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Portrait of Alistair Dawson

Alistair B. Dawson

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Alistair B. Dawson has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Commercial Litigation and Antitrust Litigation. An attorney at Beck Redden, Dawson serves as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates and a commissioner on the Texas Equal Access to Justice Commission.

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Garrett S. Brawley

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Garrett Brawley was named in the fourth edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for his work in Commercial Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, and Trusts and Estates Litigation. Brawley is an associate at Beck Redden LLP and was previously recognized as a “Rising Star” in Business Litigation by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers in 2023.

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Geoff Gannaway

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Geoff Gannaway has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Commercial Litigation. Gannaway is a partner at Beck Redden LLP and has been recognized on the Best Lawyers in America list since 2021.

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Portrait of Allison S. Miller

Allison S. Miller

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Allison S. Miller has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants and Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants. A double Longhorn, Miller is an attorney at Beck Redden LLP and specializes in professional liability defense.

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Joe Redden

Joe W. Redden, Jr.

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Joe W. Redden, Jr. has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants. Redden is a trial lawyer at Beck Redden LLP and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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Chante Brantley

Chante Brantley

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Chante Brantley has been recognized as the August 2023 Volunteer Attorney of the Month at the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program. Brantley is a clinical professor at the SMU Dedman School of Law and is the Director of the VanSickle Family Law Clinic.

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Rebecca Olla

Rebecca Olla

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Rebecca Olla has joined the Bishop Law Firm in Raleigh, N.C., as an attorney, representing the firm’s personal injury and workers’ compensation clients. Olla previously worked for the Texas State Office of the Attorney General and the U.S. District Court of Southern New York.

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Mitch Little

Mitch Little

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Mitch Little has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in for Arbitration and Litigation–Real Estate. Little is a partner at Scheef & Stone, LLP in Frisco, Texas, where he counsels individuals and business organizations in state and federal courts.

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Parker Folse

Parker Folse

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Parker Folse has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Seattle for Antitrust Litigation. Folse is a partner with Susman Godfrey, LLP in the firm’s Seattle office and represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters.

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Neal S Manne

Neal Manne

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Neal Manne has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Litigation-Antitrust in Houston by The Best Lawyers in America. A double Longhorn, Manne is a partner and trial lawyer at Susman Godfrey, LLP. He has received this honor for Houston in a major practice area on five other occasions.

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Jeffrey B Simon

Jeffrey B. Simon

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Jeffrey B. Simon has written a book titled Last Rights: The Fight to Save the 7th Amendment that will be published in September 2023. A founding partner of Simon Greenstone Panatier, PC, Simon has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Texas Monthly Magazine each year for over fifteen years for his work in trial law and consumer protection.

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Alden Harris

Alden Harris

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Alden Harris has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Patent litigation. Harris is partner at Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, where his litigation work has spanned a variety of fields including electrical and computer engineering, telecommunications, and biochemistry.

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Brad Caldwell

Brad Caldwell

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Brad Caldwell has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Intellectual Property and Patent trials. Caldwell is principal at Caldwell Cassady & Curry, where he focuses on patent infringement and complex commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants in trial.

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Michael McBride

Michael McBride

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Michael McBride has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Intellectual Property law. McBride is a partner at Alavi Anaipakos in Houston, where he focuses primarily on high-stakes, complex patent litigation and patent prosecution matters.

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Scott Clark

Scott Clark

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Scott Clark has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Intellectual Property law. Clark is a partner at Alavi & Anaipakos in Houston and was recognized in the 2023 edition of the IAM Patent 1000.

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Thad Dameris

Thad Dameris

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Thad Dameris passed away Aug. 16, 2023. After spending 16 years trying cases at Vinson & Elkins LLP, Dameris opened and managed the Houston offices of three international law firms and specialized in litigation arising from aviation and maritime accidents.

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Chris Hamilton

Chris Hamilton

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Chris Hamilton has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in personal injury and product liability trials, as well as his expertise in medical malpractice lawsuits. Hamilton is owner and partner at Hamilton Wingo in Dallas and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

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Jack O'Neill

Jack O’Neill

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Jack O’Neill has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for Oil and Gas and Commercial Litigation, and also received honors for his appellate practice. Co-founder of Pierce O’Neill, LLP, he is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and International Association of Defense Counsel.

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Jesse Pierce

Jesse Pierce

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Jesse Pierce has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his legal work in Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, and Commercial Litigation. Co-founder of Pierce O’Neill, LLP, he is board certified in civil trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is a Commercial Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a Litigation Counsel of America Senior Fellow.

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Brian N. Hail

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Brian N. Hail has been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation. Hail is a Director in the Dallas office of Kane Russell Coleman Logan P.C. and has nearly three decades of courtroom experience handling complex commercial litigation.

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Arthur M Nathan

Arthur M. Nathan

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Arthur M. Nathan has been recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law. Nathan is a Director in the Houston office of Kane Russell Coleman Logan P.C., where he focuses on corporate and partnership transactions, mergers and acquisitions.

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Nick Buratto

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Nick Buratto passed away August 3, 2023. Buratto’s legal career spanned the 13th, 2nd and 5th Texas Courts of Appeals in Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, and Dallas.

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William D. Pargaman

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William “Bill” D. Pargaman passed away August 3, 2023. With his estate planning expertise, Pargaman made significant contributions to the State Bar’s Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law section and was inducted into The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Pargaman was a member of the Chancellor’s Society at Texas Law.

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David Watson

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David Watson passed away July 9, 2023. A double Longhorn, Watson was employed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and by the Department of Justice throughout his career.

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Hollis Gail Turnham

Hollis Gail Turnham

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Hollis Gail Turnham passed away August 5, 2023. Turnham was engaged in advocacy work for the rights of elders and direct care workers, serving as the Michigan State Long-Term Care Ombudsman for 16 years.

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Colin Watterson

Colin Watterson

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Colin Watterson has been selected for inclusion in the Benchmark Litigation 40 & Under listing. Watterson is a partner at Hicks Thomas and was previously recognized by “The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for his experience in commercial litigation.

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Jeff Civins

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At the 35th Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, Jeff Civins was honored by the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas with the creation of the Jeff Civins Volunteer of the Year Award, recognizing his long-time dedication to the section. Civins has chaired the conference since its inception, developed and co-edits the Thomson Reuters two-volume treatise on Texas environmental law, and has been an adjunct professor at the law school for more than 30 years.

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David J Beck

David J. Beck

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David J. Beck has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators list. Beck is a trial lawyer and founding partner at Beck Redden LLP and is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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Christopher Scruggs

George Christopher Scruggs

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Under the pen name Alystair West, George Christopher Scruggs published the novel “Marshland,” which  involves a murder in Houston in the 1980s and the response of a young lawyer to the events in which he becomes involved. In addition to being an author, he is a retired lawyer and pastor.

 

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Samantha Jarvis

Samantha Jarvis

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Samantha Jarvis has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Jarvis is a partner at Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P. and focuses her practice on commercial disputes and white collar litigation.

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Jeb Golinkin

Jeb Golinkin

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Jeb Golinkin has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Golinkin is a trial associate at Jordan Lynch & Cancienne and focuses his practice on commercial litigation.

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Ryan M Goldstein

Ryan M. Goldstein

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Ryan M. Goldstein has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Goldstein is a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai and focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.

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Neil Gehlawat

Neil Gehlawat

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Neil Gehlawat has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Gehlawat is an attorney at the Taylor & Ring law firm and focuses his practice on serious personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, and sexual abuse.

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Jackie Furlow

Jackie Furlow

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Jackie Furlow has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Furlow is a partner at Beck Redden and focuses her practice on commercial, employment, and energy litigation.

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Ryan Ellis

Ryan Ellis

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Ryan Ellis has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Ellis is an attorney at the Lanier Law Firm and focuses his practice on commercial litigation.

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Amber K Dodds

Amber K. Dodds

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Amber K. Dodds has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Dodds is a partner at Bracewell LLP and focuses her practice on employment law.

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Keith Y. Cohan

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Keith Y. Cohan has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Cohan is a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai and focuses his practice on commercial financial litigation.

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Joshua J. Bruckerhoff

Joshua J. Bruckerhoff

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Joshua J. Bruckerhoff has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Bruckerhoff is a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai and focuses his practice on financial litigation.

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Mariah Berry

Mariah Berry

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Mariah Berry has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Berry is an associate at Muskat Devine and focuses her practice on Labor & Employment litigation.

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W. Jared Berg

W. Jared Berg

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W. Jared Berg has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Berg is an associate at Bracewell LLP’s Houston office and focuses his practice on Mergers & Acquisitions and the energy industry.

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Patrick K Johnson

Patrick K. Johnson

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Patrick K. Johnson has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Johnson is a partner at Bracewell LLP and focuses his practice on the energy industry.

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Michael Kelso

Michael Kelso

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Michael Kelso has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Kelso is a partner at Susman Godfrey LLP and focuses his practice on commercial litigation.

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Nishi Kothari

Nishi Kothari

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Nishi Kothari has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Kothari is a partner at Brasher Law Firm and focuses her practice on bad faith insurance claims and commercial personal injury matters.

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Kat Li

Kat Li

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Kat Li has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Li is an IP litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and focuses her trial practice on patent and technology litigation.

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Rocco Magni

Rocco Magni

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Rocco Magni has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Magni is a partner at Susman Godfrey LLP and focuses his trial practice on commercial litigation.

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Stephanie L Matherne

Stephanie L. Matherne

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Stephanie L. Matherne has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Matherne is a partner at Estes Thorne Ewing & Payne and focuses her practice on family law.

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Utsav Mathur

Utsav Mathur

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Utsav Mathur has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Mathur is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright and focuses his practice on commodity trading, shipping, and offshore energy.

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Andrew W Monk

Andrew W. Monk

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Andrew W. Monk has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Monk is an associate at Bracewell LLP and focuses his practice on corporate and securities transactions.

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Denton Nichols

Denton Nichols

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Denton Nichols has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Nichols is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright and focuses his practice on international arbitration and disputes.

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Nathaniel J. Palmer

Nathaniel J. Palmer

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Nathaniel J. Palmer has been named to the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide. Palmer is a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai and focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.

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