Thirty-Five Andrews Kurth Partners Named in Texas Super Lawyers 2008

(HOUSTON) -  Thirty-five lawyers in the Austin, Dallas and Houston offices of Andrews Kurth were selected to appear in Texas Super Lawyers magazine. Texas Super Lawyers recognizes the top 5% of lawyers in the state. Texas Monthly featured the list in the special advertising section of the October 2008 issue. Andrews Kurth partners included in the list of leading attorneys in the state of Texas are as follows:

Austin

• Lino Mendiola, III, Administrative Law
• Jerry E. Turner, Bonds/Government Finance and Securities & Corporate Finance
• Rex D. VanMiddlesworth, Business Litigation

Dallas

• David Barbour, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Jerry L. Beane, Business Litigation
• Jason S. Brookner, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Kay Lynn Brumbaugh, Antitrust Litigation
• Gerald C. Conley, Intellectual Property Litigation
• Scott M. Kline, Intellectual Property
• Mark S. Solomon, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Kathleen J. Wu, Real Estate

Houston

• Mark B. Arnold, Real Estate
• Howard T. Ayers, Jr., Business/Corporate
• David C. Buck, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Richard H. Caldwell, Business Litigation
• John B. Clutterbuck, Securities & Corporate Finance
• James Donnell, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Dillon J. Ferguson, Energy & Natural Resources
• Thomas W. Ford, Jr., Tax
• Kendall M. Gray, Appellate
• Stuart C. Hollimon, Energy & Natural Resources
• Robert V. Jewell, Mergers & Acquisitions
• Gregg H. Jones, Tax
• Terri Lacy, Estate Planning & Probate
• John A. Lee, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Jeffrey B. McClure, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
• Daniel E. McCormick, Real Estate
• Gail Merel, Banking
• William T. Miller, Estate Planning & Probate
• Michael O’Leary, Securities & Corporate Finance
• Thomas J. Perich, Banking
• Hugh M. Ray, Jr., Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Robin Russell, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Jeffrey E. Spiers, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
• Timothy J. Unger, Transportation/Maritime

About Super Lawyers

Super Lawyers is an annual listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Law & Politics, who performs the survey, research and selection for Super Lawyers, uses a rigorous multi-step process for attorney selection. Their efforts include researching the credentials of each nominee, assembling a blue ribbon review panel comprised of leading attorneys from each practice area, directly contacting lawyers and law firm representatives, verifying data and conducting a good-standing review of  the candidates.

About Andrews Kurth LLP

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.