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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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.
We look forward to seeing you all at the awards dinner on October 15 at the Arts District Mansion in Dallas. Winners in categories with finalists will be revealed at the awards dinner.
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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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Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
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