Press Release

39 Haynes Boone Lawyers Attain 2023 Texas Super Lawyer Status

September 20, 2023

Thirty-nine lawyers from six of Haynes Boone’s offices and 15 practice groups were featured in the 2023 Texas Super Lawyers directory, including some partners who ranked among the top lawyers in their practice areas.

Published annually by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations of lawyers in more than 70 practice areas. Of those nominated, only 5% of the total lawyers in the jurisdiction can be selected for inclusion.

Partners Charles Beckham Jr., Ben Mesches, and Mark Trachtenberg were listed among the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Texas, and Partners Lynne Liberato and Nina Cortell were included among the Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers.

The Super Lawyers directory also rated Cortell, Mesches, and Partner Stephen Pezanosky among the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Dallas-Fort Worth. Liberato, Trachtenberg, and Beckham were listed among the Top 100 Houston Super Lawyers.

This year marks the 10th year that Partners Kit Addleman and Karen Denney have been included in the Super Lawyers listing.

View a full list of the Haynes Boone attorneys recognized in 2023 Texas Super Lawyers below:

Austin

Jeff Civins – Environmental

Mike A. Hatchell – Appellate

Laura Lee Prather – Media/Advertising

Dallas

Katherine "Kit" Addleman – Criminal Defense: White Collar

Jeffrey M. Becker – Intellectual Property

Stacy L. Brainin – Criminal Defense: White Collar

Ronald W. Breaux – Criminal Defense: White Collar

Eli O. Columbus – Bankruptcy: Business

Nina Cortell – Appellate

Russ Emerson – Intellectual Property Litigation

Sakina Rasheed Foster – Banking

Daniel L. Geyser – Appellate

Melissa M. Goodman – Employment Litigation: Defense

Andrew W. Guthrie – Appellate

David H. Harper – Intellectual Property Litigation

Jason N. Jordan – Appellate

Ernest Martin Jr. - Insurance Coverage

David L. McCombs – Intellectual Property

Benjamin L. Mesches – Appellate

J. Frasher Murphy – Bankruptcy: Business

Ian T. Peck – Bankruptcy: Business

Susan A. Wetzel – Employee Benefits

Fort Worth

Karen C. Denney – Employment Litigation: Defense

Stephen M. Pezanosky – Bankruptcy: Business

Karen S. Precella – Appellate

Thomas J. Williams – Business Litigation

Houston

David H. Ammons – Energy & Resources

Charles A. Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy: Business

"Buddy" Bernard F. Clark, Jr. - Energy & Resources

Christina F. Crozier – Appellate

Matthew T. Deffebach – Employment & Labor

Patrick L. Hughes – Bankruptcy: Business

Lynne Liberato – Appellate

Michael J. Mazzone – Civil Litigation: Defense

Kent Rutter – Appellate

Michelle P. Scheffler – Business Litigation

Mark Trachtenberg – Appellate

San Antonio

Laura E. O’Donnell – Employment Litigation: Defense

The Woodlands

Craig L. Stahl – Energy & Resources