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PARTNERS OF FIRM: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

Name	Peer Review Rating
Neil Kenton ("Ken") Alexander, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation; Antitrust	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Samuel N. Allen, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Craig M. Bergez, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
John O. Brentin, Head, Wealth Preservation Practice Department 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	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Bryan K. Brown, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
David L. Burgert, Practice Group Leader, Litigation Section Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Fraud; Patent and Trademark Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
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 Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Financial Services	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
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 Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Federal and State Securities Litigation and Arbitration; Business Torts Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Christopher A. Ferazzi, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities
Daniel Flatten, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Elizabeth Liz Freeman, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Bankruptcy
Joel A. Goldberg, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Property Law; Real Estate; Finance
Ashley M. Hanna, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate Law
Lauren Beck Harris, Partner Office: Houston, Texas	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
John R. Hawkins, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Daniel K. Hedges, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Bad Faith Litigation; Defense of Bank Officers and Directors	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Ragna O. Henrichs, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Environmental Law	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
John F. Higgins, IV, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Cynthia A. Holub, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction; Insurance Coverage	BV^® Distinguished™ 4.4 out of 5
John A. Irvine, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Intellectual Properties Litigation; Antitrust; Insurance Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
David R. Jones, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Business Reorganization; Governmental Reorganization; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Complex Business Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Neal M. Kaminsky, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Corporate	BV^® Distinguished™ 4.4 out of 5
Curtis Randall King, Partner 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	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Stephen H. Lee, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities; Insurance; Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Kerry M. McMahon, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Creditors Rights; Commercial Law
John T. Nesser IV, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage
Denise L. Nestel, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Eugene M. Nettles, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Employment Litigation; Medical Malpractice	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Nick D. Nicholas, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
David D. Peden, Jr., Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Construction and Surety Litigation; Arbitration; Construction Transaction Documentation; Insurance Law	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
T. William Porter, Chairman of the Firm; Senior Partner, Corporate and Securities Law Section Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
John M. Ransom, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Taxation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Aviation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Robert G. Reedy, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
James W. Ryan, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Finance; Securities; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Nicholas A. Simms, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Labor and Employment Litigation
Allison J. Snyder, Partner 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...	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Joyce Kao Soliman, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Financial Services; Mergers and Acquisitions
Nick H. Sorensen, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Financial Services; Corporate Finance; Commercial Finance; Real Estate Finance; Corporate; Structured Finance	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Clay Martindale Steely, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Energy; Securities; Franchise Law; General Liability	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Robert H. Thomas, Head, Energy Section Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Energy Law; Natural Resources; Mineral Law; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Disputes	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
W. David Tidholm, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Financial Services Law	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
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 Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Eric D. Wade, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation
Bradley M. Whalen, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Banking Regulation; Building Codes; Construction Law; Contract Litigation; Defamation, Libel and Slander; Due Process; Employee Theft, Embezzlement and Misconduct; Fiduciary Duties; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Oil and Gas Exploration...	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
William W. Wiggins, Jr., Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Financial Services	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Jack G. Wise, Partner Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Commercial Leasing; Mortgages	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Richard ("Dick") L. Wynne, Head, Corporate Practice Group Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5

SENIOR ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

Name	Peer Review Rating
Andrew C. Fertitta, Senior Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate
Cindy K. Krauss, Senior Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Real Estate
Geoffrey Schultz, Senior Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Taxation

ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

Name	Peer Review Rating
Ashley P. Aiello, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Administrative Law; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Health and Safety; Environmental Litigation; Property Remediation
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
Susan E. Cates, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation
Mandy L. Diaz, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Probate
Paul A. Dyson, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Business Litigation
Justin D. Elkouri, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law
Joshua N. Eppich, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Litigation; Commercial Bankruptcy; Complex Litigation
Christina M. Ferguson, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Energy
Anders T. C. Gibson, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Energy	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Heather K. Hatfield, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation
Peter G. Irot, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation
Scott M. Kelly, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Trial Practice
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
Sanjay K. Minocha, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Business Litigation
Meghann M. Myers, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Construction Litigation
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
Kevan P. Richards, Associate Office: Houston, Texas
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
M. Harris Stamey, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation
Martin I. von Rosenberg, Associate Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Corporate Law
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

Name	Peer Review Rating
Nancy H. Elliott, Counsel, Litigation Section Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Litigation
Susan Kopecky Hellinger, Of Counsel Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Beverly A. Young, Of Counsel Office: Houston, Texas Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation	AV^® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5

People: Porter & Hedges, L.L.P.

About This Firm

PARTNERS OF FIRM: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

SENIOR ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

ASSOCIATES: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office

OF COUNSEL: Houston, Texas (Main Office) Office