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Mason P. Hester

Mason P. Hester

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Mason P. Hester has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in construction law. Hester is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, where he focuses his practice on construction-related legal matters such as construction litigation, arbitration and transactions.

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James Bettis

James M. “Jim” Bettis, Jr.

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Jim Bettis has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in insurance law. Bettis is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt and maintains an active complex commercial litigation practice with an emphasis on contract disputes, personal injury defense and insurance coverage matters.

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Adrienne Wall

Adrienne N. Wall

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Adrienne Wall has been featured in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in banking and finance law and real estate law. Wall is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, where she focuses her practice on commercial finance transactions secured by real estate, business assets or other personal property, notes receivable and other property or assets.

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Rick Kopf

Richard O. “Rick” Kopf

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Richard O. “Rick” Kopf has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in leisure and hospitality law and real estate law. Kopf is a founding partner of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr and serves as a member of the Operations Committee.

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David Coligado

E. David Coligado

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E. David Coligado has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in real estate law. Coligado currently serves as the head of the Real Estate Section at at Munsch Hardt, where he focuses on the ownership, development and investment of commercial real estate.

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Angela Hunt

Angela A. Hunt

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Angela A. Hunt has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in real estate law. Hunt is a member of Munsch Hardt’s Real Estate Section and spearheads the firm’s zoning and land use practice.

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Rick Addison

Frederick W. “Rick” Addison, III

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Rick Addison has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in environmental law.  Addison is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, where he focuses his practice on litigation and counseling with a strong emphasis on civil and criminal governmental and environmental litigation and regulation.

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Walter A. Buchanan

Walter A. Buchanan

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Walter A. Buchanan has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Banking and Finance Law. Buchanan is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, where he represents lenders and borrowers in complex domestic and international financing transactions, as well as in other banking and corporate matters.

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Stephanie Townsend Allala

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Stephanie Townsend Allala received the Member of the Year Award from the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Texas Chapter for her outstanding service. Townsend Allala is a partner in the Townsend Allala, Coulter & Kludt law firm.

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David Kinder

David Kinder

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David Kinder was elected to the San Antonio chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. A trial attorney at Dykema, Kinder has more than 38 years of experience with complex and high stakes litigation matters and serves as co-chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee.

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D. Ronald Reneker

D. Ronald Reneker

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D. Ronald Reneker has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in commercial litigation. Reneker is a shareholder at Munsch Hardt, where he has tried numerous jury and non-jury cases in addition to handling appeals and serving as counsel in arbitrations.

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Mary Evelyn McNamara

Mary Evelyn McNamara

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Mary Evelyn McNamara was included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America  and received the 2023 Joseph W. McKnight Award for the best Family Law CLE Article from the State Bar of Texas. McNamara is a partner at Rivers McNamara, PLLC and is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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David G. Webster

David G. Webster

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David G. Webster has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Commercial Litigation. Webster is a partner at Bell Nunnally and has extensive trial experience litigating disputes in state, federal and appellate courts.

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Jay M. Wallace

Jay M. Wallace

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Jay M. Wallace has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Labor and Employment Litigation. Wallace is a partner at Bell Nunnally and is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

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Kassandra G. McLaughlin

Kassandra G. McLaughlin

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Kassandra G. McLaughlin has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in Real Estate Law. McLaughlin is a partner at Bell Nunnally and has been practicing broad-based commercial real estate for more than two decades.

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Karen L. Hart

Karen L. Hart

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Karen L. Hart has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in Commercial Litigation. Hart is a partner at Bell Nunnally, where she focuses her practice on commercial and real estate litigation.

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Jean Pierre Boyea

Jean Pierre Boyea

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Jean Pierre Boyea has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Real Estate Law. Boyea is a partner at Bell Nunnally, where he specializes in real estate law and commercial finance.

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Ruby Bolton

Ruby Bolton

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Ruby Bolton of Bolton Law Firm has been named a “Lawyer of Distinction” for her work in family law. Bolton has been a family law attorney in The Woodlands, Texas, for more than 20 years.

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Parth S. Gejji

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Parth S. Gejji was named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for his work in Appellate Practice. A double Longhorn, Gejii is an associate in Beck Redden LLP’s appellate section and provides appellate assistance at the trial court level.

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Christopher Hawkins

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Christopher Hawkins has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. Hawkins is an attorney at Sullivan Hill Rez & Engel and is a current member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

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Mary Kate Raffetto

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Mary Kate Raffetto has been named to the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation. Raffetto is an associate at Beck Redden LLP and was previously included in the 2023 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation guide.

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Jim Hill

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Jim Hill has been recognized as the 2024 Best Lawyers in America‘s Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law “Lawyer of the Year” in San Diego. Hill is a founding member of Sullivan Hill Rez & Engel, member of its Executive Committee and chair of the firm’s Insolvency and Commercial Bankruptcy practice group.

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David J. Beck

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David J. Beck has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America. A trial lawyer and founding partner at Beck Redden LLP, Beck is being recognized for his work in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Antitrust Litigation, Environmental Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Litigation, and Natural Resources Law.

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Jacqueline M. Furlow

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Jackie Furlow was named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for her work in Commercial Litigation and Energy Law. Furlow is a partner at Beck Redden LLP and was previously named to the Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation list.

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Nicholas Bruno

Nicholas Bruno

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Nicholas Bruno was named in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for his work in Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation. Bruno is an associate at Beck Redden LLP and is a member of the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Section Committee.

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Fields Alexander

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Fields Alexander has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Alexander is a trial lawyer at Beck Redden LLP and is being recognized for his work in Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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