2018 Texas Lawyer Professional Excellence Awards
Texas Lawyer is proud to honor our Lifetime Achievers, Attorneys of the Year, On the Rise, Most Effective Dealmakers, Top Woman in IP and Best Mentors recipients. Also,meet the legal teams recognized as recipients of our Litigation Department of the Year and Legal Department of the Year awards.
August 31, 2018 at 06:30 AM
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Attorney of the Year Finalists
Finalist Stephen M. Gill, partner, Vinson & Elkins
Finalist Susan Feigin Harris, partner, Morgan Lewis
Finalist Thomas M. Melsheimer, Dallas managing partner, Winston & Strawn
Legal Department of the Year
Litigation Departments of the Year
Small Firm Winner Smyser Kaplan & Veselka
Small Firm Finalist Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin (FHMBK)
Midsize Firm Winner McKool Smith
Midsize Firm Finalist Munck Wilson Mandala
Lifetime Achievement
Emerson “Buddy” Banack, Jr., Langley & Banack
Alan D. Feld, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Abe S. Goren, Wilson, Cribbs + Goren
Paula W. Hinton, Winston & Strawn
James R. Leahy, Greenberg Traurig
Robert E. Meadows, King & Spalding
Charles J. Muller, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
G. Michael O'Leary, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Glenn D. West, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Best Mentors
Daryl W. Bailey, Gray Reed & McGraw
Michael K. Hurst, Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst
Top Dealmakers
Winner Andrew Calder, Kirkland & Ellis
Finalist Paul J. Goodwine, Looper Goodwine
Top Woman in IP
Miranda Jones, Heim, Payne & Chorush
On the Rise
Ricardo Bonilla, Fish & Richardson
David Castro, Kirkland & Ellis
Kelly P. Chen, Munck Wilson Mandala
Courtney Cochran Butler, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Katie L. Coleman, Thompson & Knight
Christopher L. Dodson, Bracewell
Natalie Friend Wilson, Langley & Banack
F. Daniel Knight, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
Benton Lewis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Erland Modesto, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
JR Morgan, Shearman & Sterling
Bina Palnitkar, Greenberg Traurig
Sakina Rasheed Foster, Haynes Boone
Eagle Robinson, Norton Rose Fulbright
John CC Sanders, Winston & Strawn
Elizabeth M. Scott, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Chris J. Simmons, Deans & Lyons
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