The 2022 edition of the Chambers USA legal directory will honor 65 Haynes Boone lawyers and 22 practice areas when it publishes in June.
Among other highlights, the firm has six new practice rankings: Derivatives (Nationwide), Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution (California), Corporate/M&A (Colorado), Banking and Finance (North Carolina), Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets (Texas), and Technology: Corporate & Commercial (Texas).
Haynes Boone also expanded its lawyer rankings, with added recognitions for the following lawyers: Brack Bryant, Randy Colson, Matthew Deffebach, Karen Denney, Scott Drablos, Daniel Geyser, and Garrett Martin.
Chambers ranks lawyers and practices based on thousands of interviews with leading practitioners and clients. Ranking criteria include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by legal clients.
Below are the Haynes Boone lawyers recognized in the Chambers USA 2022 directory and the practice area(s) in which they are recognized:
Katherine (Kit) Addleman – Securities: Regulation: Enforcement (USA - Nationwide) and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Ann Al-Bahish – Environment (Texas)
Purvi Patel Albers – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets (Texas)
Paul Amiel – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Jeffrey Becker – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets (Texas)
Brent Beckert – Corporate/M&A (Texas)
Charles Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
David Bell – Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets (Texas)
Emily Westridge Black – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Austin & Surrounds)
Michael Boone – Corporate/M&A (Texas)
Giorgio Bovenzi – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Stacy Brainin – Healthcare (Texas), Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Ronald W. Breaux – Antitrust (Texas) and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Texas)
Brack Bryant – Real Estate (Texas)
Barry I. Buchman – Insurance: Policyholder (District of Columbia)
Jeff Civins – Environment (Texas)
Deborah S. Coldwell – Franchising (USA - Nationwide)
Randall E. Colson – Technology: Outsourcing (Texas) and Technology: Corporate & Commercial (Texas)
Eli Columbus – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Nina Cortell – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Matthew T. Deffebach – Occupational Safety and Health (USA - Nationwide) and Labor & Employment (Texas)
Karen Denney – Labor and Employment (Texas)
Scott Drablos – Real Estate (Texas)
John R. Eldridge – Environment (Texas)
Russell Emerson – Intellectual Property (Texas)
John D. Fognani – Environment (Colorado)
Matthew Frankle – Derivatives (USA - Nationwide)
Jesse J. Gelsomini – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
Daniel Geyser – Appellate Law (USA - Nationwide) and Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Brian Giovannini – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Houston & Surrounds)
Melissa Goodman – Labor & Employment (Texas)
Mike A. Hatchell – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Neal Kaminsky – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Bill Kleinman – Technology: Corporate & Commercial (Texas)
Steven Koch – Real Estate: Finance (New York)
Rebecca Landau – Real Estate: Finance (New York)
Robert A. Lauer – Franchising (USA - Nationwide)
Lynne Liberato – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Diana Liebmann – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) (Texas)
Dan Malone – Corporate/M&A (Colorado)
James Markus – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Ernest Martin – Insurance (Texas)
Garrett Martin – Oil and Gas Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Michael Mazzone – Environment (Texas)
David McCombs – Intellectual Property (USA - Nationwide) and Intellectual Property (Texas)
Mary S. Mendoza – Environment (Texas)
Ben Mesches – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Laura Beth Miller – Intellectual Property (Illinois)
J. Frasher Murphy – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Scott G. Night – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Laura E. O'Donnell – Labor & Employment (Texas)
Ian Peck – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Stephen Pezanosky – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Texas)
Timothy Powers – Banking & Finance (Texas)
Laura Prather – First Amendment Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Karen S. Precella – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Justin Riess - Banking & Finance (North Carolina)
Kent Rutter – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Michelle Scheffler – Oil & Gas Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Micah Skidmore – Insurance (Texas)
Craig Stahl – Oil & Gas Litigation (USA - Nationwide)
Leslie Thorne – Litigation: General Commercial (Texas: Austin & Surrounds)
Mark Trachtenberg – Litigation: Appellate (Texas)
Craig Unterberg – Financial Services Regulation: Banking (Compliance) (USA - Nationwide)
Susan Wetzel – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)