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The Best Lawyers in Dallas 2008 – full list

Our annual list of the best lawyers in Dallas.
By D Magazine |

Appellate

  • Nina Cortell
    Haynes and Boone
  • Charles T. Frazier Jr.
    Alexander Dubose Jones & Townsend
  • Deborah Hankinson
    Law Offices of Deborah Hankinson
  • David F. Johnson
    Winstead
  • P. Michael Jung
    Strasburger & Price
  • Jeffrey S. Levinger
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal
  • Julia F. Pendery
    Pendery Law Firm
  • Chad Ruback
    The Ruback Law Firm

 

Bank Lending

  • O. Paul Corley Jr.
    Thompson & Knight
  • Rick Goyne
    Baker Botts
  • Thomas Higier
    Higier Allen & Lautin
  • James R. Littlejohn
    Winstead
  • Elmer Murphey III
    Strasburger & Price
  • Dan L. Nicewander
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Emeline Yang
    Winstead

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Bankruptcy & Workout

  • Robert D. Albergotti
    Haynes and Boone
  • Jason Brookner
    Andrews Kurth
  • Bill Finkelstein
    K&L Gates
  • Charles R. Gibbs
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Jack Kinzie
    Baker Botts
  • E. Lee Morris
    Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
  • Patrick Neligan
    Neligan Foley
  • Michael Massad
    Hunton & Williams
  • Robin Phelan
    Haynes and Boone
  • Mark Ralston
    Ralston Law Firm
  • Judith Ross
    Baker Botts
  • Dan Stewart
    Vinson & Elkins

 

Business Litigation

  • Charles “Rodney” Acker
    Fulbright & Jaworski
  • Charles L. Babcock
    Jackson Walker
  • M. Scott Barnard
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • George W. Bramblett Jr.
    Haynes and Boone
  • William A. Brewer III
    Bickel & Brewer
  • Craig W. Budner
    K&L Gates
  • David Coale
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal
  • Jim Coleman
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal
  • Jim E. Cowles
    Cowles & Thompson
  • John R. Crews
    Alston & Bird
  • Mark Davenport
    Figari & Davenport
  • Bill Dawson
    Vinson & Elkins
  • Ernest Figari Jr.
    Figari & Davenport
  • G. Michael Gruber
    Gruber, Hurst, Johansen & Hail
  • Michael Hurst
    Gruber, Hurst, Johansen & Hail
  • Randy Johnston
    Johnston Tobey
  • George Kryder
    Vinson & Elkins
  • Monica Latin
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal
  • Jay Madrid
    Winstead
  • David R. McAtee III
    Haynes and Boone
  • Mike McKool
    McKool Smith
  • Tom Meisheimer
    Fish & Richardson
  • Aimee Williams Moore
    Baker Botts
  • Bob Mow
    K&L Gates
  • Rod Phelan
    Baker Botts
  • Richard Sayles
    Sayles Werbner
  • Jon G. Shepherd
    Alston & Bird
  • David W. Shuford
    Shuford Law Firm
  • William D. Sims
    Vinson & Elkins
  • Victor Vital
    Baker Botts
  • Mark Werbner
    Sayles Werbner
  • Robert J. Witte
    Winstead
  • Fletcher Yarbrough
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal

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Commercial Real Estate

  • Patrick M. Arnold
    Powell Coleman & Arnold
  • William T. “Chip”
    Cavanaugh Jr.
    Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
  • Kevin Cherry
    Cherry, Petersen & Landry
  • W. Robert Dyer Jr.
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Steve Jenkins
    Haynes and Boone
  • Kevin L. Kelley
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Ray Khirallah
    Thompson & Knight
  • Carl Klinke
    Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
  • Randall M. Ratner
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Harry M. Roberts
    Thompson & Knight
  • Mark Sloan
    Thompson & Knight
  • Ann Saegert
    Haynes and Boone
  • Patricia Stanton
    Baker Botts
  • Kevin A. Sullivan
    Winstead
  • James Wallenstein
    Hunton & Williams

 

Corporate Finance/Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Andrew Baker
    Baker Botts
  • Michael Boone
    Haynes and Boone
  • J. Jeffrey Cash
    Cash Klemchuk Powers & Taylor
  • Jeffrey A. Chapman
    Vinson & Elkins
  • R. Scott Cohen
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Terry Conner
    Haynes and Boone
  • Gilbert Friedlander
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Glen Hettinger
    Fulbright & Jaworski
  • Thomas Hughes
    Fulbright & Jaworski
  • Mary R. Korby
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges
  • Neel Lemon
    Baker Botts
  • Brian M. Lidji
    Lidji & Dorey
  • John Martin
    Baker Botts
  • Joseph Clarke Mathews
    Hunton & Williams
  • Don J. McDermett Jr.
    Baker Botts
  • Karen S. Nelson
    Haynes and Boone
  • Alan J. Perkins
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Greg R. Samuel
    Haynes and Boone
  • Larry Schoenbrun
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Janice V. Sharry
    Haynes and Boone
  • Richard A. Tulli
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • Michael Wortley
    Vinson & Elkins
  • Jeffrey A. Zlotky
    Thompson & Knight

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Criminal Defense

  • Jim Burnham
    Law Offices of Jim Burnham
  • Daniel Clancy
    Clancy, Ethington, Nancarrow,
    and McLain
  • Kevin Clancy
    Clancy, Ethington, Nancarrow,
    and McLain
  • Kenda Culpepper
    Culpepper & Pruitt
  • Ronald Goranson
    Ronald L. Goranson
  • Ward Maedgen
    Law Offices of Ward Maedgen
  • Reed Prospere
    Prospere and Russell
  • James A. Rolfe
    Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl
  • Toby Shook
    Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl
  • Barry Sorrels
    Sorrels, Udashen & Anton
  • Christie N. Williams
    Mills & Williams
     

Environmental Law

  • Diana C. Dutton
    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Allison K. Exall
    Curran Tomko Tarski
  • Joseph F. Guida
    Guida, Slavich & Flores
  • Fran Phillips
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • John Slavich
    Guida, Slavich & Flores

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ERISA

  • E. Philip Bush
    Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
  • Barry W. Cowan
    Fulbright & Jaworski
  • Greta E. Cowart
    Haynes and Boone
  • T. David Cowart
    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
  • Felicia A. Finston
    Vaker Botts
  • Nancy Wyman Furney
    Winstead
  • James Griffin
    Jackson Walker
  • Thomas M. Hoffman
    Gardere Wynne Sewell
  • J. Mike Holt
    Thompson & Knight
  • Bruce D. Pingree
    Baker Botts
  • Charles F. Plenge
    Haynes and Boone
  • Jason Ray
    Vinson & Elkins
  • Robert J. Stokes
    Baker Botts
  • Henry Talavera
    Hunton & Williams
     

Family Law

  • Jeffrey O. Anderson
    The Anderson Law Firm
  • Angie Bain
    Goranson, Bain, Larsen,
    Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
  • Carla M. Calabrese
    Calabrese Associates
  • Kevin R. Fuller
    Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson
  • Tom P. Goranson
    Goranson, Bain, Larsen,
    Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
  • Tom A. Greenwald
    Goranson, Bain, Larsen,
    Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
  • Jennifer Stanton Hargrave
    Verner & Brumley
  • Jody L. Johnson
    Allison & Johnson
  • Paula Larsen
    Goranson, Bain, Larsen,
    Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
  • Kelly McClure
    McClure Duffee & Eitzen
  • Mike McCurley
    McCurley, Orsinger, McCurley, Nelson & Downing
  • John V. McShane
    McShane & Davis
  • Kathryn Murphy
    Goranson, Bain, Larsen,
    Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy
  • Tom Raggio
    Raggio & Raggio
  • Ike Vanden Eykel
    Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson

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Franchise & Development

  • Deborah Coldwell
    Haynes and Boone
  • Ann Hurwitz
    DLA Piper
  • Earsa R. Jackson
    Strasburger & Price
  • Joyce Mazero
    Haynes and Boone
  • Cheryl Mullin
    Cheryl Mullin & Associates 

Intellectual Property

  • Jeffrey M. Becker
    Haynes and Boone
  • Elisabeth Evert
    Hitchcock Evert
  • John Flaim
    Baker & McKenzie
  • J. Kevin Gray
    Fish & Richardson
  • Darin Klemchuk
    Cash Klemchuk Powers & Taylor
  • Robert M. Manley
    McKool Smith
  • David McCombs
    Haynes and Boone
  • John McDowell
    K&L Gates
  • V. Bryan Medlock Jr.
    Sidley Austin
  • Kevin Meek
    Baker Botts
  • Stanley Moore
    Winstead
  • William A. Munck
    Munck Butrus Carter
  • Michael D. Pegues
    Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr
  • Bart Showalter
    Baker Botts
  • Bruce Sostek
    Thompson & Knight
  • Andre Szuwalski
    Gardere Wynne Sewell

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Labor & Employment

  • Theodore C. Anderson III
    Kilgore & Kilgore
  • Kim J. Askew
    K&L Gates
  • J. Derek Braziel
    Lee & Braziel
  • Jennifer Burr Altabef
    Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal
  • Ron Chapman Jr.
    Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
  • Keith A. Clouse
    Clouse Dunn Khoshbin
  • W. Gary Fowler
    Jackson Walker
  • Stephen E. Fox
    Fish & Richardson
  • Hal Gillespie
    Gillespie, Rozen, Watsky & Jones
  • Dan Hartsfield
    Baker Botts
  • Monte K. Hurst
    Hermes Sargent Bates
  • Mary Goodrich Nix
    Gordon & Rees
  • Michael P. Maslanka
    Ford & Harrison
  • Yona Rozen
    Gillespie, Rozen, Watsky & Jones
  • Mark A. Shank
    K&L Gates
  • Jennifer Trulock
    Baker Botts

Land Use & Environment

  • Arthur J. Anderson
    Winstead
  • William S. Dahlstrom
    Jackson Walker
  • Susan Mead
    Jackson Walker
  • Dwight “Ike” Shupe
    K&L Gates
  • Kirk R. Williams
    Winstead
  • Robert F. Brown
    Brown & Hofmeister

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Mediation

  • Mary Burdin
    Burdin Mediations
  • Christopher Nolland
    Law Offices of Christopher Nolland
  • Will Pryor
    Will Pryor Mediation & Arbitration
  • Ross Stoddard
    Ross W. Stoddard III

Personal Injury

  • Charla Aldous
    Aldous Law Firm
  • Frank L. Branson
    Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
  • Rob Crain
    Crain Lewis
  • Jerry T. Fazio
    Owen & Fazio
  • Scott B. Frenkel
    Frenkel & Frenkel
  • Laura Benitez Geisler
    Jones Geisler
  • Ralph C. “Red Dog” Jones
    Jones Geisler
  • Stephen F. Malouf
    The Law Office of Stephen F. Malouf
  • John H. Martin
    Thompson & Knight
  • Andy Payne
    Payne Mitchell Law Group
  • Jeff Rasansky
    The Rasansky Law Firm
  • David L. Sargent
    Hermes Sargent Bates
  • Paula Sweeney
    Howie & Sweeney
  • Windle Turley
    Turley Law Firm
  • Dr. Douglas M. Wood
    The Law Firm of Dr. Douglas Wood

Tax

  • R. Brent Clifton
    Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
  • David Cowling
    Jones Day
  • Jeff W. Dorrill
    Haynes and Boone
  • William H. Hornberger
    Jackson Walker
  • Vester Hughes
    K&L Gates
  • Donald P. Lan
    Kroney Morse Lan
  • Mary McNulty
    Thompson & Knight
  • Emily A. Parker
    Thompson & Knight
  • Matthew R. Schindel
    Haynes and Boone
  • Kevin Thomason
    Thompson & Knight
  • Josh Ungerman
    Meadows, Collier, Reed, Cousins & Blau
  • R. David Wheat
    Thompson & Knight

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Trusts & Estates

  • Stephen Akers
    Bessemer Trust Company
  • John F. Bergner
    Winstead
  • Santo Bisignano Jr.
    Bisignano & Harrison
  • Tom Cantrill
    Hunton & Williams
  • John M. Collins
    Haynes and Boone
  • Michael L. Graham
    The Graham Law Firm
  • Jim Hartnett Jr.
    The Hartnett Law Firm
  • Kathryn Henkel
    K&L Gates
  • Robert H. Kroney
    Kroney Morse Lan
  • Lawrence M. Wolfish
    Wolfish & Newman

 

White Collar Defense/Antitrust

  • Jerry L. Beane
    Andrews Kurth
  • Paul Coggins
    Fish & Richardson
  • Bob Davis
    K&L Gates
  • Jay Ethington
    Clancy, Ethington, Nancarrow,
    and McClain
  • Gregory Huffman
    Thompson & Knight
  • Bill Mateja
    Fish & Richardson
  • Barry F. McNeil
    Haynes and Boone
  • Charles M. Meadows Jr.
    Meadows, Collier, Reed,
    Cousins & Blau
  • Tom Mills
    Mills & Williams
  • Matthew Orwig
    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
  • Michael Uhl
    Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl

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