Dallas, TX – Aug. 18, 2015 – The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), a peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named five Winstead attorneys as “Best Lawyers - Lawyer of the Year” for 2016 in their respective practice areas and regions. Best Lawyers designates “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.”

The Winstead attorneys named "Lawyers of the Year" for 2016 are:

Arthur Anderson – eminent domain and condemnation law, Dallas, Texas
W. Mike Baggett – litigation – banking and finance, Dallas, Texas
Robert Bass – construction law, Austin, Texas
Mike O’Neal – financial services regulation law, Dallas, Texas
R. Clyde Parker, Jr. – leveraged buyouts and private equity law, The Woodlands, Texas

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, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Winstead attorneys have demonstrated a strong showing in Best Lawyers throughout the years, with 84 attorneys listed as Best Lawyers for 2016.

Winstead PC (Winstead) is a national business law firm with over 350 attorneys.  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; Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. 

MEDIA CONTACT:

Shannon Tipton
214.745.5308
stipton@winstead.com