The 2021 edition of the Chambers USA legal directory will honor 67 Haynes and Boone lawyers and 20 practice areas when it publishes in May. This is an increase from the 2020 directory, when 58 Haynes and Boone lawyers in 17 practices were recognized.
The following lawyers will be recognized in Chambers USA for the first time: Ann Al-Bahish, Brent Beckert, David Bell, Emily Westridge Black, Matthew Frankle, Brian Giovannini, Rebecca Landau, Dan Malone, Michelle Scheffler, and Leslie Thorne.
Chambers ranks lawyers and practices based on thousands of interviews with leading practitioners and clients. Ranking criteria include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by legal clients.
Below are the individually recognized Haynes and Boone lawyers and the Chambers practice area(s):
Katherine (Kit) Addleman – Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Ann Al-Bahish – Environment (Texas)
Purvi Patel Albers – Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright (Texas)
Paul Amiel – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Jeffrey Becker – Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright (Texas)
Brent Beckert – Corporate/M&A (Texas)
Charles Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (USA - Nationwide), Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Thad Behrens – Litigation: Securities (Texas)
David Bell – Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright (Texas)
Emily Westridge Black – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Austin & Surrounds)
Michael Boone – Corporate/M&A (Texas)
Giorgio Bovenzi – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Stacy Brainin – Healthcare (Texas), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Ronald W. Breaux – Antitrust (Texas), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Barry I. Buchman – Insurance: Policyholder (District of Columbia)
Jeff Civins – Environment (Texas)
Deborah S. Coldwell – Franchising (USA - Nationwide)
Randall E. Colson – Technology: Outsourcing (Texas)
Eli Columbus – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Nina Cortell – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Matthew T. Deffebach – Labor & Employment (Texas)
John R. Eldridge – Environment (Texas)
Russell Emerson – Intellectual Property (Texas)
John D. Fognani – Environment (Colorado)
Matthew Frankle – Derivatives (Nationwide)
Jesse J. Gelsomini – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
Brian Giovannini – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
Daniel Gold – Litigation: Securities (Texas)
Melissa Goodman – Labor & Employment (Texas)
Mike A. Hatchell – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Anne Johnson – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Neal Kaminsky – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Phillip Kim – Healthcare (Texas)
Bill Kleinman – Technology: Corporate & Commercial (Texas)
Steven Koch – Real Estate: Finance (New York)
Rebecca Landau – Real Estate: Finance (New York)
Robert A. Lauer – Franchising (USA - Nationwide)
Lynne Liberato – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Diana Liebmann – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (Texas)
Dan Malone – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
James Markus – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Ernest Martin – Insurance (Texas)
Michael Mazzone – Environment (Texas)
David McCombs – Intellectual Property (Texas)
Mary S. Mendoza – Environment (Texas)
Ben Mesches – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Laura Beth Miller – Intellectual Property (Illinois)
J. Frasher Murphy – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Suzanne Murray – Environment (Texas)
Scott G. Night – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Laura E. O'Donnell – Labor & Employment (Texas)
Ian Peck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Stephen Pezanosky – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Timothy Powers – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Werner Powers – Insurance (Texas)
Laura Prather – First Amendment Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Karen S. Precella – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Justin Riess - Banking & Finance (North Carolina)
Kent Rutter – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Michelle Scheffler – Oil & Gas Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Janice V. Sharry – Corporate/M&A (Texas)
Micah Skidmore – Insurance (Texas)
Craig Stahl – Oil & Gas Litigation (USA - Nationwide), Litigation: Energy & Natural Resources (Texas)
Leslie Thorne – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Austin & Surrounds)
Mark Trachtenberg – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Craig Unterberg – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Susan Wetzel – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)