Dallas, TX - Aug. 18, 2014 — 79 lawyers from Winstead PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Because Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 50,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.3 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.  Best Lawyers listings are published in almost 70 countries and cover attorneys from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The 79 Winstead attorneys who will be recognized as The Best Lawyers in America 2015 are:

Austin

Alexander R. Allemann – Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
Albert R. Axe, Jr. – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
Robert C. Bass, Jr. – Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Linda J. Burgess – Insurance Law
Robert D. Burton – Real Estate Law
J. Rowland Cook – Corporate Law, M&A, Securities Regulation, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Alex Gonzales – Insurance Law
Mary F. Keller – Insurance Law
Kathryn K. Lindauer – Corporate Law, M&A, Securities Regulation, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Ron H. Moss – Administrative/Regulatory Lay, Energy Law
Peter A. Nolan – Arbitration
Stewart Whitehead – Litigation – Construction, Construction Law
Gary E. Zausmer – Business Litigation

Charlotte

Timothy R. Ryan – Banking and Finance Law
Brian S. Short – Real Estate law

Dallas

Mike F. Alessio – Real Estate Law
Arthur J. Anderson –Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
W. Mike Baggett – Business Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Real Estate
John F. Bergner – Trusts and Estates
Cathryn Berryman – Trademark Law
Talmage Boston – Business Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance Law\
Daniel H. Branch – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
James David Brown – Business Litigation
Dale E. Butler – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
R. Brent Clifton – Tax Law
Eli O. Columbus – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Greta E. Cowart – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
T. Andrew Dow – Real Estate Law
R. Michael Farquhar – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Nancy W. Furney – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Jeffrey A. Hage – Business Litigation
Stanley G. Harvey – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
Thomas R. Helfand – Tax Law
Joe T. Hyde – Banking and Finance Law
Jennifer D. Knapek – Banking and Finance Law
Barry R. Knight – Land Use and Zoning Law
J. Kenneth Kopf – Real Estate Law
Phillip L. Lamberson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Richard C. Leucht II – Banking and Finance Law
James R. Littlejohn - Banking and Finance Law
Jay J. Madrid – Business Litigation, International Arbitration – Commercial, Mediation
Mike C. McWilliams – Real Estate Law
John T. Mitchell – Banking and Finance Law
Stanley R. Moore – Trademark Law
John M. Nolan – Real Estate Law
Michael K. O'Neal – Financial Services Regulation Law, Banking and Finance Law
Edward A. Peterson – Real Estate Law
Thomas E. Reddin – Labor and Employment Law
Michelle I. Rieger – Construction Law
Melissa Ruman Stewart – Banking and Finance Law
Kevin A. Sullivan –Real Estate Law, Securitization and Structured Finance Law
Daniel F. Susie – Banking and Finance Law
J. Richard White – Real Estate Law
Kirk R. Williams – Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate Law
Emeline Yang – Banking and Finance Law
Gregory A. Zimmerman – Real Estate Law

Fort Worth

William W. Bell – Tax Law
Noelle L. Garsek – Real Estate Law
David F. Johnson – Insurance Law
Jeffrey C. King – Oil and Gas Law, Business Litigation, Energy Law

Houston

Nelson R. Block – Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, Real Estate Law
James W. Doyle – Banking and Finance Law
Joseph G. Epstein – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Greg Erwin – Real Estate Law
Linda Glover – Energy Law
Mark C. Guthrie – Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Michael W. Hilliard – Banking and Finance Law
Thomas T. Hutcheson – Oil and Gas Law
Stephanie Loomis-Price – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates
Vincent L. Marino – Real Estate Law
Barry E. Putterman – Real Estate Law
Teresa L. Schneider – Business Litigation
Douglas E. Stewart – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Frederick J. Tuthill – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law

San Antonio

M. Paul Martin – Public Finance Law
Jon R. Ray – Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law

The Woodlands

Cheryl Cain Crabbe – Trusts and Estates
R. Clyde Parker, Jr. – Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Winstead PC (Winstead) is a national business law firm with over 300 attorneys in Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.  The firm provides a full range of business legal services to some of the most recognized and respected companies across the country and throughout the world.  Winstead has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and The Woodlands, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana, Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.  For detailed information about Winstead, visit winstead.com.

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