Fifty Haynes Boone lawyers, spanning multiple practice areas and offices, have been recognized in the 2019 edition of Texas Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters.
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Of those nominated, only 5 percent of the total lawyers in the state are selected for inclusion.
Partner Nina Cortell was listed among Super Lawyer’s Top 100 lawyers in Texas. Cortell and Partners Lynne Liberato and Karen Precella were also included in the listing of the Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers.
The Super Lawyers directory also included Partner Ben Mesches and Cortell in their listing of the Top 100 lawyers in DFW. Lynne Liberato and Mark Trachtenberg were listed among the Top 100 Houston lawyers.
This year marks the 10th year that Matthew Deffebach and Laura O’Donnell, partners in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, have been included in the Super Lawyers listing.
The following are listed as Super Lawyers:
Austin
Jeff Civins – Environmental
Mike Hatchell – Appellate
Laura Prather – Media and Advertising
Dallas
Kit Addleman – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Purvi Patel Albers – Intellectual Property
Jeffrey M. Becker – Intellectual Property
Thad Behrens – Securities Litigation
Michael M. Boone – Mergers & Acquisitions
Stacy L. Brainin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
Ronald W. Breaux – Antitrust Litigation
Deborah S. Coldwell – Franchise/Dealership
John M. Collins – Estate Planning & Probate
Eli Columbus – Bankruptcy
Nina Cortell – Appellate
Jeff W. Dorrill – Tax
John R. Emerson – Intellectual Property Litigation
Melissa M. Goodman – Employment Litigation: Defense
David H. Harper – Intellectual Property Litigation
Anne M. Johnson – Appellate
Ernest Martin Jr. – Insurance Coverage
David L. McCombs – Intellectual Property
Barry F. McNeil – Antitrust Litigation
Benjamin L. Mesches – Appellate
Scott G. Night – Banking
Ian Peck – Bankruptcy: Business
Phillip B. Philbin – Intellectual Property Litigation
Timothy E. Powers – International
Werner A. Powers – Insurance Coverage
Ann M. Saegert – Real Estate
Greg R. Samuel – Securities & Corporate Finance
Janice V. Sharry – Securities & Corporate Finance
W. Scott Wallace – Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities & Corporate Finance
Susan A. Wetzel – Employee Benefits/ERISA
Fort Worth
Brian D. Barnard – Securities & Corporate Finance
Karen C. Denney – Employment & Labor
Stephen M. Pezanosky – Bankruptcy: Business
Karen S. Precella – Appellate
Thomas J. Williams – Business Litigation
Houston
Charles Beckham Jr. – Bankruptcy: Business
Bernard "Buddy" Clark Jr. – Energy & Natural Resources
Matthew T. Deffebach – Employment & Labor
Jesse J. Gelsomini – Employee Benefits
Patrick L. Hughes – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Lynne Liberato – Appellate
Michael J. Mazzone – Civil Litigation Defense
Kent Rutter – Appellate
Mark Trachtenberg – Appellate
San Antonio
Diana M. Liebmann – Utilities
Laura E. O'Donnell – Employment Litigation: Defense
The Woodlands
Craig Stahl – Energy & Natural Resources