Dallas, TX Sept. 13, 2013 – 47 Winstead attorneys have been selected as Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) for 2013. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  Produced and managed by Thomson Reuters, the selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

The 2013 list of Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) will be published in the October issue of Texas Monthly. The annual Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) list honors Texas' top lawyers based on surveys of more than 57,000 active attorneys across the state. The final list is estimated to be only five percent of Texas' licensed attorneys.

Austin
Albert R. Axe, Jr. – Environmental
Robert C. Bass, Jr. – Construction/Surety
Linda J. Burgess – Civil Litigation Defense
J. Rowland Cook – Securities & Corporate Finance
Alex Gonzales – Administrative Law
Lacey L. Gourley – Employment & labor
Mary F. Keller – Administrative Law
Kathryn K. Lindauer – Closely Held Business, M&A, Securities & Corporate Finance
Stewart Whitehead – Business Litigation
Gary E. Zausmer – Business Litigation

Dallas
Michael F. Alessio – Real Estate
Arthur J. Anderson – Land Use/Zoning
W. Mike Baggett – Business Litigation
John F. Bergner – Estate Planning & Probate
Talmage Boston – Business Litigation
J. David Brown – Business Litigation
Dale Butler – Construction Litigation
Brent Clifton – Tax
Eli Columbus – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor
Greta Cowart – Employee Benefits/ERISA
Andy Dow – Real Estate
Michael Farquhar – Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Thomas R. Helfand – Tax
Jennifer Knapek – Banking
James R. Littlejohn – Banking
Roland Love – Real Estate
Jay J. Madrid – Business Litigation
John M. Nolan – Real Estate
Michael K. O'Neal – Banking
Edward A. Peterson – Real Estate
Thomas E. Reddin – Employment & Labor
Michelle I. Rieger – Construction Litigation
John D. Smart – Employment & Labor
Melissa Ruman Stewart – Banking
Kevin A. Sullivan – Real Estate
Daniel F. Susie – Banking

Fort Worth
David F. Johnson –Appellate
Jeff C. King – Energy & Natural Resources

Houston
Jay W. Brown – Business Litigation
Greg Erwin – Real Estate
Thomas J. Forestier – Business Litigation
Mike Hilliard – Banking
Thomas T. Hutcheson – Business Litigation
Stephanie Loomis-Price -- Tax
Douglas E. Stewart -- Banking

San Antonio
M. Paul Martin– Bonds/Government Finance

The Woodlands
Cheryl Cain Crabbe – Estate Planning & Probate


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 www.winstead.com.