Super Lawyers will feature a total of 29 Haynes and Boone, LLP partners in two separate issues of
Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition. The
Corporate Counsel Editions, published as a follow-up to
Super Lawyers, highlight those attorneys named as Super Lawyers and practicing in areas most relevant to corporate executives who hire outside counsel.
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Haynes and Boone has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Haynes and Boone joins 259 other major U.S. businesses that received top marks for their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees and consumers. “Striving for equality for all employees is an ongoing initiative at Haynes and Boone,” said Felicity Fowler, a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group and chair of the Haynes and Boone Diversity Committee. “The firm is committed to diversity and to continuing efforts aimed at embracing and valuing all of our employees.”
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Haynes and Boone, LLP has been recognized by Vault, a global resource for career and company information, in its annual Top 100 Law Firms survey. Haynes and Boone was recognized as one of The Best 20 Law Firms to Work For and was also highlighted for its ongoing commitment to diversity, being listed among the top 20 U.S. law firms in three separate diversity categories.
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What Others Say
In 1970, we set out to build a new kind of law firm. One that challenges how law firms operate, breaks away from traditional industry wisdom, and places the client at the heart of the firm. It’s an approach that has helped us set precedent -- for innovation, for effectiveness, for accomplishment.
At Haynes and Boone, we have high expectations for ourselves and expect others to have high expectations for us. Whether it comes from clients, other legal professionals or the communities where we live and work, recognition for how well we’ve done is more than validation for what we’ve already accomplished; it’s our incentive to set even higher standards for tomorrow.
BEST IN PRACTICE STRENGTH
- Selected as one of the best corporate law firms in America (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2001-2008)
- Selected as the No. 1 corporate law firm in Dallas. (Corporate Board Member Magazine, 2008)
- Named a “Leading Texas Firm” in 17 specialty areas of law, with number one rankings for Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Insurance and Real Estate work. Findings were based on a national survey of clients and attorneys (Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2008)
- 30 Haynes and Boone lawyers were named “Leading Individuals” in 17 specialty areas of law. Findings were based on a national survey of clients and attorneys (Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, 2008)
- Named a “Go-To Law Firm” by General Counsel at Fortune 500 companies (Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2006-2008).
RECOGNITION FOR UNDERSTANDING CLIENT NEEDS
- Served as counsel in the 2008 “Latin American Deal of the Year” for the MMX Amapa Project (Trade Finance Magazine)
- Served as counsel in the 2008 “Oil and Gas Financing of the Year,” representing Guggenheim Investment Management in the Milagro-Petrohawk deal (Oil & Gas Investor Magazine)
- Named 2007 “North American Law Firm of the Year” for private equity real estate transactions. (Private Equity Real Estate Magazine)
- Honored for the 2007 “Merger/Acquisition of the Year” as counsel in the Boeing-Aviall transaction (Dallas Business Journal)
- Ranked sixth nationally for non-IPO equities work and issuer’s counsel by number of deals or issues (American Lawyer Corporate Scorecard, 2006)
- Ranked No. 1 in Texas and 8th nationally in the representation of lead lenders and borrowers in syndicated loan transactions (Loan Pricing Corporation, 2006).
HONORED FOR OUR CLIENT SERVICE
- Ranked as one of the nation’s top 50 law firms according to a survey of Fortune 1000 companies (BTI Power Client Relationship Scoreboard for Law Firms, BTI 2005)
- Ranked among the best U.S. law firms for client service based on a survey of general counsel staffs of Fortune 1000 companies (The Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms: The BTI Client Service A-Team, BTI 2006).
BEST LAWYERS
- 82 Haynes and Boone lawyers were recognized on the 2009 “Best Lawyers in America” list in 33 specialty areas of law. (2009)
- 65 Haynes and Boone lawyers were recognized on the 2008 “Texas’ Best Lawyers” 2008 Dallas Edition
- 48 Haynes and Boone lawyers were selected by their peers in the local legal community to be listed among “Best Lawyers in Dallas” in 19 specialty areas of law. (D Magazine, 2007)
- Haynes and Boone partners were recognized as “Super Lawyers,” representing all eight of our U.S. offices Super Lawyers, Texas, New York, Washington DC, 2008).
AWARDED FOR OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
- Ranked among the “Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity” and “Top 25 Law Firms for Hispanic Americans” (Multicultural Law, 2008)
- Ranked one of the Top 20 Law Firms by Vault.com in three diversity categories, including The Best 20 Law Firms for Overall Diversity, The Best 20 Law Firms for Women, and The Best 20 Law Firms for Minorities (Vault.com, 2009)
- Earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, for treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees and consumers.
- Named among the “Top 100 Law Firms for Women” (Women 3.0, 2008) and “Top 25 Law Firms for Women” (Vault.com, 2005)
- Ranked among the top 15 law firms for “Diversity for Minorities” (Vault.com, 2006)
- Ranked first among Texas-based firms, and in the top third nationally, in percentage of minority attorneys in a survey of America’s 250 largest law firms (Minority Law Journal Diversity Scorecard, 2005)
- Ranked 4th nationally in percentage of minority partners (American Lawyer, 2005)
DEDICATED TO WORKPLACE QUALITY
- Ranked among the “Top 50 Law Firms for Partners” and “Top 25 Law Firms for Disabled Americans” (Multicultural Law, 2005-2006)
- Rated one of the “20 Best Law Firms to Work For” (Vault.com, 2008).
USE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Named a Go-To Law Firm® for Technology by American Lawyer Media’s Corporate Counsel in its 2008 survey of in-house counsel teams at the world’s largest technology companies.