79 Winstead Attorneys Selected by Peers for The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.), 2014

Dallas, TX - Aug. 15, 2013 — 79 lawyers from Winstead PC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014 (Copyright 2013 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 2014 are:

Austin
Michael P. Adams –Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Trademark Law
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
David R. Hewlett – Real Estate Law
Mary F. Keller – Insurance Law
Kathryn K. Lindauer – Corporate Law, M&A, Securities Regulation, Securities/Capital Markets Law
Ron H. Moss – Energy Law
Peter A. Nolan – Arbitration
Stewart Whitehead – Litigation – Construction, Construction Law
Gary E. Zausmer – Business Litigation

Charlotte
Brian S. Short – Real Estate law

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

Houston
Nelson R. Block – Banking & Finance Law, Equipment Finance Law, Real Estate Law
James W. Doyle – Banking & Finance Law
Joseph G. Epstein – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law
Greg Erwin – Real Estate Law
Mark C. Guthrie – Construction Law, Litigation - Construction
Michael W. Hilliard – Banking & Finance Law
Thomas T. Hutcheson – Oil & Gas Law
Stephanie Loomis-Price – Litigation – Trusts & 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 & Finance Law, Real Estate Law
Frederick J. Tuthill – Litigation & Controversy - Tax, Tax Law

San Antonio
Merritt M. Clements – Business Litigation
M. Paul Martin – Public Finance Law
Jon R. Ray – Natural Resources Law, Oil & 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 www.winstead.com.


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