Texas Legal Awards 2024 finalists and honorees are now public. Announcing the 2024 Texas Legal Awards Finalists and Honorees
Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and winners of the 2024 Texas Legal Awards. Congratulations, and good luck to the finalists.
August 15, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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Awards
Texas Lawyer and Law.com are proud to announce the finalists and winners of the 2024 Texas Legal Awards. Congratulations, and good luck to the finalists.
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Attorney of the Year Finalists
Joe Grinstein, Susman Godfrey
Warren Harris, Bracewell
Jennifer Truelove, McKool Smith
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Susman Godfrey
Winston & Strawn
Lifetime Achievement Winners
Frank Branson, Law Offices of Frank L. Branson
David Elrod, Shackelford, McKinley & Norton
Kelly Frels, Bracewell
Managing Partner of the Year Finalists
Gene Besen, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Todd Reed, Akerman
Kelly Rittenberry Culhane, Culhane Meadows
Grant Walsh, Culhane Meadows
Best Mentors Finalists
Brett Berly, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Lauren Brogdon, Haynes and Boone
David Kitner, Clark Hill
Rebecca McKnight, Reed Smith
Rahul Patel, Patel Gaines
Carlos R. Rainer, Norton Rose Fulbright
Sarah Schultz, Akin
Diversity and Inclusion Champion Finalists
Benny Agosto, Jr., Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
Ed Fernandes, King & Spalding
Jervonne Newsome, Winston & Strawn
Cameron Rivers, Holland & Knight
Tracey Williams, Peckar & Abramson
Jennifer Wu, Kirkland & Ellis
Krisina Zuñiga, Susman Godfrey
In-House Impact Award Winner
Amanda Arriaga, Texas CASA
Legal Innovators Finalists
Zina Bash, Keller Postman
James Carter and Sarah Maldonado, JW Carter Law
David Greetham, Level Legal
Litigation Departments of the Year, General Litigation Finalists
Baker Botts
Bracewell
McKool Smith
Reid Collins & Tsai
Susman Godfrey
Winston & Strawn
Litigation Departments of the Year, Class Action Winner
Sidley Austin
Litigation Departments of the Year, Finance Winner
Sidley Austin
Litigation Departments of the Year, Intellectual Property Finalists
Baker Botts
McKool Smith
Winston & Strawn
Dealmakers of the Year Finalists
Mike Blankenship, Winston & Strawn
Jeffrey Chapman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Alain Dermarkar, A&O Shearman
Nick Dhesi, Latham & Watkins
Habeeb "Hobbs" Gnaim, Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Melissa Kalka, Kirkland & Ellis
Gabriel Morgan, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Jonathan Newton, King & Spalding
Lande Spottswood, Vinson & Elkins
Sean Wheeler and Debbie Yee, Kirkland & Ellis
Real Estate Attorney of the Year Finalists
John Bain, Akin
John Duncan, Polsinelli
Kimberly Schlanger, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Energy Attorney of the Year Finalists
David Castro Jr., Kirkland & Ellis
Tull Florey, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Steve Gill, Vinson & Elkins
Scott Greer, King & Spalding
Influential Woman of the Year Finalists
Jennifer Ecklund, Thompson Coburn
Anna Greenberg, Blizzard Greenberg
Eva Guzman, Wright Close & Barger
Caitlin Halpern, Gibbs & Bruns
Julie Hardin, Reed Smith
Mia Lorick, Locke Lord
Jenny Martinez, Munck Wilson Mandala
Marisa O'Sullivan, Carrington Coleman
Amy M. Stewart, Stewart Law Group
Lisa Tsai, Reid Collins & Tsai
Cathy Webking, Spencer Fane
Emily Westridge Black, A&O Shearman
Pro Bono Attorney of the Year Finalists
Keith Cohan, Reid Collins & Tsai
Logan Harris, Sidley Austin
Xakema Henderson, Akerman
Kasdin Mitchell, Kirkland & Ellis
Richard Salgado, McDermott Will & Emery
Jenae Ward, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Intellectual Property Attorney of the Year Finalists
Peter Chassman, Reed Smith
Aimee Fagan, Sidley Austin
Andrea Fair, Ward, Smith & Hill
Kurt Pankratz, Baker Botts
On the Rise Winners
Lakshmi Achari, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Angeles Garcia Cassin, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
Heaven Chee, León Cosgrove Jiménez
Kimberly Cheeseman, Norton Rose Fulbright
Kenneth Darby, Fish & Richardson
Ace Factor, Susman Godfrey
Tanya Feinleib, Langley & Banack Inc.
Kevin Keen, Katten
Cy Jones, Kirkland & Ellis
Taylor Klavan, Squire Patton Boggs
Kristen McDanald, Akerman
Katy Lukaszewski, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Mary Kate Raffetto, Beck Redden
Eugenie Rogers, Baker McKenzie
Rebecca Seidl, Baker Botts
LeElle Slifer, Winston & Strawn
Lauren Smyth, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Anna Summersett, Varghese Summersett
Saba Syed, Bell Nunnally
Reginald Wilson, Norton Rose Fulbright
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Law Firms Mentioned
- Baker Botts
- Baker McKenzie
- Bracewell
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
- Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
- Clark Hill
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
- Haynes and Boone
- Holland & Hart
- Holland & Knight
- Kirkland & Ellis
- Latham & Watkins
- Locke Lord
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Polsinelli
- Reed Smith
- Sheppard Mullin
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon
- Sidley Austin
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Spencer Fane
- Squire Patton Boggs
- Susman Godfrey
- Thompson Coburn
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges
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Who Got The Work
Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct. 2 in Massachusetts District Court by the Brown Law Firm on behalf of Stephen Austen, accuses certain officers and directors of misleading investors in regard to Symbotic's potential for margin growth by failing to disclose that the company was not equipped to timely deploy its systems or manage expenses through project delays. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, is 1:24-cv-12522, Austen v. Cohen et al.
Who Got The Work
Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
Who Got The Work
Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
Who Got The Work
David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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