Fifty-six Jackson Walker attorneys were selected as Best Lawyers in America 2010. The firm itself was ranked number one in many areas of law in the 2010 edition.
Best Lawyers in America is the oldest and one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey. For the new U.S. edition, more than 24,126 leading attorneys cast more than 2.8 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties.
Jackson Walker ranked number one in Texas for the following areas of law by virtue of having more listed lawyers in these areas than any other firm:
Entertainment Law
First Amendment Law
Land Use & Zoning Law
Media Law
Railroad Law
Sports Law
Transportation Law
JW also ranked highest in the city of San Angelo and in the following areas of law for various cities:
Alternative Dispute Resolution (San Angelo)
Commercial Litigation (San Angelo)
Construction Law (Austin)
Derivatives Law (Houston)
Entertainment Law (Austin)
First Amendment Law (Dallas; Houston)
Labor and Employment Law (Fort Worth)
Land Use & Zoning Law (Dallas)
Media Law (Austin)
Railroad Law (Fort Worth; San Antonio)
Sports Law (Dallas)
Transportation Law (Dallas)
JW congratulates its listed Best Lawyers in America:
Austin
- Jim Alsup (Real Estate Law)
- Ann Benolken (Corporate Law)
- Chuck Campbell (Employee Benefits Law)
- Wade Cooper (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
- Leonard Dougal (Environmental Law; Water Law)
- Steve Martens (Real Estate Law)
- Mike Nasi (Environmental Law)
- Robert Neblett (Commercial Litigation; Construction Law)
- James Pledger (Banking Law)
- Thomas Rogers (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
- Ed Small (Energy Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations Law)
- Tim Taylor (Real Estate Law)
- Larry Waks (Entertainment Law; Media Law)
Dallas
- Bryan Birkeland (Real Estate Law)
- Bob Cohan (Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation)
- Pat Cowlishaw (Environmental Law)
- Bill Dahlstrom (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
- Byron Egan (Corporate Governance and Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
- Gary Fowler (Labor and Employment Law)
- Jim Griffin (Employee Benefits Law)
- Mike Haggerty (Real Estate Law)
- John Holden (Energy Law)
- Willie Hornberger (Tax Law)
- Mark Josephs (Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law)
- Bob Latham (First Amendment Law; Intellectual Property Law; Sports Law)
- Kathleen LaValle (Commercial Litigation)
- Frank McEachern (Energy Law)
- Scott McElhaney (Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law)
- Susan Mead (Land Use & Zoning Law; Real Estate Law)
- Bob Ruckman (Personal Injury Litigation; Transportation Law)
- Jim Ryan (Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
- Gordon Shapiro (Commercial Litigation)
- Paul Watler (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; First Amendment Law)
Fort Worth
- Albon Head (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Railroad Law)
- Gary Ingram (Labor and Employment Law)
- Jay Rutherford (Labor and Employment Law)
Houston
- Chip Babcock (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; First Amendment Law)
- Barron Bogatto (Health Care Law)
- David Dunlap (Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law)
- Craig Enochs (Derivatives Law)
- Richard Griffin (Commercial Litigation)
- Nancy Hamilton (First Amendment Law)
- Michael Kuhn (Real Estate Law)
- Scott McLaughlin (Labor and Employment Law)
- Kurt Nondorf (Real Estate Law)
- Mike Pearson (Natural Resources Law; Oil & Gas Law)
- Bruce Ruzinsky (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
- Rick Sindelar (Immigration Law)
- Paul Vrana (Derivatives Law; Energy Law; Natural Resources Law)
San Angelo
- Don Griffis (Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation)
San Antonio
- Claiborne Gregory (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
- Steve Jacobs (Corporate Law)
- Jed Morrison (Health Care Law)
- Scott Rose (Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law)
- Patrick Tobin (Corporate Law)
- Rocky Walker (Railroad Law)
Jackson Walker has over 100 years of experience in providing legal counsel to clients throughout Texas, the United States, and internationally. The Firm provides a strong regional base of over 300 attorneys in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Angelo, and San Antonio.
