Thirty-nine lawyers from six of Haynes and Boone, LLP’s offices and 15 practice groups were featured in the 2023 Texas Super Lawyers directory, including some partners who ranked among the top lawyers in their practice areas.
Published annually by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations of lawyers in more than 70 practice areas. Of those nominated, only 5% of the total lawyers in the jurisdiction can be selected for inclusion.
Partners Charles Beckham Jr., Ben Mesches, and Mark Trachtenberg were listed among the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas, and Partners Lynne Liberato and Nina Cortell were included among the Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers.
The Super Lawyers directory also rated Cortell, Mesches, and Partner Stephen Pezanosky among the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Dallas-Fort Worth. Liberato, Trachtenberg, and Beckham were listed among the Top 100 Houston Super Lawyers.
This year marks the 10th year that Partners Kit Addleman and Karen Denney have been included in the Super Lawyers listing.
View a full list of the Haynes Boone attorneys recognized in 2023 Texas Super Lawyers below:
Austin
Jeff Civins – Environmental
Mike A. Hatchell – Appellate
Laura Lee Prather – Media/Advertising
Dallas
Katherine "Kit" Addleman – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Jeffrey M. Becker – Intellectual Property
Stacy L. Brainin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Ronald W. Breaux – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Eli O. Columbus – Bankruptcy: Business
Nina Cortell – Appellate
Russ Emerson – Intellectual Property Litigation
Sakina Rasheed Foster – Banking
Daniel L. Geyser – Appellate
Melissa M. Goodman – Employment Litigation: Defense
Andrew W. Guthrie – Appellate
David H. Harper – Intellectual Property Litigation
Jason N. Jordan – Appellate
Ernest Martin Jr. - Insurance Coverage
David L. McCombs – Intellectual Property
Benjamin L. Mesches – Appellate
J. Frasher Murphy – Bankruptcy: Business
Ian T. Peck – Bankruptcy: Business
Susan A. Wetzel – Employee Benefits
Fort Worth
Karen C. Denney – Employment Litigation: Defense
Stephen M. Pezanosky – Bankruptcy: Business
Karen S. Precella – Appellate
Thomas J. Williams – Business Litigation
Houston
David H. Ammons – Energy & Resources
Charles A. Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy: Business
"Buddy" Bernard F. Clark, Jr. - Energy & Resources
Christina F. Crozier – Appellate
Matthew T. Deffebach – Employment & Labor
Patrick L. Hughes – Bankruptcy: Business
Lynne Liberato – Appellate
Michael J. Mazzone – Civil Litigation: Defense
Kent Rutter – Appellate
Michelle P. Scheffler – Business Litigation
Mark Trachtenberg – Appellate
San Antonio
Laura E. O’Donnell – Employment Litigation: Defense
The Woodlands
Craig L. Stahl – Energy & Resources
