PARTNERS OF FIRM: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office
Neil Kenton ("Ken") Alexander, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust
Samuel N. Allen, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
Charles S. Baker, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
D. Gregory Barker, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance
Craig M. Bergez, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law
John O. Brentin, Head, Wealth Preservation Practice Department
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Planning; Wills; Trust Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Business Law; Family Limited Partnerships; Shareholder Agreements
Bryan K. Brown, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions
David L. Burgert, Practice Group Leader, Litigation Section
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Fraud; Patent and Trademark Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation
Joseph D. Cohen, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
E. James Cowen, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
George S. Craft, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Financial Services
Ephraim del Pozo, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy Law; Energy Finance; Natural Resources Law; Mineral Law; Oil and Gas Transactions; Commercial Lending Transactions
Jeffrey R. Elkin, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Federal and State Securities Litigation and Arbitration; Business Torts Litigation
Christopher A. Ferazzi, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
Daniel Flatten, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Joel A. Goldberg, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Property Law; Real Estate; Finance
James M. Harbison, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
John R. Hawkins, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law
Daniel K. Hedges, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Bad Faith Litigation; Defense of Bank Officers and Directors
Ragna O. Henrichs, Partner
AV(T) Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Environmental Law
John F. Higgins, IV, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights
Cynthia A. Holub, Partner
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction; Insurance Coverage
John A. Irvine, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Properties Litigation; Antitrust; Insurance Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense
David R. Jones, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Business Reorganization; Governmental Reorganization; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Complex Business Litigation
Mark L. Jones, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Corporate Finance; Health Care; Intellectual Property; Technology Law; Banking Law; Finance; Securities
Neal M. Kaminsky, Partner
BV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Corporate
Curtis Randall King, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Cogeneration; Corporate Law; Electric Power; Energy; Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Mineral Law; Natural Gas; Oil and Gas Law; Oil and Gas Litigation; Partnership Law; Petroleum Law
Kerry M. McMahon, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Creditors Rights; Commercial Law
Denise L. Nestel, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation
Eugene M. Nettles, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Employment Litigation; Medical Malpractice
Nick D. Nicholas, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
David A. Oliver, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts; Premises Liability; Products Liability
David D. Peden, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction and Surety Litigation; Arbitration; Construction Transaction Documentation; Insurance Law
T. William Porter, Chairman of the Firm; Senior Partner, Corporate and Securities Law Section
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
John M. Ransom, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Aviation
Robert G. Reedy, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
James W. Ryan, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Finance; Securities; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital
Nicholas A. Simms, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Labor and Employment Litigation
Allison J. Snyder, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Construction Mediation; Construction Arbitration; Surety Law; Employment Litigation; Business Litigation; Business Arbitration; Business Mediation; Fraud; Breach of Contract; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation...
Joyce Kao Soliman, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Financial Services; Mergers and Acquisitions
Nick H. Sorensen, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Commercial Finance; Real Estate Finance; Corporate; Structured Finance
Clay Martindale Steely, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Energy; Securities; Franchise Law; General Liability
Robert H. Thomas, Head, Energy Section
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy Law; Natural Resources; Mineral Law; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Disputes
W. David Tidholm, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Financial Services Law
Ray Thomas Torgerson, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; American Indian Law
James Matthew ("Matt") Vaughn, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Financial Restructuring; Commercial Litigation
Joanne Meyer Vorpahl, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation
Eric D. Wade, Partner
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation
William W. Wiggins, Jr., Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Financial Services
Jack G. Wise, Partner
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Commercial Leasing; Mortgages
Richard ("Dick") L. Wynne, Head, Corporate Practice Group
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
SENIOR ASSOCIATE: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office
John T. Nesser IV, Senior Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage
ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office
Ashley P. Aiello, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Probate; Trusts and Estates
K.S. Liat Avivi, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Jim D. Aycock, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation
Tiffany S. Bingham, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Torts
Susan E. Cates, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Lindsay K. Cowart, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Mandy L. Diaz, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Probate
Joshua N. Eppich, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Complex Litigation
Andrew C. Fertitta, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate
Paul W. Fowler, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy
Ashley M. Hanna, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Heather K. Hatfield, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Peter G. Irot, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Paul B. Kerlin, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Tina S. Koch, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Cindy K. Krauss, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Real Estate
Matthew D. Lea, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy
Jason Thomas Lloyd, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Energy; Finance; Real Estate
Christina M. Maple, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy
Angela Y. Mo, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate and Securities
Michael G. Payne, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Corporate Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Government Compliance
Kevin Poli, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
William B. Rasmussen, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Private Foundations; Estate Planning; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; Tax Planning; Business Planning
Matthew R. Reynolds, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Energy
Brian G. Rose, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Timothy C. Ross, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Law
R. Blake Runions, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
David W. Salton, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Construction Litigation
Geoffrey Schultz, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Taxation
M. Harris Stamey, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Sean Stotsky, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Products Liability
Brian Kelly Trachtenberg, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Christopher R. Watkins, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Medical Malpractice
Sharon K. Wendell, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
J.P. Whalen, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities
Amy K. Wolfshohl, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation
Joshua W. Wolfshohl, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy
Thomas Andrew "Rusty" Woolley, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Janine E. Yee, Associate
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Finance
OF COUNSEL: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office
Nancy H. Elliott, Counsel, Litigation Section
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Litigation
Susan Kopecky Hellinger, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation
James Bradley ("Brad") Whitus, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation
Beverly A. Young, Of Counsel
AV Rated
Office: Houston, Texas
Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation