Gardere Attorneys Garner Super Lawyers Honors

A absolute of 43 attorneys from the Dallas and Houston offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP accept becoming alternative to the 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list.

Of those called to the 2009 list, 26 of the attorneys accept been included anniversary of the seven years the account has been compiled. Partner Thomas A. Hagemann accustomed added acceptance this year, accepting accustomed a allotment of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Houston.”

The Gardere attorneys called to this year’s account were included based on their plan in 21 different convenance areas: antitrust litigation, appellate, defalcation & creditor/debtor rights, business litigation, business/corporate, noncombatant action defense, chic action/mass torts, construction/surety, white-collar bent defense, application & labor, application litigation/defense, environmental, acreage planning & probate, ancestors law, allowance coverage, bookish property, bookish acreage litigation, mergers & acquisitions, absolute estate, balance & accumulated finance, and tax.

Texas Super Lawyer selections are based on associate nominations fabricated by added than 70,000 attorneys from above the state. A console of attorneys called by the Texas Super Lawyers editors abetment with the final selection. Fewer than 5 percent of the state’s attorneys were called for this honor.

The Super Lawyer account appears in the October 2009 issues of Texas Monthly and Texas Super Lawyers, a advertisement co-produced by the publishers of Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Media, Inc.

Earlier this year, 17 Gardere attorneys were called to appear on the Texas Rising Star list, a accompaniment to the Super Lawyers list. Rising Stars selections are based on nominations by associates of the Texas Super Lawyers list. Rising Stars are the top advancing Texas attorneys who are 40 or adolescent or accept been in convenance for beneath than 10 years.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 close adulatory 100 years in 2009 and one of the Southwest’s better full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides acknowledged casework to clandestine and accessible companies and individuals in areas of energy, hospitality, litigation, corporate, tax, environmental, activity and employment, bookish acreage and banking services.

Gardere Wynne Sewell Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2009 List
(Attorneys listed by convenance area)

Antitrust Litigation:
Curtis L. Frisbie Jr., Dallas*
Mark W. Bayer, Dallas

Appellate:
Stacy R. Obenhaus, Dallas*

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights:
Robert S. Blanc, Houston*
John P. Melko, Houston
Holland N. O'Neil, Dallas*
Richard M. Roberson, Dallas
Deirdre B. Ruckman, Dallas*

Business Litigation:
Geoffrey H. Bracken, Houston
Craig B. Florence, Dallas
Joe B. Harrison, Dallas*
Robert Hoffman, Dallas*
Michael Lowenberg, Dallas*
William E. Matthews, Houston*

Business/Corporate:
Frank Putman, Houston*

Civil Litigation Defense:
Jeffrey S. Davis, Houston

Class Action/Mass Torts:
Richard O. Faulk, Houston

Construction/Surety:
D. Steven Henry, Dallas

Criminal Defense: White Collar:
Thomas A. Hagemann, Houston*

Employment & Labor:
Douglas D. Haloftis, Dallas*
Carrie B. Hoffman, Dallas
Neil Martin, Houston
Rachel Powitzky Steely, Houston

Employment Litigation: Defense:
Stuart E. Blaugrund, Dallas*

Environmental:
Frances E. Phillips, Dallas*

Estate Planning & Probate:
Keith V. Novick, Dallas*
Lawrence J. Pirtle, Houston*

Family Law:
Douglas A. Harrison, Dallas

Insurance Coverage:
James Cooper, Houston
John R. Pearson, Houston

Intellectual Property:
Kenneth R. Glaser, Dallas*
Andre M. Szuwalski, Dallas

Intellectual Property Litigation:
Peter S. Vogel, Dallas

Mergers & Acquisitions:
Alan J. Perkins, Dallas*
Robert Sarfatis, Dallas
Larry Schoenbrun, Dallas*

Real Estate:
Kevin L. Kelley, Dallas*
Clifford J. Risman, Dallas*

Securities & Corporate Finance:
Lawrence B. Goldstein, Dallas*
Richard A. Tulli, Dallas*

Tax:
Allen B. Craig III, Houston*
Barbara Spudis de Marigny, Houston*
Cym H. Lowell, Dallas*

* Seven-time Texas Super Lawyer honoree.