
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Fort Worth, Texas Office View all offices
201 Main Street Suite 2200 Fort Worth, Texas
76102-3126 (Tarrant Co.)
Telephone: 817-347-6600 Metro: 817-654-3308 Telecopy: 817-347-6650 http://www.haynesboone.com
Visibility Ranking  | | #69 out of 560 law firms in Fort Worth, Texas | | #84 out of 193,855 law firms |
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About this office:
Haynes and Boone is one of the largest and fastest-growing law firms in the U.S. Our firm believes that the world of business belongs to companies keen to compete, quick to adapt, eager to listen and learn and resolved to continually challenge themselves. We measure ourselves by the same standards. Our teamwork culture, our willingness to change quickly to meet the demands of the marketplace and our drive to be the best have been the key factors behind our success. We have grown from a handful of lawyers in 1970 to almost 500 lawyers today, have added more than 35 practice specialties, have expanded to ten offices worldwide and have become a national leader in the use of technology to deliver legal services. Our reputation in the business world has likewise grown.
We serve a diverse group of clients in a wide array of domestic and global business transactions and litigation matters. Our client base reflects virtually every business industry and includes more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, many major foreign companies and large financial institutions.
We have long served our clients' global business activities by building cross-border practice capabilities, strategically adding international legal expertise and establishing working relationships with leading law firms throughout the world. Haynes and Boone lawyers are fluent in 14 foreign languages. Our Mexico City office, opened in 1994, has grown to be one of the three largest in Mexico among U.S. law firms, and our Moscow office was opened in 2005. Our global reach has included more than 100 foreign countries where we assisted clients in cross-border matters ranging from acquisitions and financings to dispute resolution.
Statement of Practice Summary:
Antitrust, Appellate, Business Litigation, Business Reorganization and Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate/Securities, Employee Benefits/ERISA, Energy, Environmental, Finance, Government Contracts, Government Investigations, Health Care, Insurance Litigation, International, Labor and Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities Litigation, Tax, Technology/Intellectual Property, White Collar Criminal Defense.
Articles Authored by Lawyers at this office:
Estate Tax Reform Update James O. Wyss, Rebecca Whitacre, April 17, 2008
It is only 21 months until the federal estate tax is repealed - for one year - and 33 months from reduction of the estate tax exemption and a 22-33% increase in the estate tax rate. Unless Congress takes action soon, planning for most families with assets exceeding $2 million will continue to be...
Year Established: 1970
Representative Clients:
Exxon-Mobil; Blockbuster Entertainment; Commercial Metals; Burlington Northern Santa Fe; RadioShack Corporation; Tenet Healthcare Corp.; Bank of America; Hillenbrand Industries; Cellstar Corp.; Sabre, Inc.; Input/Output, Inc.; Panda Energy Interna; Trilogy Software, Inc.; Dell U.S.A.; Archon Group, L.P.; AMR Corp.; Radiologix, Inc.; Huntsman Petrochemic; Engles Urso Follmer; Dresser Industries; El Paso Energy; Credit Lyonnais; Triton Energy Corp.; Trinity Industries, Inc.; Bank One; pcOrder.com, Inc.; JMB Realty Corp.; IMCO; LaQuinta Inns; USAA; Valero Energy Corporation; Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation.
Languages: English, American Sign Language, Bulgarian, Chinese (Mandarin, Shanghainese), Czech, Danish, French, German, Japanese, Macedonian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Taiwanese and Vietnamese.
(For Complete Biographical Data of other Firm Personnel, See Professional Biographies at Austin, Dallas, Houston, Richardson and San Antonio, Texas, Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Mexico and Moscow, Russia)