Jackson Walker congratulates Dallas attorneys Erik Allison, Vienna Flores Anaya, Lamar Dowling, David Schlottman, and Ashley P. Withers on their inclusion in D Magazine’s 2025 “Best Lawyers Under 40” list recognizing outstanding young attorneys in the North Texas area. Attorneys on the “Best Lawyers Under 40” list are nominated by peers who have witnessed their work firsthand and are selected for recognition by a panel of attorneys of varying ages and levels of experience.

To view the full list of recognized attorneys, visit the “Best Lawyers Under 40” directory.

Meet Erik

Erik Allison works with developers, buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants on all types of commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, development, and leasing of retail, multifamily, mixed-use, hospitality, industrial, office and raw land assets. Prior to joining Jackson Walker, Erik served as a judicial intern to Magistrate Judge T. Lane Wilson of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Meet Vienna

Vienna Flores Anaya advises debtors, creditors’ committees, bankruptcy trustees, financial institutions, and other unsecured creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy cases. Vienna has been recognized as a Best Lawyer: One to Watch by The Best Lawyers in America in 2025, as a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers since 2021, and as a “Best Lawyer Under 40” by D Magazine since 2023.

Meet Lamar

Lamar H. Dowling represents institutional and entrepreneurial companies, including REITs, opportunity funds, and developers that own, operate, finance, lease, develop, and manage all types of commercial properties, with an emphasis on hotels, resorts, and mixed-use developments. He has been named a Best Lawyer: One to Watch by The Best Lawyers in America since 2021 and as a “Texas Rising Star” by Super Lawyers from 2017-2023.

Meet David

David Schlottman handles complex cases involving employees, the workplace, and related business disputes, including wage-and-hour issues, employee competition, theft of trade secrets, contract claims, compensation disputes, employment discrimination and retaliation, and union-related disputes. He has been recognized as a “Best Lawyer Under 40” by D Magazine since 2023. He has also been named an up-and-coming Labor & Employment attorney in Texas by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2023-2024), a Best Lawyer by The Best Lawyers in America (2021-2025), and among Lawdragon‘s list of the 500 Leading U.S. Corporate Employment Lawyers (2022-2024).

Meet Ashley

Ashley P. Withers advises businesses, family offices and high-net-worth individuals on a variety of federal income tax planning and compliance matters. She enjoys working with businesses to help them think through their organizational structuring and its tax impact today and for anticipated sales, mergers, or acquisitions. She also dedicates a portion of her practice to tax controversy, representing taxpayers during audit through U.S. Tax Court appeals. Ashley was recognized for her community involvement as the 2021 Distinguished Alumna by SMU Dedman Women In Law and as the Outstanding Director of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers in 2018. Professionally, Ashley has been recognized as a Best Lawyer: One to Watch by The Best Lawyers in America (2023-2025), as a “Texas Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2023-2024), and as one of the “Best Lawyers Under 40” by D Magazine (2023), and among the list of Lawdragon‘s “500 X – The Next Generation” attorneys (2024).