Press Release

Chambers USA 2025 Awarded Haynes Boone Most Rankings in Firm History

June 05, 2025

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

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

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