Haynes and Boone, LLP and 11 of the firm’s lawyers are ranked in the Benchmark Litigation U.S. 2024 list of the nation’s leading litigation firms and lawyers, published by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.
The firm is ranked Tier 1 nationally in Insurance and is recognized as one of the Top 9 Insurance Litigation firms in the country. In Texas, Haynes Boone was also “recommended” in Dispute Resolution.
For Benchmark Litigation U.S., researchers conducted extensive interviews with a record number of litigators and their clients to identify the leading litigators and firms. During these client and peer interviews, researchers examined recent casework handled by law firms and individual litigators and asked litigators to offer their professional opinions on peers.
The 2024 report recognizes the following Haynes Boone lawyers:
David Ammons – Commercial Litigation Star ranked in Texas
Barry Buchman – Insurance Litigation Star and National Practice Area Star ranked in the United States (National) and the District of Columbia
Matthew Thomas Deffebach – Labor and Employment Star ranked in the United States (National), Texas, and the South
Andrew Ehmke – Future Star ranked in the United States (National) and Texas
Russ Emerson – Intellectual Property Litigation Star ranked in Texas
Ernest Martin – Insurance Litigation Star, National Practice Area Star ranked in the United States (National) and Texas
Laura O’Donnell – Labor and Employment Star ranked in the United States (National), Texas, the South
Michelle Scheffler – Future Star ranked in Texas
Micah Skidmore – Insurance Litigation Star ranked in Texas
Leslie Thorne – Insurance and Commercial Litigation Star ranked in Texas
Mark Trachtenberg – Bankruptcy, Appellate, and Commercial Litigation Star ranked in the United States (National) and Texas
Haynes Boone’s Litigation Practice takes a client-centered, creative, flexible and practical approach to commercial litigation. The firm’s skilled and experienced trial teams have won numerous successful jury and bench verdicts for their clients. Additionally, the group's nationally recognized appellate team works closely with trial lawyers to ensure a complete and proper record is preserved at trial in case an appeal is filed. They represent a range of clients, in terms of both size and industry.
