Haynes and Boone, LLP had another impressive showing in The Best Lawyers in America directory published by Woodward/White, Inc., with a cross section of lawyers from offices across the country recognized in the 2022 edition.
The guide includes more than 100 firm lawyers from the Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Dallas-North, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, New York, Palo Alto, San Antonio, The Woodlands, and Washington, D.C., offices. Selection is based entirely on detailed peer-review evaluations.
The featured lawyers are listed below. Many of the firm’s lawyers were also recognized as "Ones to Watch" – lawyers early in their legal careers who are nominated by peers. To see the Ones to Watch, click here.
Austin
Jeff Civins: Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental, and Water Law
Mike Hatchell: Appellate Practice
Robert Lauer: Franchise Law
Mary Simmons Mendoza: Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental
Laura Prather: Litigation - First Amendment
Catherine Robb: Litigation - First Amendment
Leslie Thorne: Insurance Law
Charlotte
Todd Cubbage: Banking and Finance Law
Justin Riess: Banking and Finance Law
Chicago
Kelly Bufton: Real Estate Law
Ralph Gabric: Litigation - Patent
Eugene Goryunov: Patent Law
Laura Beth Miller: Litigation - Patent
Costa Mesa
Tamara Devitt: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mark Erickson: Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Real Estate (Also listed as “Lawyer of the Year” for work in Litigation - Real Estate in Orange County)
Anthony Pierotti: Real Estate Law
Dallas
Katherine Addleman: Criminal Defense - White-Collar
Purvi Patel Albers: Trademark Law
Paul Amiel: Banking and Finance Law
Richard Anigian: Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey Becker: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Technology Law, and Trademark Law (Also listed as “Lawyer of the Year” in Technology Law in Dallas/Fort Worth)
Thad Behrens: Litigation - Securities
Jason Bloom: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Michael Boone: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, and Corporate Law
Stacy Brainin: Criminal Defense - White-Collar, Health Care Law, and Litigation - Antitrust
Ronald Breaux: Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Litigation - Antitrust
Randall Brown: Patent Law
Brack Bryant: Real Estate Law
Troy Christensen: Real Estate Law
Deborah Coldwell: Commercial Litigation and Franchise Law
John Collins: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Trusts and Estates
Randall Colson: Privacy and Data Security Law and Technology Law
Eli Columbus: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nina Cortell: Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Commercial Litigation
Scott Drablos: Real Estate Law and Tax Law
Natalie Dubose: Insurance Law
Russell Emerson: Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent
Matthew Ferris: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
David Fields: Real Estate Law
Richard Fijolek: Tax Law
Aimee Minick Furness: Commercial Litigation
Gavin George: Technology Law
Melissa Goodman: Litigation - Labor and Employment
David Harper: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Tom Harris: Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
M. Scott Helbing: Banking and Finance Law
Carrie Huff: Litigation - Securities
Anne Johnson: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Tim Johnston: Banking and Finance Law
William Kleinman: Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Keenan Kolendo: Real Estate Law
James Markus: Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Ernest Martin, Jr.: Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance
Debbie McComas: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
David McCombs: Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent, Patent Law, and Technology Law
Barry McNeil: Antitrust Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Antitrust: Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions; Litigation - Regulatory
Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); and Litigation – Securities (Also “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation – M&A – in Dallas/Fort Worth)
Ben Mesches: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Mitchell Miller: Trusts and Estates
Frasher Murphy: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Suzanne Beaudette Murray: Environmental Law
Scott Night: Banking and Finance Law
Vicki Odette: Tax Law
Larry Pascal: International Trade and Finance Law
Ian Peck: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, and Litigation - Bankruptcy
Charles Plenge: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Timothy Powers: Banking and Finance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, and Project Finance Law
Werner Powers: Insurance Law
Ann Saegert: Real Estate Law
Gregory Samuel: Corporate Law
Matthew Schindel: Real Estate Law
Janice Sharry: Corporate Law
Micah Skidmore: Insurance Law
David Taubenfeld: Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction
Michael Threet: Tax Law
John Turner: Litigation - Antitrust
W. Scott Wallace: Commercial Finance Law and Corporate Law
Susan Wetzel: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
William Wilshusen: Real Estate Law
Taylor Wilson: Corporate Law
Jarom Yates: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Dallas - North
Dustin Johnson: Patent Law
Thomas Kelton: Litigation - Intellectual Property and Trademark Law
David O'Dell: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Gregory Webb: Patent Law
Denver
John Fognani: Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental; Mining Law; and Natural Resources Law
Patrick Hughes: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lee Johnston: Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent
Fort Worth
Brian Barnard: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, and Securities / Capital Markets Law
Karen Denney: Litigation - Labor and Employment
William Greenhill: Project Finance Law
Stephen Pezanosky: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Corporate Law, and Litigation - Bankruptcy
Karen Precella: Appellate Practice
Thomas Williams: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - First Amendment; and Litigation - Intellectual Property
Houston
Charles Beckham, Jr.: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Steven Buxbaum: Corporate Law
Bernard Clark, Jr.: Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Project Finance Law (Also listed as “Lawyer of the Year” in Project Finance Law in Houston)
Matthew Thomas Deffebach: Litigation - Labor and Employment
John Eldridge: Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental
Polly Fohn: Appellate Practice
Ricardo Garcia-Moreno: Sports Law
Jesse Gelsomini: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Neal Kaminsky: Banking and Finance Law
Kenric Kattner: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; and Litigation - Bankruptcy
Jade Laye: Litigation - Intellectual Property
Lynne Liberato: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, and Litigation - Intellectual Property
Kourtney Lyda: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Michael Mazzone: Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Construction
Chad Mills: Derivatives and Futures Law (Also listed as “Lawyer of the Year” in Derivatives and Futures Law in Houston)
Kelli Stephenson Norfleet: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bradley Richards: Project Finance Law and Technology Law
Kent Rutter: Appellate Practice
Mark Trachtenberg: Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Joseph Vilardo: Banking and Finance Law
Odean Volker: Arbitration
Chris Wolfe: Tax Law
New York
Erin Hennessy: Trademark Law
Richard Kanowitz: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Steven Koch: Real Estate Law
Lawrence Mittman: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Walter Schleimer: Real Estate Law
Carolyn Sullivan: Real Estate Law
Palo Alto
Gary Edwards: Litigation - Intellectual Property
San Antonio
Diana Liebmann: Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, and Utilities Law
William Nash: Litigation - Patent
Laura O'Donnell: Litigation - Labor and Employment
Frank Ruttenberg: Real Estate Law
The Woodlands
Craig Stahl: Commercial Litigation
Washington, D.C.
Barry Buchman: Insurance Law
Stephen Raptis: Insurance Law
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