HOW WE DID IT: To compile our list of the Best Women 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 firms and one within their firms 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 could include co-counsel, lawyers who voters had observed in court, and opposing counsel. After the votes were tallied, a panel of eminent lawyers met with our editors to evaluate the Best Women Lawyers in Dallas 2010 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 be known only to the legal community. Voting was conducted exclusively at dmagazine.com. After this list was completed, we turned a copy over to our sales staff. The sales department cannot add to 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 a lawyer declines to buy an ad, she is still listed. No one can buy an ad in the special section unless she is included in this list.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE/MEDIATION
Courtenay Bass
Gilbert Mediation Group
Mary Burdin
Burdin Mediations
Christina Melton Crain
Christina Melton Crain
Kathy Fragnoli
Burdin Mediations
Karen Gammon
Gammon Mediations
Frances Harris
Harris Solutions
Karen Willcutts
JAMS
APPELLATE
Hilaree Casada
Cowles & Thompson
LaDawn Conway
Alexander Dubose & Townsend
Nina Cortell
Haynes and Boone
Sharon Freytag
Haynes and Boone
Deborah Hankinson
Hankinson Levinger
Susan Hays
Geisler Hays
Samara Kline
Baker Botts
Georganna L. Simpson
Law Offices of Georganna L. Simpson
Cynthia Timms
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
BANK LENDING
Alison Boren
Baker Botts
Courtney Marcus
Fulbright & Jaworski
Karen Nelson
Haynes and Boone
Melissa Stewart
Winstead
Emeline Yang
Winstead
BANKRUPTCY/WORKOUTS
Stephanie Curtis
The Curtis Law Firm
Heather Jobe
Bell Nunnally & Martin
Joyce Lindauer
Joyce Lindauer Attorney at Law
Holland O’Neil
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Tonya Ramsey
Vinson & Elkins
Judy Ross
Baker Botts
Deirdre Ruckman
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Sarah Schultz
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Michelle Shriro
Singer & Levick
BUSINESS LITIGATION
Sherri Alexander
Bell Nunnally & Martin
Veronica Bates
Hermes Sargent Bates
Maryann Brousseau
Brousseau Graham & Dooley
Ophelia Camina
Susman Godfrey
Dawn Estes
Taber Estes Thorne & Carr
Beverly Godbey
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Karen Hirschman
Vinson & Elkins
Karen Gren Johnson
Jones Day
Monica Latin
Carrington Coleman
Harriet Miers
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Retta Miller
Jackson Walker
Mary O’Connor
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Yvette Ostolaza
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Pat Villareal
Jones Day
Aimee Williams
Sayles Werbner
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Diana Bearden
Strasburger & Price
Paula Beasley
Scheef & Stone
Noelle Garsek
Winstead
Martha Harris
Thompson & Knight
Kitty Henry
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
Irene Hosford
Brown McCarroll
Sharon Reuler
Sharon Reuler
Ann Saegert
Haynes and Boone
Carol Satterfield
Powell Coleman & Arnold
Pat Stanton
Baker Botts
Misty Ventura
Shupe Ventura Lindelow & Olson
Kathleen Wu
Andrews Kurth
CORPORATE FINANCE/MERGERS
Gina Betts
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Ann Marie Cowdrey
Thompson & Knight
Sally Crawford
Jones Day
Samantha Crispin
Baker Botts
Amy Curtis
Thompson & Knight
Gemma Descoteaux
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Carol Glendenning
Strasburger & Price
Mary Korby
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Jan Sharry
Haynes and Boone
Jane Taber
Taber Estes Thorne & Carr
Valerie Thomas
Krage & Janvey
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Sindhu Alexander
Attorney at Law
Shirley Baccus-Lobel
Lobel Law
Deandra M. Grant
Law Offices of Deandra M. Grant
Robbie Sayle McClung
Attorney at Law
ERISA
Lisa Christensen
Gardere Wynne Sewell
Greta Cowart
Haynes and Boone
Felicia Finston
Baker Botts
Nancy Furney
Winstead
Karen Suhre
Karen Suhre
Linda A. Wilkins
Attorney at Law
FAMILY LAW
Angie Bain
Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
Janet Brumley
Verner & Brumley
Carla Calabrese
Calabrese Huff
Charla Bradshaw
KoonsFuller, P.C
Carmen Eiker
McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing
Melinda Eitzen
McClure Duffee & Eitzen
Lynn Hunt
David, Goodman & Madole
Heather King
KoonsFuller, P.C
Paula Larsen
Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
Beth Maultsby
Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
Kelly McClure
McClure Duffee & Eitzen
Mary Johanna McCurley
McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing
Kathryn Murphy
Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
Julie Quaid
Quaid & Quaid
Susan Rankin
Rochelle & Rankin
Jana Wickham
Hance & Wickham
FRANCHISE & DEVELOPMENT
Deborah Coldwell
Haynes and Boone
Ann Hurwitz
Baker Botts
Joyce Mazero
Haynes and Boone
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Cathryn Berryman
Winstead
Priscilla Dunckel
Baker Botts
Lisa Evert
Hitchcock Evert
Hilda Galvan
Jones Day
Wei Wei Jeang
Haynes and Boone
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
Kim Askew
K&L Gates
Lori Carr
Taber Estes Thorne & Carr
Katie Colopy
Jones Day
Ann Marie Painter
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Yona Rozen
Gillespie, Rozen & Watsky
Arlene Steinfield
K&L Gates
Kelly Thurman
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Sherry Travers
Littler Mendelson
Jennifer Trulock
Baker Botts
LAND USE
Susan Mead
Jackson Walker
PERSONAL INJURY
Charla Aldous
Aldous Law Firm
Lisa Blue
Baron & Blue
Debbie Branson
Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
Sylvia Demarest
Demarest & Guinta
Elizabeth Fraley
Fraley & Fraley
Carmen Mitchell
Mitchell, Goff & Mitchell
Philipa Remington
Stinnett, Thiebaud & Remington
Paula Sweeney
Howie & Sweeney
TAX
Vicki Martin-Odette
Haynes and Boone
Charolette Noel
Jones Day
Cindy Ohlenforst
K&L Gates
Emily Parker
Thompson & Knight
TRUSTS & ESTATES
Shawna Brown
Law Offices of Shawna L. Brown
Barbara Ferguson
Thompson & Knight
Kathy Henkel
K&L Gates
Claire Raggio
Kroney Morse Lan