49 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2011
(Houston, Texas)—Andrews Kurth LLP is proud to announce that 49 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®, known as the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 50% of the lawyers listed in Best Lawyers cast more than 3.1 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.
Parenthetical notations indicate lawyers who have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years.
Austin
Joseph M. Ford: Banking Law
Lino Mendiola III (5): Administrative Law; Energy Law
Phillip G. Oldham (5): Administrative Law; Energy Law
Jerry E. Turner (5): Public Finance Law
Rex D. VanMiddlesworth (15): Administrative Law; Energy Law
Dallas
David Barbour (5): Banking Law; Structured Finance Law
Jerry L. Beane (10): Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation
Kay Lynn Brumbaugh: Antitrust Law
Andrew L. Campbell (5): Real Estate Law
Thomas R. Popplewell: Tax Law
Patrick C. Sargent (5): Structured Finance Law
Houston
Mark B. Arnold (5): Real Estate Law
J. Mark Breeding: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Todd Brewer: Public Finance Law
David C. Buck: Corporate Law
John T. Cabaniss (25): Corporate Law
Richard H. Caldwell (25): Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Transportation Law
Robert M. Collie, Jr. (15): Public Finance Law
Robert J. Collins: Land Use & Zoning Law
Jonathan S. Day (20): Administrative Law; Energy Law
Martha Smith DeBusk: Banking Law
Douglas J. Dillon: Banking Law
Jeff C. Dodd (10): Corporate Law; Information Technology Law
Christopher R. Fenelon: Employee Benefits Law
Jack E. Fields (25): Real Estate Law
Thomas W. Ford, Jr. (5): Tax Law
Mark C. Hodges (5): Real Estate Law
Stuart C. Hollimon: Oil & Gas Law
Robert V. Jewell (5): Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Gregg H. Jones (5): Public Finance Law; Tax Law
Terri Lacy: Trusts and Estates
Daniel E. McCormick (10): Real Estate Law
L. Lee McMurtry III: Employee Benefits Law
Robert J. McNamara: Tax Law
Gail Merel (15): Banking Law
William T. Miller (20): Alternative Dispute Resolution; Trusts and Estates
G. Michael O'Leary (5): Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Thomas J. Perich (5): Banking Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Eddy J. Rogers, Jr. (10): Corporate Law
Robin Russell: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Dahl C. Thompson (5): Project Finance Law
Mark J. Thurber (5): Energy Law; Project Finance Law
Timothy J. Unger (5): Corporate Law; Energy Law; Project Finance Law
Hoang T. Vu: Public Finance Law
Rick A. Witte (5): Public Finance Law
New York
Paul N. Silverstein: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
The Woodlands
Paul M. Bohannon: Environmental Law
Washington, DC
Roger D. Feldman (5): Project Finance Law
Andrew M. Tucker (5): Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for 28 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of recognition in the legal profession.”
Methodology
Selection and Peer Review Process Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on peer review, as it has been for the past 28 years, and the voting pool for existing categories consists of all lawyers who are currently listed. These listed lawyers are asked to vote on both current listees and new nominees in their specialties and metropolitan areas and/or states, as well as to nominate additional lawyers. Voting takes place either by phone or by electronic ballot. Each listed lawyer is asked “If you could not handle a case, who would you refer it to?” Lawyers are asked to give letter grades (1-5) to the nominees: 5 for someone the voter would definitely refer a case to, 4 for someone the voter would probably refer a case to, 3 for someone the lawyer would be hesitant to refer a case to, etc. Voters are allowed to provide comments as well as grades and are asked to vote only on lawyers whose work they know personally. Votes that are clearly aberrational or politically motivated are ignored. Once selections have been finalized, they are checked against state bar sanction lists to make sure that each lawyer is in good standing with his or her state bar. Once this process is completed, announcements are sent to firms’ marketing departments, and letters of inclusion are then sent to the individual attorneys.
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 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in multiple industries. For more information about Andrews Kurth, please visit andrewskurth.com.
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