Houston, Texas Office
R. C. Fulbright, (1881-1940)
Office: Houston, Texas
Leon Jaworski, (1905-1982)
Office: Houston, Texas
PARTNERS: Houston, Texas Office
Edward B. Adams, Jr., Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Linda L. Addison, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation; Civil Litigation; International Arbitration; International Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Corporate Governance
Joshua P. Agrons, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance(60%); Corporate Law(40%)
John R. Allender, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions(50%); Taxation(30%); Corporate Law(10%); Employee Benefits(10%); Business Law; International Law
C. Mark Baker, Co-Head of International Department and Arbitration Practice Group
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy(30%); International Law(30%); Alternative Dispute Resolution(10%); Construction Law(10%); Litigation(10%); Natural Resources(10%)
Evelyn H. Biery, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Banking Law(30%); Business Law(30%); Creditors Rights(20%); Corporate Reorganization(20%); Bankruptcy; Corporate Law; International; Litigation; Professional Liability
Nancy T. Bowen, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation(100%); Energy; Real Estate; Utility Law; Automotive; Computer and Data Services; Defense; Pharmaceuticals
Brian A. Bradshaw, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy; Structured Finance; Business Acquisitions; International Law
Reagan M. Brown, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Practice; Civil Appeals; Appellate Practice; Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Energy; Insurance
Richard N. Carrell, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Stephen K. Carroll, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Eminent Domain(90%); Real Estate Litigation(10%); Condemnation; Real Estate Title; Right of Way Easements
William H. Caudill, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
Shauna Johnson Clark, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
Zack A. Clement, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Litigation; Business Restructuring; Business Litigation
Lawrence H. Clore, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Arbitration and ADR; Civil Rights; Class Actions; Labor and Employment; Occupational Safety and Health
Richard P. Colquitt, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Insurance; Insurance Litigation; Litigation
Michael W. Conlon, Partner
AV(T) Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Energy; Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities
David Wilks Corban, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Constitutional Law; Toxic Torts; Intellectual Property Litigation
Heather M. Corken, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental; Energy; Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Occupational Safety and Health; Real Estate; Toxic Torts
Robert F. Corrigan, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Health Care
R. Richard Coston, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
M. Carter Crow, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Litigation
Christopher E.H. Dack, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Finance
G. Edward Deery, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Probate
Otway B. Denny, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts
Arthur L. Dent III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Employment Discrimination; Class Action Defense; Civil Rights Section 1983; Railway Labor Law
Stephen C. Dillard, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts; Mass Torts; Products Liability
Kathleen R. Ellison, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance; Government; Non-Profit Organizations
Stephen M. Fernelius, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Torts; Toxic Torts
Stewart W. Gagnon, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Family Law
Frank T. Garcia, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance; Project Finance; Business Law; Corporate Finance; Energy; Energy Finance; Commercial Law
Deborah A. Gitomer, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate; Oil and Gas
Thomas C. Godbold, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Joseph M. Graham, Jr., Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
William R. Greendyke, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Business Restructuring; Business Litigation
Edmund Lee Haag III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Law; Litigation; Energy; Banking Law; Business Law; Intellectual Property; Real Estate; Alternative Dispute Resolution
Eric B. Hall, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Law
Robert S. Harrell, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Property; Professional Liability
Peggy A. Heeg, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy Law; Securities and Exchange Commission; Corporate Governance
Robert S. Hoffman, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Family Law; Probate Litigation
Henry W. Hope, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; International Law; Technology and Science Transfer
Warren Huang, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Appellate; Litigation
Richard D. Huff, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Public Finance
Charles W. Hurd, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Torts; Insurance Litigation
David R. Iler, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Pharmaceutical and Medical Device; Health Care
Michael P. Irvin, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Real Estate
Debbi M. Johnstone, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Law(100%)
Frank G. Jones, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Arbitration; Securities Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Construction Law; International Dispute Resolution; Class Action Defense
John F. Kapacinskas, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Law Litigation; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation
Andrius R. Kontrimas, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Law; International Law
Layne E. Kruse, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Securities
Stephen A. Kuntz, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions
George F. Kutzschbach, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Real Estate; Finance
William S. Lee, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
Edward C. Lewis, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Air Pollution; Climate Change
Gene G. Lewis, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Corporate Law
Nancy June Locke, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Care; Medical Malpractice; Hospital Law; Litigation; Drug and Medical Device Litigation
Gerry Lowry, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Products; Latex Allergy Litigation; Toxic Torts; Silicosis Litigation; General Liability Defense; Drug and Medical Device Litigation
Katherine Dudas Mackillop, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Appellate; Litigation; Product Liability; Class Actions; Insurance; Health Care; Energy
William P. Maines, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Antitrust; RICO; Business Litigation; Professional Liability; Class Actions
Barclay Arendall Manley, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability
Daniel L. Mark, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commercial Transactions; Securities Law; Corporate Finance; Technology Law; Sports Facilities Development
Daniel M. McClure, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation(90%)
Kent H. McMahan, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Tax; Business Law; Family Business
Laura J. McMahon, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Mergers and Acquisitions; International Law; Securities; Energy
Mark Stephen Miller, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits
John M. Mings, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Litigation
Karen M. Nakfoor, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities
Eva Fromm O'Brien, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Toxic Torts
Shawn R. O'Brien, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
Kevin Michael O'Gorman, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: International Arbitration; Litigation; Energy; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Complex and Multi-District Litigation
D. Dudley Oldham, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Energy; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Products Liability; Environmental Litigation; Securities Litigation
Cecil Jay Olmstead, III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Finance
Stephen P. Pate, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Litigation; Litigation
Edward J. Patterson, III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance; Construction Law; Trusts and Estates
Thomas D. Paul, Ph.D., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Patent Licensing; Technology Transfers; Technology and Science; Biotechnology
Gerard G. Pecht, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulations; Business Law; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation
David Peterman, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Transactions; International; Technology Companies; Emerging Companies; Energy; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Law; Venture Capital; Private Equity
Robert W. Phillpott, Jr., Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Law
Charles D. Powell, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Technology Law; Venture Capital; Securities
Andrew Price, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Arbitration and ADR; Class Actions; Construction; Energy; Intellectual Property and Technology; Professional Liability; Securities
John C. Rawls, Partner
AV(T) Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property
James W. Repass, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property; Technology and Science Transfers
Ed Rhyne, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Banking Law; Business Law; Private Equity; Fund Formations
Anne M. Rodgers, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Regulation
Arthur H. Rogers, III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions
Stephanie M. Schroepfer, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits
William P.M. Schwind, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Petrochemicals; Electric Power
J. Todd Shields, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Energy; Oil and Gas
William B. Sing, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance; Real Estate; Project Finance
Joseph C. Sleeth, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Business Law; Probate
Joy M. Soloway, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Appellate Practice
Ross Staine, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Project Finance; Commercial Law; Finance; Corporate Law
Charles Louis Strauss, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; International Law; Partnership Law
Robert J. Swift, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Health Care
Jasper G. Taylor III, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Taxation Litigation
T. Neil Thomas, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Municipal Finance; Administrative Law
Kevin Trautner, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
Terriann Trostle, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate; Arbitration and ADR; Class Actions; Business Litigation
David J. Van Susteren, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Business Law; Energy; Litigation; Securities
Jack M. Vaughan, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
Charles B. Walker, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(80%); Technology Law(5%); Technology Protection(10%); Technology Transfers(5%)
John A. Watson, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Energy; Finance; Insurance; Securities
Fredric A. Weber, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance; Municipal Law; Public Finance; Government; Investments; Securities
Richard J. Wilson, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Toxic Torts; Commercial Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Energy
Jeffrey Stephen Wolff, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Medical Device Litigation; Products Liability
William D. Wood, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Torts; Energy; International Litigation; Trial Practice; Civil Litigation; Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation; International Arbitration
T. J. Wray, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employment Defense; Employment Contracts; Labor and Employment; Management Labor Law; Whistleblower Litigation; Wrongful Termination Defense
Kevin W. Yankowsky, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense
Alan V. Ytterberg, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Litigation
Richard S. Zembek, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%, 20)
SENIOR PARTNER: Houston, Texas Office
William R. Pakalka, Senior Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Energy; White Collar Crime; Complex Commercial Litigation; Government Investigations
RETIRED PARTNERS: Houston, Texas Office
William Kendall Adam, Retired Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Project Finance; Finance; Secured Finance
Richard P. Bogatto, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits
Charles D. Boston, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Care; Medical Malpractice
W. Fred Cameron, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates
Lynn P. Carter, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Real Estate
Alton F. Curry, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Litigation
Jefferson D. Giller, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Donald O. Jansen, Retired Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Probate and Fiduciary Law; Tax; Trusts and Estates; ERISA
John L. King, Retired Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights
Rene P. Lavenant, Jr., Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy; International; Environmental Law
Jane H. Lerner, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates
John M. Sanders, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Banks and Banking
Charles A. Saunders, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Steven E. Segal, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Taxation
B. Dixie Smith, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law
Charles E. Sullivan, Jr., Retired Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law
Robert M. Welch, Jr., Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
C. W. Wellen, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
William Byron White, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Jerry L. Wickliffe, Retired Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities
OF COUNSEL: Houston, Texas Office
Eric S. Anderson, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Banking Law; Business Law; Insurance; Public Law
Carmody C. Baker, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Robert S. Bambace, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
John Adams Barrett, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: International Law; Energy; Corporate Law; Bankruptcy
A. T. Blackshear, Jr., Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Health Care
Ed Bluestein, Jr., Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Insurance; Arbitration; Mediation
Paul L. DeVerter II, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Unfair Competition; Patents; Copyrights
Uriel E. Dutton, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Real Estate; Energy; Business Law; Partnership Law; Leases and Leasing; Contracts
Gibson Gayle Jr., Of Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
L. Henry Gissel, Jr., Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Charitable and Exempt Organizations
Charles W. Hall, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Litigation(40%); Tax Controversies(40%); Taxation(10%); Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations(10%); Tax Audits; Tax Appeals; Litigation
John S. Hollyfield, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction; Finance; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Workouts; Real Estate Finance
Rodney C. Koenig, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Tax Planning; Wills; Probate; Foundations; Estate Planning; Premarital Agreements
Arno W. Krebs, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Extra Contractual Liability; Insurance Coverage
Oliver Pennington, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Municipal Finance; Government
James B. Sales, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice
William A. Stout, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Technology Transfer
SENIOR COUNSEL: Houston, Texas Office
Ronald W. Adzgery, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax
R. Andrew Black, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Creditors Rights
Jana Banahan Cogburn, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Municipal Finance
Rebecca J. Cole, Senior Counsel
CV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation
Martin F. Doublesin, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Law; Finance; Commercial Law; Banks and Banking; Investments; Energy; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations
Jane Burns Dowell, Senior Counsel
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Marketing Law; Trade Regulation; Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Creditors Rights
David L. Fox, Senior Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Patent Law; Intellectual Property Law; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Litigation; Licensing; Prosecution
Marsha Z. Gerber, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation
Randall K. Glover, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Law(30%); Trusts and Estates(50%); Estate Planning(20%)
Roger K. Harris, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities
Stephanie Lucas Harrison, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Leases and Leasing; Banks and Banking; Energy
Christopher R. Hart, Senior Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy; Litigation; Transportation; Personal Injury; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; International Law; Natural Resources; Products Liability; Construction Law; Technology and Science
Richard L. Hunn, Senior Counsel
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Tax Controversies; Federal Tax Litigation
George W. Jordan, III, Senior Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Litigation; Patents
Elaine L. Lawson, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Law; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Professional Liability; Securities; Construction Litigation
Franklin Hobbs Newton, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Litigation; Insurance
Jon C. Rice, Senior Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Business Litigation; Intellectual Property
Lisa M. Rossmiller, Senior Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax; International Law
John E. Schneider, Senior Counsel
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Jan K. Simpson, Senior Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Patents; Copyrights; Trademarks; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Licensing; International Intellectual Property; Technology and Science
COUNSEL: Houston, Texas Office
Keith M. Angle, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Robert S. Ballentine, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Class Actions; Energy; Litigation; Natural Resources; Product Liability; Toxic Torts
Mary-Ellen Conway, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Elizabeth Ann Crawford, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Appellate
John Daspit, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Government Investigations; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation; E-discovery and Information Management
Cynthia G. DeLaughter, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Product Liability; Toxic Tort
John Fisch, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Warren H. Fisher, Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; International Estate Planning; Fiduciary Litigation
Donna Adams Harris, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Transportation; Energy
Clifton Journet, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Creditors Rights
Susan Harvin Lawhon, Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Complex Business Litigation; Appellate Practice; Energy
Sandra March Pujol, Foreign Legal Consultant
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: International Arbitration; Energy Law
Ramona McQueen, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Miryam R. Mitchell, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Family Law; Appellate
Shelley L. Poore, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate(100%); Real Estate Title Insurance; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Contracts; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Real Estate Sales; Commercial...
M. Patricia Prichard, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Susan V. Sample, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Law
Kelly Neumann Sanford, Counsel
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Family Law; Mediation; Litigation
Paul C. Sarahan, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law(100%)
Lee Thibodeaux, Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Law; Medical Malpractice; Real Estate; Environmental Toxic Tort; Appellate Practice; Litigation
Kim F. Tyson, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Energy; Negligence
Davor Vukadin, Counsel
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions
Arthur E. Whitmer, Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Federal Taxation(15%); State Taxation(5%); Trusts and Estates(80%)
Claudia B. Wilkinson, Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Commercial Law
SENIOR ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas Office
Graig J. Alvarez, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy; Litigation
Darryl Wade Anderson, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Antitrust; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Energy; Litigation; Securities; Securities Litigation
Sharon Marie Beausoleil-Mayer, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy
Alaina King Benford, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation; Products Liability; Admiralty Law; Eminent Domain; Transportation
Johnathan C. Bolton, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; International Law
Lance R. Bremer, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Charles D. Brown, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Law; Medical Malpractice; Pharmaceutical Products Liability
Gino Catena, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology
Jay M. Chadha, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax Law; State Taxation; Ad Valorem Tax; Employment Tax; Federal Tax Controversies; Interstate Tax; Local Taxation; Property Tax; Property Tax Abatement; Property Tax Appeals; Property Tax Assessments; Sales and Use Tax; State Income...
Tonja De Sloover, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arbitration
Tami Feigl, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate
Veronica Foley, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: International Arbitration; Latin America Trade; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust
Julie Hardin, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Melinda Rich Harper, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation(45%); Employee Benefits Litigation(25%); Eminent Domain(15%); Condemnation(15%)
David B. Jordan, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
Rebecca Koch, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law(100%)
Heather K. Kubiak, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Intellectual Property and Technology; Professional Liability
Robert T. Mashburn, Jr., Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Tax; ERISA
Michael S. McCoy, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property
Barclay Richard Nicholson, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation(75%, 150); Arbitration and ADR(25%, 50); Class Actions; Insurance; International; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Toxic Torts; Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Construction...
Jeffrey D. Palmer, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Melissa K. Pifko, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Healthcare(100%)
Carlos Rainer, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Energy; Complex Commercial Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Securities; Securities Litigation; White Collar Crime
Randall S. Richardson, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Health Law Litigation
Charles Jason Rother, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Aviation; Banking Law; Class Actions; International; Litigation; Product Liability; Securities; Business Law; Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; International Litigation; SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Intellectual...
Nina Bianchi Skinner, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: International Law; Latin America Trade
Laura Ann Ayers Smith, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions
Michael R. Swartz, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Public Finance(100%)
Craig S. Vogelsang, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate; Project Finance; Energy
Seth D. Wexler, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions
Jennifer Zucker, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Family Law
ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas Office
Tyler S. Andersen, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits
Vidya Bala, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation
Mary Beth Balhoff, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Anita Barksdale, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation
Cathryn L. "Kate" Blaine, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
Jason L. Boland, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy
Wesley L. Bowers, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates
Brian Boyle, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Carolanda Bremond, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Labor and Employment
Hayden Briggle, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
J. Reid Bumgarner, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents
Diana C. Cabrales, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Avery Carson, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law
Kimberly Jean Carter, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights
J. Christopher Champion, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation
Marti Cherry, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; International Law; Energy; Litigation
Natasha S. Chowdhury, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Colleen Cockrum, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas