Best Lawyers Recognizes 45 Bracewell Attorneys; Five Cited as Lawyers of the Year

HOUSTON – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP had a total of 45 attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 Edition of Best Lawyers in America, a BL Rankings publication.

Additionally, the following Bracewell attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers as 2016 Lawyers of the Year in their respective practices:

Jeffrey B. Andrews: Technology Law (Houston)
W. Stephen Benesh: Litigation - Banking and Finance (Austin)
Leslie Selig Byrd: Labor Law - Management (San Antonio)
Mark C. Evans: Project Finance Law (Houston)
G. Alan Rafte: Natural Resources Law (Houston)

The following is a summary of the individual attorneys who are recognized in the 2016 rankings:

Austin

Alan D Albright: Litigation - Patent
W. Stephen Benesh: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Construction
Elizabeth Rippy Bowes: Public Finance Law
R. Joe Hull: Tax Law
W. Glenn Opel: Energy Law, Public Finance Law
Timothy A. Wilkins: Environmental Law

Dallas

Ben A. Brooks, III: Public Finance Law
Robert R. Collins, III: Public Finance Law
Joseph M. Cox: Commercial Litigation
Jonathan C. Leatherberry: Public Finance Law
George G. Rodriguez: Public Finance Law
 

Houston

Jeffrey B. Andrews: Technology Law
Gregory M. Bopp: Tax Law
John R. Brantley: Corporate Law
Catherine H. Day: Banking and Finance Law
Mark C. Evans: Banking and Finance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Project Finance Law
Jonathan K. Frels: Public Finance Law
L. Kelly Frels: Education Law
Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr.: Banking and Finance Law
R. Todd Greenwalt: Public Finance Law, Tax Law
J. Clifford Gunter, III: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law
Amy Karff Halevy: Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
Warren W. Harris: Appellate Practice
Ryan S. Holcomb: Energy Law Houston, TX
Albert B. Kimball Jr.: Litigation - Patent, Patent Law
W. James McAnelly, III: Energy Law
Thomas O. Moore, III: Real Estate Law
Jeffrey L. Oldham: Appellate Practice
G. Alan Rafte: Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, Project Finance Law
Aaron P. Roffwarg: Real Estate Law
Charles H. Still Jr.: Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Barron F. Wallace: Public Finance Law
R. Daniel Witschey Jr.: Corporate Law
William A. Wood, III: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

New York

Daniel S. Connolly: Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Robin J. Miles: Banking and Finance Law
 

San Antonio

Leslie Selig Byrd: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management
Richard C. Danysh: Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
James H. Kizziar Jr.: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
J. Tullos Wells: Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management

Seattle

Lance W. Behnke: Tax Law
Douglas F. Stewart: Litigation - Intellectual Property

Washington, D.C.

Jeffrey R. Holmstead: Environmental Law
Lisa M. Jaeger: Litigation - Environmental
Mark K. Lewis: Oil and Gas Law
Paul S. Maco: Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Public Finance Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer-review. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.