Texas Super Lawyers Features 57 Haynes and Boone Lawyers
Texas Super Lawyers recognized 57 Haynes and Boone, LLP lawyers in the 2018 edition of the annual directory published by Thomson Reuters.
Four Haynes and Boone partners were named Top 100 Texas lawyers: Nina Cortell, Ben Mesches, Lynne Liberato and Mark Trachtenberg. Cortell and Liberato also were recognized among the state’s Top 50 women lawyers.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Of those nominated, only five percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion.
The following are listed as Super Lawyers:
Austin
Jeff Civins – Environmental
Mike Hatchell – Appellate
Laura Prather – Media and Advertising
Dallas
Kit Addleman – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Robert D. Albergotti – Bankruptcy
Purvi Patel Albers – Intellectual Property
Jeffrey M. Becker – Intellectual Property
Thad Behrens – Securities Litigation
Michael M. Boone – Mergers & Acquisitions
Stacy L. Brainin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Ronald W. Breaux – Antitrust Litigation
Deborah S. Coldwell – Franchise/Dealership
John M. Collins – Estate Planning & Probate
Eli Columbus – Bankruptcy
Nina Cortell – Appellate
Jeff W. Dorrill – Tax
John R. Emerson – Intellectual Property Litigation
Melissa M. Goodman – Employment Litigation: Defense
David H. Harper – Intellectual Property Litigation
Anne M. Johnson – Appellate
Jeremy D. Kernodle – Appellate
Ernest Martin Jr. – Insurance Coverage
David L. McCombs – Intellectual Property
Barry F. McNeil – Antitrust Litigation
Benjamin L. Mesches – Appellate
Scott G. Night – Banking
Ian Peck – Bankruptcy: Business
Phillip B. Philbin – Intellectual Property Litigation
Charles F. Plenge – Employee Benefits/ERISA
Timothy E. Powers – International
Werner A. Powers – Insurance Coverage
Ann M. Saegert – Real Estate
Greg R. Samuel – Securities & Corporate Finance
Janice V. Sharry – Securities & Corporate Finance
W. Scott Wallace – Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
Susan A. Wetzel – Employee Benefits/ERISA
Robert E. Wilson – Real Estate
Kenya Woodruff – Healthcare
Fort Worth
Brian D. Barnard – Securities & Corporate Finance
Karen C. Denney – Employment & Labor
Stephen M. Pezanosky – Bankruptcy: Business
Karen S. Precella – Appellate
Thomas J. Williams – Business Litigation
Houston
Charles Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy: Business
Bernard "Buddy" Clark Jr. – Energy & Natural Resources
Matthew T. Deffebach – Employment & Labor
John R. Eldridge – Environmental Litigation
Henry Flores – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Jesse J. Gelsomini – Employee Benefits
Patrick L. Hughes – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Lynne Liberato – Appellate
Michael J. Mazzone – Civil Litigation Defense
Kent Rutter – Appellate
Craig Stahl – Energy & Natural Resources
Mark Trachtenberg – Appellate
San Antonio
Diana M. Liebmann – Utilities
Laura E. O'Donnell – Employment Litigation: Defense