Gardere Earns Chambers USA Recognition Among Leading Business Lawyers In Texas
Gardere has earned rankings among Texas’ top business law firms in 10 of the practice areas highlighted in the Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2009 survey. The firm has been recognized for its work on behalf of clients in Antitrust, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment, General Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Labor & Employment, Real Estate and Tax matters.
Additionally, 23 of the firm’s partners, representing 14 practice areas, were recognized among the best attorneys in Texas in their respective fields, including:
Antitrust – Curtis L. Frisbie Jr., Dallas; Randy Gordon, Dallas
Bankruptcy/Restructuring – John Melko, Houston; Holland O’Neil, Dallas; Richard Roberson, Dallas; Deirdre Ruckman, Dallas
Construction – D. Steven Henry, Dallas
Corporate/M&A – Larry Schoenbrun, Dallas
Environment – Richard O. Faulk, Houston; Frances Phillips, Dallas
Insurance – James Cooper, Houston; John Pearson, Houston; Kimberly Yelkin, Austin
Immigration – Irina Plumlee, Dallas
Intellectual Property – Kenneth Glaser, Dallas
Labor & Employment – Ronald Gaswirth, Dallas; Neil Martin, Houston
Real Estate – Kevin Kelley, Dallas; Cliff Risman, Dallas
Tax – Allen B. Craig III, Houston
Tax Litigation – Val Albright, Dallas; Cym Lowell, Dallas
Technology: Corporate & Commercial – Frank Putman, Houston
In addition to the Texas rankings, two partners received national recognition for their practices. Marshall J. Doke Jr., a partner in the Dallas office, received national recognition for his work in the area of Government Contracts. Cliff Risman was recognized on a national level for his work in the area of Leisure & Hospitality.
Complete rankings appear in Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2009 and can be found online at www.chambersandpartners.com.
Published annually by London-based Chambers & Partners, the Chambers USA guide recognizes the top business law firms and leading individual attorneys in the United States. The firms and attorneys are selected for the merit-based listing based upon interviews with thousands of clients, attorneys and third-party experts across the U.S.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm celebrating 100 years in 2009 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of energy, hospitality, litigation, corporate, tax, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
3000 Thanksgiving Tower
1601 Elm St.
Dallas TX 75201
214.999.3000
Press Contact: Rhonda Reddick, Androvett Legal Media, 800.559.4534