Haynes Boone set a firm record with 103 lawyers and 41 practices across 16 U.S. offices ranked in Chambers USA 2025 (Chambers and Partners), including 15 Band 1 lawyers and six newly ranked practices.
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.
The firm’s highlights from the Chambers USA 2025 directory include:
- Three lawyers are ranked Band 1 nationally, the highest tier: Deborah Coldwell (Franchising), Laura Prather (First Amendment Litigation), and Craig Stahl (Oil and Gas Litigation).
- 12 lawyers are ranked Band 1 in state directories: Kit Addleman (Litigation: White Collar Crime & Gov’t Investigations), Purvi Patel Albers (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets), Jeffrey Becker (Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets), Charles A. Beckham Jr. (Bankruptcy/Restructuring), Ernest Martin Jr. (Insurance), David McCombs (Intellectual Property), Val McWhorter (Construction: Mediators), Erin Simmons (Banking and Finance), Leslie Thorne (Litigation: General Commercial), Brian Vella (Construction), Victor Vital (Litigation: Trial Lawyers) and Susan Wetzel (Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation).
- Four practices were added nationally: Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board, Intellectual Property: Trademark and Copyright, Real Estate and Securities: Regulation: Enforcement.
- Two practices were added to the state and regional rankings: Insurance: Policyholder (District of Columbia) and Antitrust (Texas).
- The Insurance Practice Group has been ranked Band 1 in Texas for 22 years, and the Bankruptcy/Restructuring Practice Group has been ranked Band 1 in Texas for 20 years.
The following Haynes Boone practice groups are ranked this year:
California
- Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
Colorado
- Corporate/M&A
District of Columbia
- Insurance: Policyholder
New York
- Banking & Finance
- Real Estate: Mainly Corporate & Finance
- Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
North Carolina
- Banking & Finance
Texas
- Antitrust
- Banking & Finance
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Corporate/M&A: The Elite
- Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
- Environment
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation: Appellate
- Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Real Estate
- Technology: Corporate & Commercial
Texas: Austin & Surrounds
- Litigation: General Commercial
Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Litigation: General Commercial
Texas: Houston & Surrounds
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
USA - Nationwide
- Banking & Finance
- Derivatives
- Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- First Amendment Litigation
- Franchising
- Government Contracts: The Elite
- Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Real Estate
- Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
Virginia
- Construction
Below are the individually recognized Haynes Boone lawyers and their respective practice areas:
Antitrust
- Texas
Appellate Law
- USA - Nationwide
Banking & Finance
- Colorado
- North Carolina
- Texas
- James A Markus
- Neal Kaminsky
- Paul Amiel
- Sakina Foster
- Scott G Night
- Timothy Powers
- Timothy M Johnston
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
- Texas
Construction
- Virginia
Construction: Mediators
- Virginia
Corporate/M&A
- Colorado
- Texas
Derivatives
- USA - Nationwide
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
- Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
- Texas: Houston & Surrounds
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
- USA - Nationwide
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
- Texas
Environment
- Texas
Environment: Mainly Transactional
- Texas
Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance)
- USA - Nationwide
First Amendment Litigation
- USA - Nationwide
Franchising
- USA - Nationwide
Government Contracts
- USA - Nationwide
Government Contracts: Bid Protests
- USA - Nationwide
Healthcare
- Texas
Insurance
- Texas
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Policyholder
- New York
Insurance: Policyholder
- District of Columbia
Intellectual Property
- Texas
- USA - Nationwide
Intellectual Property: Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- USA - Nationwide
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
- Texas
Labor & Employment
- Texas
Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation
- California
Litigation: Appellate
- Texas
- Ben Mesches
- Daniel L Geyser
- Karen S Precella
- Kent Rutter
- Lynne Liberato
- Mark Trachtenberg
- Nina Cortell
- Polly Fohn
- Ryan Pitts
Litigation: General Commercial
- Texas: Austin & Surrounds
- Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds
Litigation: Trial Lawyers
- Texas
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
- Texas
Occupational Safety and Health
- USA - Nationwide
Oil & Gas Litigation
- USA - Nationwide
Projects
- USA - Nationwide
Real Estate
- Texas
Real Estate: Finance
- New York
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt
- New York
Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
- USA - Nationwide
Technology: Corporate & Commercial
- Texas
Technology: Outsourcing
- Texas