(openPR) - Texas (September 8, 2011) – The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to have more Banking and Finance attorneys recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® than any other U.S. firm. The 2012 list also includes more Thompson & Knight attorneys in the practice areas of Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Banking and Finance Law, Litigation-Real Estate, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law, Transportation Law, and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in Texas.

The Firm has more attorneys listed in Best Lawyers from its Dallas office than any other firm in Dallas – a total of 80, and the most attorneys listed in Dallas in the fields of: Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Banking and Finance Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Energy Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Insurance Law, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants, Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law, Tax Law, Transportation Law, and Trusts and Estates.

Thompson & Knight is a top-listed firm in Houston with the most attorneys listed in the Litigation-Bankruptcy field, in Fort Worth with the most attorneys listed in the Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions field, and in Southfield, Michigan with the most attorneys listed in Bet-the-Company Litigation, First Amendment Law, Litigation-Antitrust, and Litigation-First Amendment.

Eleven Thompson & Knight attorneys have been listed in Best Lawyers for 25 years or more, 6 attorneys have been listed for at least 20 years, 17 attorneys have been listed for at least 10 years, and 12 attorneys are listed for the first time this year. Below is the list, by Firm office, of the 108 Thompson & Knight attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 and the area(s) in which they are honored.

Austin
Debora B. Alsup – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
Becky L. Jolin – Environmental Law
James C. Morriss III – Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental

Dallas
G. Luke Ashley – Appellate Practice, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
William L. Banowsky – Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Litigation-First Amendment, Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation-Securities
Ted M. Benn – Real Estate Law
David M. Bennett – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy
L. James Berglund II – Litigation-Antitrust
Buford P. Berry – Tax Law
Dorothy H. Bjorck – Banking and Finance Law
Jane Politz Brandt – Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent
Sam P. Burford Jr. – Corporate Law
Bennett W. Cervin – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management
George C. Chapman – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
Max Ciccarelli – Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent
John R. Cohn - Tax Law
Paul E. Comeaux – Real Estate Law
O. Paul Corley Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Ann Marie Cowdrey – Corporate Law
Greg W. Curry – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Real Estate, Oil & Gas Law
Joe Dannenmaier – Corporate Law
Gregg C. Davis – Real Estate Law
Andrew B. Derman – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law
James A. Donohoe – Banking and Finance Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Barbara B. Ferguson – Trusts and Estates
Stephen F. Fink – Litigation-Labor & Employment
Frank Finn – Arbitration, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Sharon M. Fountain – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Fred W. Fulton – Corporate Law
Rachelle (Shelley) H. Glazer – Insurance Law
Russell G. Gully – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Lawrence (Larry) A. Hall - Corporate Law
Herbert J. Hammond – Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent
James B. Harris – Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental
Martha Harris – Real Estate Law
Craig A. Haynes – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Oil & Gas Law
M. Lawrence (Larry) Hicks, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
J. Mike Holt – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Gregory S.C. Huffman – Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial
Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions
Andrew A. Ingrum – Real Estate Law
James L. Irish – Corporate Law
Robert B. Jackson – Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation-Banking & Finance
William M. Katz, Jr. – Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Securities
Ray T. Khirallah – Real Estate Law
Peter Alan Lodwick – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law
John A. Mackintosh – Commercial Litigation
John H. Martin – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury
Litigation-Defendants, Transportation Law
Laura L. McClellan – Real Estate Law
Timothy R. McCormick – Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation-Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy), Litigation-Securities
P. Mike McCullough – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
James W. McKellar – Banking and Finance Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Mary A. McNulty – Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Tax Law
William R. Mureiko – Trusts and Estates
Bryan P. Neal – Litigation-Labor & Employment
David R. Noteware – Commercial Litigation
Emily A. Parker – Litigation & Controversy-Tax
Joseph S. Pevsner – Product Liability Litigation-Defendants
John W. Rain – Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law
Stephen C. Rasch – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking & Finance, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Securities
Rust E. Reid – Trusts and Estates
Eric G. Reis – Trusts and Estates
Harry M. Roberts Jr. – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Richard B. Roper – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
David M. Rosenberg – Non-Profit/Charities Law
A. Kay Roska – Environmental Law
Joe A. Rudberg – Tax Law
Elizabeth A. Schartz – Employment Law-Management, Litigation-Labor & Employment
Terry L. Simmons – Trusts and Estates
Mark M. Sloan – Real Estate Law
Steven W. Sloan – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management
Bruce S. Sostek – Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Patent, Technology Law
Scott P. Stolley – Appellate Practice
Shad E. Sumrow – Banking and Finance Law
Debra J. Villarreal – Oil & Gas Law
Mark Weibel – Litigation-Real Estate, Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Ben B. West – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
R. David Wheat – Tax Law
David S. White – Insurance Law
Arthur J. Wright – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
Richard L. Wynne, Jr. – Litigation-Intellectual Property
Shelly A. Youree – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jeffrey A. Zlotky – Corporate Law

Detroit (Southfield)
Howard B. Goldman – Real Estate Law
Philip J. Kessler – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Intellectual Property
James E. Stewart – First Amendment Law, Litigation-First Amendment

Fort Worth
R Gordon Appleman – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Susan E. Coleman – Real Estate Law
E. Michael Sheehan – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Mergers & Acquisitions

Houston
Roger D. Aksamit – Tax Law
Jeffrey B. Andrews – Technology Law
Mitchell E. Ayer – Oil & Gas Law
J. Michael Bell – Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Stephen M. Block – Real Estate Law
Timothy R. Brown – Banking and Finance Law, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law
Rhett G. Campbell – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Derivatives and Futures Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy, Oil & Gas Law
Barry Davis – Corporate Governance Law
Marc E. Grossberg – Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Tax Law
William T. Heller IV – Corporate Law
Jerry L. Metcalf – Real Estate Law
Alfred M. Meyerson – Real Estate Law
Michael K. Pierce – Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law
Ricky A. Raven – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants
David M. Robins – Real Estate Law
W. Christopher Schaeper – Securities/Capital Markets Law
Robert C. Shearer – Banking and Finance Law
Jonathan B. Shoebotham – Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Environmental, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
Randy W. Williams – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation-Bankruptcy

New York
Richard S. Green – Energy Law
Philip J. Kessler – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Antitrust, Litigation-Intellectual Property

About The Best Lawyers in America®

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Nomination to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed. Accordingly, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

About Thompson & Knight

Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight is a full-service firm providing legal solutions to public and private companies, governments, and individuals in all areas, including commercial and tort litigation, intellectual property, finance, banking, securities, mergers and acquisitions, taxation, corporate governance, creditors rights, real estate, labor and employment, white collar defense, and environmental matters, among others. We are particularly recognized for our depth of experience and capabilities on behalf of clients in the energy industry, both domestically and around the world. Thompson & Knight has approximately 350 attorneys with offices in Texas, New York, and Michigan and international offices and associations in the Americas, North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Becky S. Jackson
Chief Client Services Officer
Thompson & Knight LLP
1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas 75201
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