy, Stanton Strickland SHIDLOFSKY LAW FIRM Lee H. Shidlofsky SKELTON & WOODY J. Hampton Skelton THE HOHMANN LAW FIRM Guy M. Hohmann THOMPSON, COE, COUSINS & IRONS Jay A. Thompson VAN OSSELAER DISPUTE RESOLUTION Paul J. Van Osselaer WINSTEAD Linda J. Burgess

ROSE FULBRIGHT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW NORTON Brian S. Greig (EM, LE*, LM)

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WILLIAM A. BROUSSARD William A. Broussard, Sr.

Shannon H. Ratliff GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY John B. McFarland, P. M. Schenkkan KELLY HART & HALLMAN Glenn E. Johnson LAW OFFICES OF ROGER P. NEVOLA Roger P. Nevola MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Kevin M. Beiter, Tim George SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO Elizabeth N. Miller, H. Philip Whitworth, Jr. THE AL LAW GROUP Susan G. Zachos P.C. THOMPSON & KNIGHT Arthur J. Wright

LAND USE & ZONING LAW

ARMBRUST & BROWN David B. Armbrust, Richard T. Suttle, Jr. HUSCH BLACKWELL Jerry L. Harris, Nikelle Susanne Meade MCLEAN & HOWARD Jeffrey S. Howard

LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW

BYRD DAVIS ALDEN & HENRICHSON Don L. Davis (P) FISH & RICHARDSON W. Tommy Jacks (D, P) GEORGE BROTHERS KINCAID & HORTON D. Douglas Brothers (P) SCOTT DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO Stephen E. McConnico (D) SPIVEY & GRIGG Broadus A. Spivey (D, P)

LITIGATION - REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT (SEC, TELECOM, ENERGY)

HOWRY, BREEN & HERMAN Randy R. Howry

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS

GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI Kenneth J. Ferguson (D) KING & SPALDING Melvin Bailey (D)

MEDIA LAW

GEORGE BROTHERS KINCAID & HORTON R. James George, Jr.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

BYRD DAVIS ALDEN & HENRICHSON Don L. Davis (P) FISH & RICHARDSON W. Tommy Jacks (P) GERMER Missy K. Atwood (D), Mark T. Beaman (D) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Yvonne K. Puig (D), Terry O. Tottenham (D) WHITEHURST, HARKNESS, BREES, CHENG, ALSAFFAR & HIGGINBOTHAM William O. Whitehurst, Jr. (P) WINCKLER & HARVEY Jay Harvey (P), Jay L. Winckler (P)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW

BAKER BOTTS Michael L. Bengtson DICKINSON WRIGHT Darrell R. Windham DWYER MURPHY CALVERT Kelly J. Dwyer GREENBERG TRAURIG Kyle K. Fox LAW OFFICE OF KAREN HOLODY Karen J. Holody MCGINNIS LOCHRIDGE Kevin M. Beiter, Cliff Ernst, R. Clarke Heidrick, Jr. QUEEN SAENZ + SCHUTZ Thomas I. Queen, Jr. VINSON & ELKINS Paul R. Tobias

MINING LAW

LAW OFFICES OF ROGER P. NEVOLA Roger P. Nevola

RESOURCES LAW IT OUTSOURCING LAW DAVIS,NATURAL GERALD & CREMER

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW

BOULETTE GOLDEN & MARIN Jason S. Boulette (EM, LM), Tanya D. DeMent (LE*), Michael J. Golden (EM), Laura Merritt (EM), Ann Abrams Price (EM) CORNELL SMITH MIERL BRUTOCAO & BURTON Scott A. Brutocao (EM, LE*), Connie Cornell (EM, LM), Steven L. Mierl (EI, EM, LE*, LM), Edward M. Smith (EM, LM) DEATS DURST & OWEN B. Craig Deats (EI), Philip Durst (EI), Martha P. Owen (EI) DESHAZO & NESBITT Thomas A. Nesbitt (EI, EM, LE*, LM) GLENDA PITTMAN & ASSOCIATES Glenda L. Pittman (LU) HUSCH BLACKWELL Scott D. Schneider (EM, LM) JACKSON LEWIS A. Robert Fischer (EM, LE*) KATOR, PARKS, WEISER & HARRIS David Weiser (EI) KRONENBERGER LAW FIRM Gregg R. Kronenberger (EM) LITTLER MENDELSON Allan G. King (EM, LM), Steven R. McCown (EM, LM) MORELAND LAW FIRM Edmond S. Moreland Jr. (EI)

NONPROFIT / CHARITIES LAW

BRORBY, CROZIER & DOBIE Thomas J. Brorby, Brian W. Crozier

OIL AND GAS LAW

DAVIS, GERALD & CREMER Shannon H. Ratliff DUGGINS WREN MANN & ROMERO James E. Mann GRAVES DOUGHERTY HEARON & MOODY John B. McFarland KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN Danny G. Worrell

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 7 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 .

FRANK L. BRANSON

UNLOCKING AN AUTO PRODUCT SAFETY MYSTERY

After a rear-end collision left their two young children with severe head injuries, the Reavis family had many questions and no one to turn to for help.

he path to unlocking the mystery began with a call to The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson, a firm known for courtroom prowess, as well as specific expertise in the kind of painsta king multidisciplinary investigations that such cases demand. During the course of his career, firm founder Frank L. Branson has been involved in some of the most important product defect lawsuits in the nation, including landmark litigation i nvolv i ng: t he reca l l of m i l l ions of Firestone tires; rollovers of SUV’s including the Jeep CJ series, the Ford Explorer, the Nissan Pathfinder, and others; and issues including roof strength, seat belt design and performance, and most recently, car seat design, testing, and performance. For Mr. Branson, the Reavis family’s case spoke to his belief in the law and his motivation for opening his trial-focused firm more than three decades ago. “We do this

work for one reason,” he says. “Lawyers have a unique ability to help when no one else can and to make the country a safer place. There are many rewards when we do our work the right way, but helping people who have no other hope is what makes me excited to come to work every day.” The Branson team mounted an exhaustive investigation of the seats and safety components in Toyota’s Lexus ES 300 and of Toyota’s knowledge of the dangerousness of the seats. Stonewalled by an army of defense lawyers, Branson’s firm won an important ruling that compelled Toyota to

“We’re choosy about the cases we accept, and we take each one with the full intention of trying it to a jury.”

make a corporate representative available to provide testimony regarding the structure, content,– and location of the corporation’s intricate electronic record-keeping systems so that the firm could make every effort to obtain all of the relevant information held by the automaker. Branson also retained experts and had them acquire a “test buck,” equivalent to the vehicle involved in the crash to perform a rigorous series of tests under the same conditions as the crash. Branson had his experts monitor child-sized crash dummies were used to measure how a crash of this nature would affect children in the back seats. The eye-opening results revealed how the seatbacks were prone to collapse backward upon rear impact, placing backseat occupants in danger of serious injury. Jurors in the trial took special note of Branson’s powerful demonstrative evidence. The record verdict of $242 million included $144 million in exemplary damages meant to punish the automaker for failing to fix the design defect or warn the public. It was the No. 3 product defect verdict in the U.S. in 2018, according to VerdictSearch. As a result, Mr. Branson and his trial team received the Product Liability Trial Team of the Year award from the National Trial Lawyers, and Mr. Branson was honored as one of the 50 Most Influential Lawyers in America . Record verdicts and settlements are nothing new for the Branson firm. There was the catastrophic failure of a thrill ride at the State Fair of Texas and the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 in Little Rock. Branson represented a Dallas Cowboys Special Teams coach and scout when their backs were broken in the collapse of a Cowboys practice facility. In a lawsuit involving serious injuries involving a collegiate soccer standout, a federal jury ruled for the first time that the Mitsubishi Montero Sport SUV was unsafe, and a Tucson Arizona jury made the same finding as to the Nissan Pathfinder. Mr. Branson’s cross-examination of auto industry executives in the Ford/Firestone litigation has been described as a textbook example of how to prosecute such claims. In addition, Mr. Branson and his firm have secured nationally recognized verdicts and settlements against negligent trucking companies and charter bus operations, airlines, and energy companies, and their work has resulted in commitments from companies to improve the safety of their products and services. “We’re choosy about the cases we accept, and we take each one with an eye toward trial,” says Mr. Branson. “Opposing counsel quickly understand that we’re serious. I’ve found that that approach really enhances our recovery for clients, whether it’s at trial or at the settlement table.” At the core of this firm’s work is a conviction that lawyers can make a difference in their clients’ lives through tenacity, experience, and devotion to their cases. W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM

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RIAN GRAHAM, a partner at K&L Gates in Austin, came into immigration law “through a series of fortunate coincidences. After my first year of law school I decided to stay for the summer and take an early morning class,” Graham says, of the practice that earned him a 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” award in Texas’ Best Lawyers. “I had no experiential connection with immigration—there were no recent immigrants in my family, which on my dad’s side had been here since before the American Revolution. Perhaps because I had no direct experience of immigration, I was able to approach it more objectively, which led me to appreciate it in a different way.” Graham sees immigration as the “wild west” of the American legal system, “since Constitutional norms don’t apply in the same way and Congress and the executive [branch] have this unparalleled shared power.” As he’s made his way along this legal frontier, Graham has seen some significant cases. He’s represented former presidents of foreign countries, diplomats, and celebrities (though for privacy’s sake prefers not to disclose their names). “One of the more interesting cases I worked on was doing the immigration work for Rock in Rio, the world-class Brazilian rock festival. They had a deal with MGM Grand to put on a festival in Las Vegas. We did the visas for the founder and the whole executive team as well as all these interesting Brazilian bands and entertainers. They gave us festival passes so myself and some of the team went to Vegas to enjoy the fruits of our labors.” Of course, no one familiar with the current state of American immigration would assume work in that area is entirely fun or glamorous. By now, Graham is used to navigating these difficulties. “It’s certainly become more challenging, which I think has started to reverse this trend of corporate immigration being viewed as a commodity. The demand for corporate immigration is largely driven by technology and globalization and our classic American drive to be not merely competitive but to remain a leading economic power. As technology factors into that more and more, there is more demand for the highest skilled workers. And so many major Texas employers like Toyota, Samsung, Shell, Bayer, so many others are all foreign-owned and need corporate immigration to continue to run their entities here.” For Graham, the most rewarding thing about working in immigration law is the legal process itself. “Law is a wonderful profession despite all its shortcomings. The fact that we can be well compensated to solve problems and we have this authority to stand equally to the government and challenge them when they’re wrong is really something very special.”

Austin, TX

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is a ver y busy man, bu t he’s not t he k ind of law yer who doesn’t return phone calls. It’s a trait that’s immediately noticeable about him; when you don’t reach him, you’re guaranteed either a phone call or a follow-up email within a business day. Waiting days for a busy attorney like Cogdell to return correspondence is, unfortunately, what most clients usually expect from highly sought-after counsel. While Cogdell is undoubtedly a busy man, spending his days defending some of the highest-profile criminal cases in Texas and throughout the country (proven by his dominating presence in Google News searches), he has spent a dazzling legal career defying industry expectation. What’s one more to add to the list? “While some law yers my age are nearing retirement, I’m busier than ever,” says Cogdell, whose namesake law firm opened its doors to strictly handle criminal defense more than three decades ago. And he isn’t kidding. Cogdell is currently defending the attorney general for the State of Texas against allegations of securities fraud; he’s doing the same as the lead lawyer for Reverend Kirbyjon Caldwell, the pastor at a Houston-area megachurch who was handed a 13-count federal indictment last year on accusations that he defrauded a group of elderly investors out of more than a million dollars. In press coverage of the Caldwell case, Cogdell offers confident assurances that Caldwell will eventually be acquitted of the charges. Cogdell’s track record of success in the courtroom is as good an indicator as any that Caldwell is in the right legal hands. The Cogdell Law Firm was founded in 1988 after Dan Cogdell spent time learning the art of trial law at Houston-

area defense firms and under such Texas legends as Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, who died a few years ago at the age of 9 0. Upon Haynes’s passing, Cogdell told local media that it was from Haynes that he learned how to read and, more importantly, connect to a jury. “I recognize that I had the blessing of working under a legendar y mentor whose teachings and lessons are the foundation of my success,” he says. Thirty-one years after leaving Haynes and starting his own firm, Cogdell is a legal titan in his own right and is showing no signs of slowing his frenetic pace. In fact, Cogdell is working with a production team to do yet a second documentary on Cogdell’s storied career; the first, released last year on the Ox ygen Network, was based on his successful re p re s e n t a t i o n of C l i ve D oy l e, a member of the Branch Davidian sect who escaped the deadly fires when the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms bungled its raid on the compound. “Whatever my life is, it certainly isn’t boring,” says Cogdell. Cogdell is opening up an office in Dallas to better serve his clients in the Metroplex as well as adding lawyers to his already talented team in Houston. “I’ve got some really great folks working alongside of me of me and I am really grateful for their effort, talent, and commitment. They are a terrific team. We are fortunate to be getting more and more business which requires us adding more good lawyers.” He also recently recruited a veteran FBI agent in order to bolster the firm’s already rock-solid legal strategic team. “She comes to us with more than 25 years experience investigating some of the most high-profile cases on behalf of the government,” Cogdell says. “Her insight and experience are critical in helping us not only prepare our side of the case but to help us analyze the weaknesses

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of the opposition — par ticularl y in federal matters.” As Cogdell notes, one issue other firms frequently encounter in defending criminal matters is that the lack of a proper investigative team, which hinders their ability to properly anticipate what the other side’s strategy will be. While that has never been an issue for Cogdell, this key addition of the former FBI agent means the firm can go to trial with the knowledge that it has not been out-prepared. Being out-fought is never on the table, either. That’s probably one of the reasons Cogdell has been asked to parachute into matters initially taken on by larger national and international firms; when it comes time to go to trial many find themselves falling short of Cogdell’s unrivaled trial skillset. “Those firms frequently have an incredible depth and breadth of talented lawyers but may need a lawyer who has my experience in the cour troom. That doesn’t always exist in firms, no matter how large and other wise talented they are.” Indeed, as Cogdell—and his clients—can attest, size is most

certainly not a deciding factor when it comes to courtroom experience. “If you needed a critical surgery, would you want a doctor operating on you who had never performed the procedure before? As with any life-threatening surgery, there really is no substitute for experience if you want a successful outcome. Learning on the job isn’t an option.”

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“THERE REALLY IS NO SUBSTITUTE

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APPELLATE PRACTICE MEHAFFYWEBER

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CANALES & SIMONSON J. A. Canales THE RANGEL LAW FIRM Jorge C. Rangel

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“When we roll in, we want everyone to know we can go toe-to-toe with anyone.”

MICHAEL P. LYONS

A WARRIOR FOR CLIENTS Michael P. Lyons stands up.

isteners of the wildly popular “Dr. Death” podcast may recognize the name of attorney Michael Lyons. Lyons represented one of the victims of former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, who is currently serving life in prison after committing one of the largest medical mass torts in history. Lyons’ time on the podcast was small, but the impact he’s had on his client’s life has been quite significant. “Injustice keeps me up at night,” Lyons said. “My clients’ problems are my problems. I knew we needed to right a terrible wrong.” Many

attorneys would charitably characterize any case challenging Texas’s tort reform laws as a fool’s errand. Nevertheless, Lyons understood something had to be done, even if it meant standing up to then-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Once the dust had settled, his client was taken care of and Duntsch was behind bars. Lyons literally views himself as a warrior for his client’s cause, and he takes his job seriously. He has spent his entire career representing people who have the deck stacked against them. For the public, most people cannot afford to hire the large white-shoe law firm to fight for them, but the big corporations can and do. “The running joke for years was that I couldn’t afford to hire myself. That’s wrong and the system is

set up to keep private citizens from accessing the courthouse. I can’t live with that,” Lyons said. “My mission is to provide representation on par or better than that of any billionaire or giant multinational corporation,” Lyons says. “Your economic status or what ill-fated misfortune you’re faced with should not determine your chance to win in the civil justice system. That’s un-American.” That’s not just lip service—he means it. Lyons has a private jet on standby 24/7 with access to resources to stand up to anyone, anytime, anywhere. “When we roll in, we want everyone to know we can go toe-to-toe with anyone.” Lyons is confident for good reason. At age 45, he has developed a reputation for getting remarkable results on big, high-exposure cases all over the country. Over a 20-year career he’s represented clients from publicly traded compa nies in the most complex business disputes to individuals facing life-altering personal injuries in the fight of their lives. He has tried cases before judges, juries, and arbitrators and finds himself most at home with challenging, technically complex cases. His recent case list looks more like a career list than a three-year snapshot. A young girl is hit by a delivery truck while riding her bicycle, throwing her 25 feet and causing a traumatic brain injury. The driver is drunk, driving on the wrong side of the road and on his phone. When the defendants challenged the extent of her brain injury, Lyons brought in one of the world’s top neurologists and used cutting-edge imaging technology known as Diffusion Tensor Imaging to quantify and correlate his client’s brain injury. In another case, Lyons represented a young boy who sustained a severe brain injury when a tree limb over a playground snapped and struck him. He spent the money to scan the entire park and produce a 3D animation that captured exactly what happened. Lyons says a picture speaks a thousand words. “When you can show the jury a visual depiction of the injuries or the event that caused them in a way that speaks truth, it’s game, set, match for your client. Any juror that sees a child experience something so terrible will have a hard time forgetting it.” Lyons has recently had a string of high-profile cases that have attracted media attention, but that isn’t what motivates him. He represents a 72-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s who was sexually assaulted by a cable technician in her home. Lyons says he wants to change the culture that allowed it to happen, “This isn’t an isolated occurrence. There’s a blind spot in how these companies hire and retain their workers. This has to get fixed.” In January of 2018, five workers were killed when a gas well blow-out and rig fire occurred near Quinton, Oklahoma. It was the worst oilfield disaster since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy. Lyons was brought in to represent the family of one of the victims. “I was watching this unfold on CNN and the next day I got the call to get involved. It has been one of the most impactful cases of my career.” Lyons says before the case is finished, it’s his desire to change the way well control is managed and monitored. “I don’t want my client’s life to have been lost for nothing.” The world needs more warriors for justice. For the past 20 years, Michael Lyons has been one of those people. W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM

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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 7 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 .

A TEXAS-SIZED REPUTATION Dan Sciano’s proven record of success and leadership has made him a highly sought-after plaintiff’s litigator in the Lone Star State. BY JUSTIN SMULISON

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aniel J.T. Sciano maintains a stellar reputation both in and out of the courtroom. Sciano is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in two areas of the law—Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law. The dual board certification is a distinction held by only about 1 percent of approximately 100,000 attorneys currently licensed to practice law in Texas. Sciano has set a standard of thoroughness for himself and every member of his firm t hat conti nues to st u n even t he most seasoned opposing attorney. “We go further tha n leaving no stone unturned,” says Sciano, who was awarded San Antonio Best Lawyers ® “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in 2010 and 2012. “Preparation for us means being more knowledgeable than the opposing party about every aspect of the injury-causing incident and every person or entity involved. If an entity is involved, we want to know more about their company, property, products, and regulations than they do, no matter the size of the case.” Always fighting for those whose lives have been catastrophically affected because of the negligence of others, Sciano is regarded as extremely skilled in many areas of personal injury, including trucking litigation, claims i nvolv i ng u nsa fe prem ises cond itions, and defective products. His longstanding presence i n t he lega l com mu n it y a nd collaborative nature continues to generate referrals which time and again result in favorable outcomes, many times surpassing prior offers or projections. “It’s always an honor when another professional trusts us to fight for a client,” Sciano says. I n add ition to ha nd l i ng h igh-sta kes personal injury matters, he and the firm also have extensive experience with litigating trusts and estate matters, probate, breach of fiduciary duties, oil and gas litigation, and many other practice areas that fall under the banner of civil litigation. Sciano is a past president of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association, a leader in several professional associations, and is a highly regarded legal speaker, teaching on various continuing legal education topics for the State Bar of Texas at the Advanced Personal Injury and the Advanced Civil Trial courses. He regularly speaks on the ever-changing federal motor carrier safety regulations, at trucking safety seminars, the State Bar of Texas trucking course, and for local bar associations.

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Sciano’s practice is diverse in nature, recently resolving cases involving a company vehicle transporting hazardous materials that exploded near Eagle Pass, Texas, causing a fatality and numerous serious injuries; an intersectional collision resulting in a fatality in Oklahoma caused by an unqualified, inattentive driver; a royalty dispute between a landowner and an oil and gas company; and an airplane crash in Colorado caused by pilot error. “We have decades of litigation experience handling complex commercial and personal injury matters and are a firm with a proven record,” Sciano says.

“We have decades of litigation experience handling complex commercial and personal injury matters and are a firm with a proven record.” W W W.BESTL AW Y ERS.COM

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CHANGING FOR THE BETTER

Joseph Brophy’s Austin-based boutique firm comprises some of the most talented and experienced civil litigators in Texas.

2019

has been an exciting year so far for Joseph F. Brophy. The renowned business law yer a nd his partners aligned themselves with J. Kevin Ed mundson, former senior counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Several of Austin’s most talented and experienced practitioners now lead Brophy, Edmundson, Shelton, & Weiss, PLLC, and the firm is recognized as one of Texas’s leading civil litigation boutiques and business law firms. “From small contract disputes to betthe-company cases, we are prepared to handle any business dispute,” Brophy says. “Ou r law yers a re considered trailblazers in many specialties, including rea l estate, contract law, securities litigation, employment litigation, FINRA, and fraud-related litigation. We have broad experience on both sides of the docket, which allows us to better assess the strengths and weaknesses of our case and those of our opponents.” BESW’s wide range of past clientele includes business owners, investors and executives, commercial real estate development firms, financial investment and advisory firms, medical service compa n ies, fra nch isees, law f i rms, lawyers, law professors, and doctors. Brophy leads a broad-based business practice, including both transactional and litigation work. “Our reach extends coast to coast, from the proverbial boardroom

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to the courtroom,” he says. Wit h va r ied ex per ience at l a rge national and international firms and in the SEC, the firm’s trial-tested lawyers are uniquely positioned for success. Brophy, who has had the privilege of practicing with several great lawyers over the last 25 years, maintains that BESW has a combination of talent and resources largely unmatched by other boutique firms. “Our goal is to be a true business partner for our clients,” he says. “We offer the sort of personal attention that makes all the difference in these cases, particularly when it comes to large pieces of litigation against major entities and law firms.” Brophy has been selected by Best Lawyers © for inclusion in the commercial litigation practice area since 2013. He was named a Texas Super Lawyer Top Rated Business & Securities Litigation Law yers-Austin, a nd he was th rice recognized by Princeton Global’s “Top 100 Lawyers in America.” He graduated

“Our reach extends coast to coast, from the proverbial boardroom to the courtroom.”

—JOSEPH F. BROPHY

with an undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Texas and earned his J.D. at St. Mary’s School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the John Harlan Academic Honor Society. A bootstrapper at heart, the grandson of a n Irish union boss in New York City and the son of a Marine, Brophy applies his steadfast determination to winning for his clients—a philosophy his partners share. “We are smart, aggressive lawyers who put our clients first and love what we do,” Brophy says. “Our clients—many of whom have been with us for years—are getting stronger results than ever. Nothing makes us happier than that.”

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f numbers told the whole story, then anything you would need to know about Dan Cogdell could be summed up in the following equation: 300 trials, in 16 states, and over the course of more than 37 years. But anyone who knows Cogdell understands that those figures don’t even scratch the surface of the depth, breadth, and totality of his experience in the courtroom. In a general sense, one could say that Cogdell has probably seen it all—and then some—but that just wouldn’t do justice to his incredible body of work defending individuals embroiled in highstakes legal challenges. “For my clients, getting the results they deserve is the most important task they will ever be a party to,” says Cogdell. “It’s hard to overstate what is on the line for my clients when they enter a courtroom.” But Cogdell, who is known for taking on some of the highest-profile cases in Texas and around the country, almost makes it looks easy—perhaps one of the reasons he is considered a go-to in matters involving complex federal securities and bank fraud cases as well as those involving medical fraud allegations. That’s not to mention his work on behalf of defendants facing charges involving organized crime, racketeering, environmental and other high-stakes state-based indictments. It’s unsurprising, then, that his cases would attract significant media attention—and often on a national scale. That was recently ramped

up a notch when, in 2018, the Oxygen television network released a documentary on Cogdell’s work on behalf of Clive Doyle, a highprofile defendant in the Branch Davidian litigation that unfolded after the botched ATF raid on the religious sect’s compound in Waco, Texas. Up next: another documentary, this time on the “Slave Ranch Trial” whereby Cogdell, along with his then mentor Richard “Racehorse” Haynes, represented a group of defendants accused of murder, kidnapping, and torture of workers allegedly forced to produce wooden keychains for sale throughout Texas. To dispel the idea that his client had caused the injuries that the state of Texas had claimed, Cogdell literally shocked himself with a cattle prod in front of the jury during cross-examination of the state’s medical examiner. The result for the client: probation. Though that case was tried years ago, the forthcoming documentary will reveal just how wild of a case it was, considering that many have treated as an urban legend. “Trust me, what happened in that trial was anything but a myth. It was, to this day, perhaps the wildest trial I have ever participated in.” But to Cogdell—listed in Best Lawyers® since 1994, a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a recent recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Texas Lawyer, and a frequent guest on national television programs—it’s all in a day’s work. And he’s not slowing down anytime soon. “The past has been fantastic, but the future looks even better,” he says.

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These benefit claims are usually governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). I represent individuals who have been denied health care benefits, retirement benefits, disability benefits, or life insurance benefits. I also handle insurance coverage claims for insureds (companies and notspecializing governed by I have practiced law in Texasindividuals) since 1985, that and are began I have been board certified in employment benefit claimsERISA. in 1998. These benefit claims are in consumer and commercial law by the usually governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Texas Board ofwho Legal Specialization Act of 1974 (ERISA). I represent individuals have been denied 2001. My law firm has been health care benefits, retirementsince benefits, disability benefits, or ranked Tier 1 in San Antonio life insurance benefits. I also handle insurance coverage claims by U.S. News – Best Lawyers for insureds (companies and individuals) that are not “Best Lawgoverned Firms” inby the ERISA. I have been board certified in consumer and commercial specialty of ERISA law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2001. My law litigation since firm has been ranked Tier 1 in San Antonio by U.S. News Best 2013. For–more Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in the specialty of ERISA litigationplease since information, 2013. For more information, please see my website. see my website.

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BRAY, CHAPPEL, PATTERSON & OLSEN Jamie Patterson

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GORDON T. ARNOLD

BARBARA K. RUNGE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

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Gordon is the managing partner a t A r n o l d & S a u n d e r s , L L P, and has been assisting clients develop intellectual property and commercialization strategy for over 20 years. Gordon has been the chair of the Patent Policy Committee of the ABA and represented the section in congressional meetings on funding and pending patent legislation. He is also a past-president of the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association, a past chair of the Patent Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and previously served on the Board of Directors of that organization. Gordon is also the Founding Master of the Houston Intellectual Property Inn of Court. He is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a Fellow Committee Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas and his JD from the University of Houston College of Law. Gordon was an Associate Editor of the Houston Journal of International Law and an intern to the late Hon. Norman Black of the Southern District of Texas.

ARNOLD & SAUNDERS, LLP

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Philip H. Hilder has been involved in numerous complex, high profile cases including co-lead counsel defending the Texas Attorney General for alleged violations of securities fraud; representation of the Enron whistleblower; and defending BP personnel in the Deepwater Horizon explosion criminal investigation. His practice emphasizes white collar criminal defense including related parallel litigation and corporate compliance issues. He served as the attorney in charge of the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Force (Houston) and as an Assistant United States Attorney. Since entering private practice, Philip has served as President, Federal Bar Association (Houston Chapter); ABA, National Chair, White Collar Crime Committee; co chair, ABA National Institute on Securities Fraud.

Exceptionally active in the Houston legal community, Barbara Runge has practiced law since 1974. Barbara has experienced an extremely successful career in family law. “Every day in my life, I have been given the opportunity to help people who are experiencing the most traumatic time of their lives,” she professes. This desire for helping clients in need led Barbara to be listed by Best Lawyers® in Houston for Family Law, as well as recognized in Texas’ Best Lawyers. Board certified in family law, Barbara handles divorce and custody cases, modifications, premarital, and marital agreements. Additionally, Barbara represents clients using the collaborative method or litigation as determined by case and the client’s desires. She is also a mediator and arbitrator. Barbara has received numerous awards, including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Texas Tech School of Law and the Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists’™ Award for Professionalism and Excellence in Family Law.

BARBARA K. RUNGE

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CRAIG HASTON ATTORNEY / MEDIATOR / ARBITRATOR Craig Haston is the founding at torney of The Haston Law Firm, P.C., located in Houston, Texas. Since 1992 Mr. Haston has represented clients throughout North Houston, Harris County, and surrounding communities in family law matters. Board certified since 1999, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in family law, he handles complex property cases, child custody and support, modifications, and enforcement of orders and premarital agreements. He is also a trained and experienced family law mediator and cer tified arbitrator, credited with hundreds of successful mediations, and is a frequent writer and speaker on a variety of family law related topics. Mr. Haston is a current fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists, a former member of the State Bar of Texas Family Law Council, past-chair of the Houston Bar Association Family Law Section, and Past Chair of Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists. He is also a life member of the Texas Family Law Foundation, working to promote legislation in Texas to benefit the families of Texas.

HILDER & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

THE HASTON LAW FIRM, P.C

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ALVIN L. ZIMMERMAN & BRIAN W. ZIMMERMAN FAMILY LAW/ CIVIL LITIGATION

Heather Lynn Long is a career trial lawyer. She spent the first twelve years of practice working in three prominent Dallas personal injury firms where she had the opportunity to handle all kinds of cases in Texas and across the nation including: truck wrecks, products liability, medical malpractice, occupational disease, commercial disputes, oil field injuries, and civil rights. Most of Heather’s clients are other trial lawyers. They hire Heather as a legal writer, trial lawyer, and appellate advocate. When it comes to representing people, there is no one size that fits all. Heather likes breaking molds and finding creative ways to convey her clients’ truths.

ZASW, in its 35th year, is rated AV-Preeminent by MartindaleHubbell. Several attorneys are Texas Super Lawyers: Neil Rosenstein, board certified* estate planning and probate, Masters tax - NYU; Brian Zimmerman, board certified* civil trial law and recognized by H Magazine as one of “Houston’s Top Lawyers;” and he has tried numerous lawsuits throughout the United States and recently won a $5 million verdict; Alvin Zimmerman, board certified* family law, a former State District Judge, Credentialed Distinguished Mediator, has mediated over 2,000 cases and has arbitrated over 350 cases. He has also received the Outstanding Professionalism Award, listed by Lawdragon, a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, former chair Houston Bar Association Family Law and also its Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, and former chair State Bar of Texas ADR Section. (*Texas Board of Legal Specialization).

CARTER LONG PC

ZIMMERMAN, AXELRAD, STERN & WISE, P.C.

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PROFILED FIRM/LAWYER

H. BURNEY LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW LAURA Laura H. Burney

BRACEWELL Leslie Selig Byrd (EM, LM), Victoria M. Garcia (EM, LM), James H. Kizziar, Jr. (EM, LE*, LM), J. Tullos Wells (EM, LM) BRANSCOMB Sandra Ramos White (EM, LE*) CALDWELL EAST & FINLAYSON Dawn B. Finlayson (EM, LE*, LM) CLARK HILL STRASBURGER Sona Ramirez (LE*) DAVID M. EVANS, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW David M. Evans (EI, LE*) DAVID VAN OS & ASSOCIATES David Van Os (LU) DYKEMA GOSSETT Ramon D. Bissmeyer (EM, LE*, LM), Donna K. McElroy (EM, LM), Daniel R. Stern (EI, EM, LE*, LM, LU) GARDNER LAW Robert D. Kilgore (LE*, LM) GAUL AND DUMONT Kala S. Dumont (EI, LE*), Malinda A. Gaul (EI) GRAVELY & PEARSON Matthew R. Pearson (EI) HAYNES AND BOONE Laura E. O’Donnell (LE*) HOLLAND & HOLLAND John A. Heller (EM) JACKSON WALKER Richard G. Garza (LE*) JEFFREY A. GOLDBERG (THE LAW OFFICE OF) Jeffrey A. Goldberg (EI, LE*) JEFFREY LAW FIRM Ray B. Jeffrey (EM) KATZMAN & KATZMAN Alex L. Katzman (EI, LE*) LANG LAW FIRM Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. (EI) LAW OFFICE OF GLEN D. MANGUM Glen D. Mangum (EI, LE*) LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL R. LATIMER Michael R. Latimer (EI, EM, LE*, LM, LU) LAW OFFICES OF ARTHUR NICHOLSON Arthur C. Nicholson III (EI, EM, LE*) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Mario A. Barrera (EM, LE*, LM), Philip J. Pfeiffer (EM, LM) OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART Tiffany L. Cox (EM, LE*), Lawrence D. Smith (EM, LM) PITTARD LAW FIRM R. Chris Pittard (EI) SCHMOYER REINHARD Justin J. Barbour (EM, LE*), John A. Ferguson, Jr. (EM, LE*, LM), Judy K. Jetelina (EM, LE*, LM), Christine E. Reinhard (EM, LE*, LM), Shannon B. Schmoyer (EM, LM) THE GALO LAW FIRM Michael V. Galo, Jr. (EM, LE*) THE MCKINNEY LAW FIRM Christopher J. McKinney (EI) THE RAPP LAW FIRM Robert A. Rapp, Jr. (EM, LM)

LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW

CLEMENS & SPENCER George H. Spencer, Jr. (D) PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI A. Lewin Plunkett (D) THORNTON, BIECHLIN, REYNOLDS & GUERRA Robert R. Biechlin, Jr. (D), Richard J. Reynolds III (D)

MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS

CROSLEY LAW FIRM Thomas A. Crosley (P) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Robert G. Newman (D) ROD REGAN LAW FIRM Roderick J. Regan (D) WATTS GUERRA Mikal C. Watts (P)

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW

CLARK HILL STRASBURGER Cynthia Day Grimes (D) LYONS & LYONS CRIMINAL DEFENSE: INSURANCE LAW Clarence V. Lyons (P) WHITE-COLLAR GRAVELY & PEARSON NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CLARK HILL STRASBURGER Charles A. Deacon (D) Marc E. Gravely Reese L. Harrison, Jr., Farley P. Katz PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI LANG LAW FIRM Tim T. Griesenbeck, Jr. (D) Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN, HILLEY REY PEREZ & ASSOCIATES & ORR LANGLEY & BANACK Rey Perez (D, P) Thomas H. Veitch Gerald Harris Goldstein, Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr & SCIANO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW TINSMAN page 28 Stephen F. Lazor (P) AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD page 25 HASDORFF & CONVERY Kirt S. O’Neill (IP*, P*) John A. Convery CLARK HILL STRASBURGER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW JOHN F. CARROLL Judith R. Blakeway (IP*) JACKSON WALKER John F. Carroll DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA Stephanie L. Chandler LAW OFFICES OF SAM LOCK Ricardo G. Cedillo (IP*, P*) Sam H. Lock DYKEMA GOSSETT MUNICIPAL LAW MARK STEVENS J. Daniel Harkins (C, IP*, P, P*, T) DENTON, NAVARRO, ROCHA, BERNAL Mark Stevens HAYNES AND BOONE & ZECH NICHOLAS & BARRERA William B. Nash (P*) Lowell F. Denton Roy R. Barrera, Jr., Roy R. Barrera, Sr. LAW OFFICES OF GALE R. PETERSON MCKAMIE KRUEGER William M. McKamie DUI/DWI DEFENSE Gale R. Peterson (IP*, P*) THE MACON LAW FIRM JOHN F. CARROLL NATURAL RESOURCES LAW R. Laurence Macon (IP*, P*) John F. Carroll ELDER BRAY & BANKLER LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. INTERNATIONAL MERGERS David H.O. Roth SCHARMEN & ACQUISITIONS J. RANDALL PATTERSON George A. Scharmen JACKSON WALKER J. Randall Patterson Stephen D. Seidel

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DYKEMA GOSSETT Kerry T. Benedict, Andrew G. Sherwood, John B. Stewart, James M. Truss ELDER BRAY & BANKLER Michael A. Morell FARRIMOND CASTILLO & BRESNAHAN Scott A. Farrimond OIL AND GAS LAW GOLDEN STEVES & GORDON CALDWELL EAST & FINLAYSON Karl P. Baker, Stephen L. Golden, Ami G. Wade Caldwell Gordon DROUGHT, DROUGHT & BOBBITT HAYNES AND BOONE Calhoun Bobbitt Frank Z. Ruttenberg DYKEMA GOSSETT HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA James M. Truss Andrew S. Cohen, Adam P. Rabinowitz ELDER BRAY & BANKLER JACKSON WALKER David H.O. Roth Peter R. Broderick, James M. McDonough J. RANDALL PATTERSON JOSEPH W. TAYLOR J. Randall Patterson Joseph W. Taylor JACKSON WALKER KERR & JAECKLE Peter E. Hosey Richard L. Kerr LAW OFFICES OF JON R. RAY KRUGER CARSON Jon R. Ray Brad Carson SANTOYO MOORE WEHMEYER LANGLEY & BANACK Katy Pier Moore Michael C. Boyle, Steven R. Brook, August Linnartz, Jr., Marc J. Schnall PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS J. SMITH BRIN & BRIN Thomas Jay Smith George G. Brin (D) LAW OFFICES OF JAMES H. BARROW BROCK GUERRA STRANDMO DIMALINE James H. Barrow JONES NORMAN & OLIVER John A. Guerra (D) James C. Norman CLARK HILL STRASBURGER NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Cynthia Day Grimes (D), Andrew L. John P. Jennings, James M. Summers, Kerr (D) Katherine A. Tapley CROSLEY LAW FIRM ROSENTHAL PAUERSTEIN SANDOLOSKI Thomas A. Crosley (P), R. Andrew AGATHER Rodriguez (P) Robert A. Rosenthal DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA SAÑUDO PÉREZ Ronald E. Mendoza (D) Alex Perez EVANS, ROWE & HOLBROOK SARA E. DYSART Brett B. Rowe (D) Sara E. Dysart GOODE CASSEB JONES RIKLIN CHOATE SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN & WATSON Banks M. Smith Fred Riley Jones (D), Kyle C. Watson (D) WILSON & WILSON LAW JANICEK LAW FIRM Jamie M. Wilson Elizabeth S. Janicek (P) KETTERMAN ROWLAND & WESTLUND SECURITIES / CAPITAL Phillip G. Bernal (P), Douglas D. MARKETS LAW Ketterman (P) DYKEMA GOSSETT LANG LAW FIRM Wilhelm E. Liebmann (S) Sylvan S. Lang, Jr. (P) LAW OFFICES OF JAMES M. DOYLE, JR. LANGLEY & BANACK James M. Doyle, Jr. (S) Steven D. Browne (D) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT LAW OFFICE OF JEFFREY C. ANDERSON Daniel McNeel Lane, Jr. (S*) Jeffrey C. Anderson (P) THE MACON LAW FIRM LAW OFFICES OF FIDEL RODRIGUEZ, R. Laurence Macon (S*) JR. Fidel Rodriguez, Jr. (P) TAX LAW LYONS & LYONS CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE, Clarence V. Lyons (P) WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY William H. Lester, Jr., Charles J. Muller, NAMAN, HOWELL, SMITH & LEE Jaime Vasquez J. Michael Myers (D) CLARK HILL STRASBURGER NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT Stanley L. Blend, Farley P. Katz Charles A. Deacon (D), John W. Weber, Jr. (D) DYKEMA GOSSETT Robert W. Nelson PIERSON LAW FIRM William W. Pierson (D) HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA Charles M. Hornberger PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI A. Lewin Plunkett (D) NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT George W. Scofield PRICHARD YOUNG David M. Prichard (D) SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN R. James Curphy, Darin N. Digby RUSH & GRANSEE Robert L. Rush (P) TRUSTS AND ESTATES SCHEUERMAN LAW FIRM BRANSCOMB Tyler Scheuerman (P) Joseph McKnight Davis THORNTON, BIECHLIN, REYNOLDS CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE, & GUERRA WILLIAMS & AUGHTRY Robert R. Biechlin, Jr. (D), Richard J. James M. McNeel Reynolds III (D) CLARK HILL STRASBURGER TINSMAN & SCIANO Taylor S. Boone, David P. Stanush Daniel J.T. Sciano (P) DAVIDSON TROILO REAM & GARZA page 25 James C. Woo WATTS GUERRA DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA Francisco Guerra IV (P), Mikal C. Ricardo G. Cedillo Watts (P) DROUGHT, DROUGHT & BOBBITT James L. Drought PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION DUNCAN, BRESSLER & LIU CROSLEY LAW FIRM Edgar M. Duncan Thomas A. Crosley (P), R. Andrew DYKEMA GOSSETT Rodriguez (P) David B. West NAMAN, HOWELL, SMITH & LEE FORD MURRAY J. Michael Myers (D) S. Mark Murray NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT HORNBERGER FULLER & GARZA John W. Weber, Jr. (D) Rudy A. Garza, Charles M. Hornberger PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI JEFFERSON CANO A. Lewin Plunkett (D) Lamont A. Jefferson PRICHARD YOUNG David M. Prichard (D), Kevin M. Young (D) KEVIN PHILIP KENNEDY Kevin Philip Kennedy WATTS GUERRA LANGLEY & BANACK Francisco Guerra IV (P) James J. Aycock, Arthur H. Bayern, PROFESSIONAL William T. Bayern, Joyce W. Moore, Bruce MALPRACTICE LAW K. Spindler NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT PLUNKETT, GRIESENBECK & MIMARI Nancy Nowlin Kerr, Robert G. Newman Tim T. Griesenbeck, Jr. (P) SCHOENBAUM, CURPHY & SCANLAN PUBLIC FINANCE LAW Darin N. Digby, William Scanlan, Jr., Banks M. Smith NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT UHL, FITZSIMONS, JEWETT & BURTON Clayton S. Binford, W. Jeffrey Kuhn Harry W. Wolff, Jr. REAL ESTATE LAW YALE LAW FIRM Glen A. Yale BARTON BENSON JONES J. Cary Barton, Kacy Cigarroa UTILITIES LAW BAYNE, SNELL & KRAUSE HAYNES AND BOONE Barry Snell Diana M. Liebmann BRANSCOMB Grady B. Jolley, Rhonda G. Jolley CLARK HILL STRASBURGER TYLER Andrew L. Kerr, Robert K. Sugg DAVIS, CEDILLO & MENDOZA ANTITRUST LAW J. Russell Davis HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom DUNCAN, BRESSLER & LIU Stephen A. Bressler LAW OFFICES OF JON R. RAY Jon R. Ray MCREYNOLDS & TYE Michael L. McReynolds

BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION

HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom 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 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

BAIN, FILES, JARRETT & HARRISON F.R. Files, Jr., J. Brett Harrison HOLMES & MOORE Clifton L. Holmes THE LAW OFFICES OF BOBBY D. MIMS Bobby D. Mims YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES Damon Young

CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR

BAIN, FILES, JARRETT & HARRISON F.R. Files, Jr. 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

FISCHER & FISCHER ATTORNEYS AT LAW 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*), Jennifer L. Truelove (IP*) PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH Robert C. Bunt (C, IP*, P*, T) THE DAVIS FIRM William Davis (IP*) WARD SMITH & HILL Wesley Hill (IP*), T. John Ward (IP*), T. John Ward Jr. (IP*) YOUNGPICKETT LAW OFFICES Damon Young (IP*, P*)

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)

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS LAW

MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION

HALTOM & DOAN Jennifer H. Doan (D), James N. Haltom (D) ROTH LAW FIRM Carl R. Roth (P) SLOAN, HATCHER, PERRY, RUNGE, ROBERTSON & SMITH Glenn A. Perry (P) WARD SMITH & HILL Bruce A. Smith (P)

PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION

HALTOM & DOAN Darby V. Doan (D), Jennifer H. Doan (D)

SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW

MCKOOL SMITH Samuel F. Baxter (S*) HALTOM & DOAN James N. Haltom

TAX LAW

TRUSTS AND ESTATES

ALLEN LOTTMANN KIMMEL Michael D. Allen, Richard H. Lottmann CAPSHAW GREEN Tina R. Green

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 7 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 .

“It is our privilege to help individuals seek justice and recovery in the face of tremendous tragedy. At Ammons Law Firm, we take seriously our commitment to our clients and to our referral partner attorneys.”

Rob

A m mons a nd h is tea m at Ammons Law Firm are known nationally as the preeminent receiving firm for complex tire and automotive defect cases. Ammons Law Firm has secured more than $1 billion in recoveries for their clients over three decades―including a record-breaking $33 million verdict in 2019 holding Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company responsible for a fatal wreck stemming from a tread separation. Rob has spent three decades exclusively representing consumers in catastrophic persona l i nju r y a nd w rongf u l deat h litigation. Board certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Rob is licensed to practice law in Texas, Florida, New York, Arizona and New Mexico. Rob m a i nt a i n s a n “AV ” rat i ng by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed each yea r i n Super Law yers a nd by Best Lawyers ® since 2013. While peer recog n it ion helps va l id ate a c a reer spent in courtrooms, holding huge and p owe r f u l cor p or at ion s a c cou nt a ble when they cut corners on safety is what motivates Ammons.

Rob’s work on defective automotive product a nd tire litigation has led to the recall of some 100 million tires and automobiles, part of his f irm’s larger mission to drive safety improvements across industries. Referral attorneys who entrust Ammons Law Firm with their cases of ten have extensive persona l injury experience but know Ammons Law Firm will bring specialized expertise to bea r i n pu rsu i ng veh icle a nd ti re manufacturers. As one referral attorney says, “I referred the client to Ammons L aw Fi r m , bec au se I k new of t hei r reputation as a top notch law f irm in the area of defective airbags and vehicle crashworthiness. Robert Ammons and his staff did an outstanding job on the case and were able to secure results that far exceeded my expectations.”

“At Ammons Law Firm, we are committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients, we are committed to making a difference in the way industries do their business, and we are committed to making a difference in the safety of our community.”

3700 Montrose Boulevard | Houston, Texas 77006 713.523.1606 | 866.523.1603 www.ammonslaw.com

― ROB AMMONS

5 TIER 1 RANKINGS IN DALLAS/FORT WORTH

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Joseph Brophy’s Austin-based boutique firm comprises some of the most talented and experienced civil litigators in Texas. page 19

THE LAW OFFICES OF FRANK L. BRANSON, P.C page 9

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A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

THE LAW OFFICES OF FRANK L. BRANSON, P.C page 9

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DEANS & LYONS page 15

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