To compile our list of the Best Lawyers in Dallas, we asked lawyers with a valid Texas Bar number to designate their primary area of practice. We then asked them to nominate two lawyers outside their firm and one within their firm in their area of practice, keeping the following question in mind: which Dallas lawyers, of those whose work you have witnessed firsthand, would you rank among the current best? Answers may include co-counsel, lawyers you have observed in court, and opposing counsel.
After the votes were tallied, a panel of eminent lawyers met with our editors to evaluate the Best Lawyers in Dallas 2007 list. Self-nominations were not counted. The panel’s anonymity was assured to allow the lawyers to speak freely about issues regarding their peers that would only be known to the legal community. Voting was conducted exclusively at www.dmagazine.com.
After this list was completed, we turned a copy over to our sales staff. The sales department cannot add or subtract from the list. They in turn offer full-profile advertisements to the winners. The editors have no idea who purchases these ads, which are found in a special advertising section somewhere else in the magazine. If lawyers decline to buy an ad, they are still listed below. No one can buy an ad in this special section unless he or she is included in this list.
Note: The law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist was in the midst of dissolving as we went to press. The laywers listed at that firm were voted on for their work on its behalf, so our listings reflect this.
| APPELLATENina Cortell Haynes and Boone Charles T. Frazier Jr. Deborah Hankinson P. Michael Jung Jeffrey S. Levinger Julia Pendery Chad Ruback BANK LENDING O. Paul Corley Jr. Roderick Goyne Thomas Higier James R. Littlejohn Elmer Murphey Dan Nicewander Emeline Yang
Robert D. Albergotti C. Mark Brannum Jason Brookner Bill Finkelstein Charles R. Gibbs Jack Kinzie E. Lee Morris Patrick Neligan Robin Phelan Mark Ralston Judith Ross Dan Stewart BUSINESS LITIGATION
Charles L. Babcock M. Scott Barnard George W. Bramblett William A. Brewer III Craig Budner David Coale Jim Coleman Jim E. Cowles John R. Crews Mark Davenport William Dawson Ernest Figari Jr. Charles Gall G. Michael Gruber Randy Johnston George Kryder Jay Madrid David R. McAtee Mike McKool Jr. Tom Melsheimer Aimee Williams Moore Robert Mow Rod Phelan Richard Sayles Jon Shepherd David Shuford William D. Sims Victor Vital Mark Werbner Robert J. Witte Fletcher Yarbrough COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
William T. “Chip” Cavanaugh Jr. Kevin Cherry W. Robert Dyer Jr. Kevin L. Kelley Ray Khirallah Carl Klinke Paul Martin Randall M. Ratner Harry M. Roberts Ann Saegert Patricia Stanton Kevin A. Sullivan James Wallenstein CONSTRUCTION Joe Canterbury Michelle I. Rieger CORPORATE FINANCE/ Andrew Baker Michael Boone Jeffrey S. Cash
Terry Conner Glen Hettinger Thomas Hughes Mary R. Korby Neel Lemon Brian M. Lidji John Martin Joseph Mathews Don McDermett Dudley Murrey Karen S. Nelson Alan J. Perkins Gregory Samuel Larry Schoenbrun Janice V. Sharry Richard A. Tulli Brian Woram Michael Wortley Jeffrey A. Zlotky CRIMINAL DEFENSE James “Jim” Burnham Daniel Clancy Kevin Clancy Kenda Culpepper Ronald Goranson Paul Johnson Martin LeNoir Ward Maedgen George Milner Reed Prospere James A. Rolfe Toby Shook Barry Sorrels Christie Williams ENVIRONMENTAL LAW Joseph F. Guida | ERISA Vicki Blanton E. Philip Bush Barry Cowan Greta E. Cowart T. David Cowart Felicia A. Finston Nancy Wyman Furney Thomas M. Hoffman J. Mike Holt John Kober Bruce Pingree Charles F. Plenge Jason Ray Robert Stokes Henry Talavera FAMILY LAW Jeffrey Anderson Angie Bain Carla M. Calabrese Kevin R. Fuller Tom Goranson Tom Greenwald Jennifer Stanton Hargrave Jody Johnson Paula Larsen Beth Maultsby Kelly McClure Mike McCurley John V. McShane Kathryn Murphy Tom Raggio Ike Vanden Eykel FRANCHISE & DEVELOPMENT Ann Hurwitz Earsa R. Jackson Joyce Mazero Cheryl Mullin INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Elisabeth Evert John Flaim J. Kevin Gray Darin Klemchuk Robert M. Manley Ira Matsil David McCombs John McDowell V. Bryan Medlock Jr. William Munck Wes Musselman Michael D. Pegues Bart Showalter Steven H. Slater Bruce Sostek Andre Szuwalski
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT Theodore C. Anderson Kim Askew J. Derek Braziel Jennifer Burr Altabef Ron Chapman Jr. Keith A. Clouse W. Gary Fowler Stephen E. Fox Hal Gillespie Dan Hartsfield Monte K. Hurst Michael Maslanka Yona Rozen Mark A. Shank LAND USE & ENVIRONMENT
William S. Dahlstrom Allison Exall Susan Mead Dwight “Ike” Shupe Kirk R. Williams Robert Brown MEDIATION
Mary Burdin Christopher Nolland Will Pryor Ross Stoddard PERSONAL INJURY Charla Aldous Timothy Ammons Frank L. Branson Rob Crain Jerry Fazio Scott B. Frenkel Laura Benitez Geisler Ralph “Red Dog” Jones Stephen Malouf Andy Payne Jeff Rasansky David L. Sargent Paula Sweeney Windle Turley Dr. Douglas Wood TAX R. Brent Clifton David Cowling Jeff W. Dorrill Michael Frankel William H. Hornberger Vester Hughes Donald P. Lan Mary McNulty Emily Parker Matthew R. Schindel R. David Wheat TRUSTS & ESTATES Stephen Akers John F. Bergner Santo Bisignano Tom Cantrill John M. Collins Debbie Cox Michael L. Graham Jim Hartnett Jr. Kathryn Henkel Robert H. Kroney Edward V. Smith III Larry Wolfish WHITE COLLAR DEFENSE/ ANTITRUST Jerry L. Beane Paul Coggins Bob Davis Jay Ethington Gregory Huffman Barry F. McNeil Chuck Meadows Tom Mills Michael Uhl |
