DALLAS - Aug. 16, 2019 — 66 Winstead lawyers have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020. Lawyers named to the publication were recognized by their peers in the legal industry for their professional excellence in 146 practice areas.
For the 2020 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America, 8.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in the inclusion of more than 62,000 lawyers, or approximately 5% of lawyers in private practice in the United States.
As selection is based on a peer-review survey 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 66 Winstead attorneys recognized as The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 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
Ron H. Moss – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Energy Law
Peter A. Nolan – Arbitration
Derek L. Seal – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Environmental Law
Stewart Whitehead – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Charlotte
Brian S. Short – Real Estate Law
Dallas
Mike F. Alessio – Real Estate Law
Arthur J. Anderson – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Tracey Scoggin Bailey – Real Estate Law
John F. Bergner – Trusts and Estates
Cathryn Berryman – Trademark Law
Daniel H. Branch – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
James David Brown – Commercial Litigation, Mediation
R. Brent Clifton – Tax Law
T. Andrew Dow – Real Estate Law
Nancy W. Furney – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Stanley G. Harvey – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
Thomas R. Helfand – Tax Law
Andrea H. Hight – Construction Law
Ladd Hirsch – Commercial Litigation
Joe Hyde – Banking and Finance Law
Mark G. Johnson – International Mergers & Acquisitions
Jeanne Katz – Real Estate Law
Jennifer D. Knapek – Banking and Finance Law
J. Kenneth Kopf – Real Estate Law
Phillip L. Lamberson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Richard C. Leucht II – Banking and Finance Law
Jeffery W. Matthews – Real Estate Law
Stanley R. Moore – Patent Law, Trademark Law
John M. Nolan – Real Estate Law
Lori Thayer Oliphant – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Michael K. O'Neal – Financial Services Regulation Law, Banking and Finance Law
Rakhee Patel – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Edward A. Peterson – Real Estate Law
Michelle I. Rieger – Litigation - Construction, Construction Law
Melissa Ruman Stewart – Banking and Finance Law
John C. Rutherford – Real Estate 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
Joe Wielebinski – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
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
David F. Johnson – Insurance Law
Houston
Nelson R. Block – Banking and Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, Real Estate Law
George Craft, Jr. – Real Estate Law
James W. Doyle – Banking and Finance Law
Greg Erwin – Real Estate Law
Amy Granoff – Banking and Finance Law
Mark C. Guthrie – Construction Law, Litigation – Construction
Michael W. Hilliard – Banking and Finance Law
Stephanie Loomis-Price – Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates Law
Vincent L. Marino – Real Estate Law
Barry E. Putterman – Real Estate Law
Teresa L. Schneider – Commercial Litigation
Robert C. Shaddox – Patent Law
Douglas E. Stewart – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Frederick J. Tuthill – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax 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 is a national business law firm with more than 325 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 and Charlotte, North Carolina. For detailed information about Winstead, visit www.winstead.com.