HOUSTON – Best Lawyers recognized 101 Bracewell LLP lawyers across seven offices for individual excellence in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Notably, five Bracewell lawyers earned the distinction of “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective cities: Robert R. Collins (Dallas Public Finance Lawyer of the Year), Jonathan K. Frels (Houston Public Finance Lawyer of the Year), Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr. (Houston Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year), James “JJ” McAnelly III (Houston Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year) and Timothy A. Wilkins (Austin Environmental Litigation Lawyer of the Year).
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2027 Best Lawyers in America Listings
Austin
- W. Stephen Benesh – Banking and Finance Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Construction Litigation
- Sara M. Burgin – Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation and Water Law
- Michael Chibib – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law and Patent Litigation
- Conor M. Civins – Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law, Patent Litigation, Trade Secrets Law and Trademark Law
- Christopher “Kit” L. Crumbley – Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Law
- Tim J. Deithloff – Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
- W. Glenn Opel – Energy Law and Public Finance Law
- Victoria N. Ozimek – Public Finance Law and Tax Law
- Matt Paulson – Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation
- Whit Swift – Energy Law, Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation
- Timothy A. Wilkins – Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation
Dallas
- K. Brock Bailey – Real Estate Law
- Bucky Brannen – Tax Law
- Bryan L. Clark – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Robert R. Collins III – Public Finance Law
- J. Dean Hinderliter – Tax Law
- Wilson G. Jones – Healthcare Law and Healthcare Litigation
- Jonathan C. Leatherberry – Healthcare Law and Public Finance Law
- Matthew G. Nielsen – White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Julie Melton Partain – Economic Development Law and Public Finance Law
- George G. Rodriguez – Healthcare Law and Public Finance Law
- Paul F. Schuster – Healthcare Law and Healthcare Litigation
Houston
- Will Anderson – Banking and Finance Law
- Bradley J. Benoit – Commercial Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement Litigation and Securities Litigation
- Gregory M. Bopp – M&A Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Tax Law
- Heather L. Brown – Banking and Finance Law, Commercial Finance Law, Project Finance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Mary F. Buzak – Economic Development Law
- Peggy B. Christman – Public Finance Law
- Jason G. Cohen – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Stephen B. Crain – Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation
- W. Cleland Dade – Corporate Law, Energy Law and M&A Law
- Kate H. Day – Banking and Finance Law
- Keith R. Derrington – Patent Law
- Bryan S. Dumesnil – Regulatory Enforcement Litigation
- Cristy C. Edwards – Public Finance Law
- Mark C. Evans – Banking and Finance Law, International Trade and Finance Law and Project Finance Law
- Edward Fierro – Public Finance Law
- Jonathan K. Frels – Public Finance Law
- Kelly Frels – Education Law and Government Relations Practice
- Dewey J. Gonsoulin Jr. – Banking and Finance Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Amy Karff Halevy – Employment Law – Management and Labor and Employment Litigation
- Alamdar S. Hamdani – White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Warren W. Harris – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Ryan S. Holcomb – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Nancy C. LeGros – Healthcare Law
- James “JJ” McAnelly III – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Tamara L. McKinzie – Real Estate Law
- Susan B. Murphy – Healthcare Law
- Brian G. Patterson – Labor and Employment Litigation
- G. Alan Rafte – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law and Project Finance Law
- Constance Gall Rhebergen – Patent Law
- Aaron P. Roffwarg – Real Estate Law
- Phillip L. Sampson Jr. – Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation and Real Estate Litigation
- Erick Sandlin – Regulatory Enforcement Litigation
- Stephanie Koo Song – Banking and Finance Law and Securitization and Structured Finance Law
- Charles H. Still Jr. – Corporate Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation
- Brian P. Teaff – Tax Law
- Tracy C. Temple – Appellate Practice
- Jeffery B. Vaden – White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Tony L. Visage – Securities Litigation
- Barron F. Wallace – Commercial Finance Law, Energy Law and Public Finance Law
- Richard F. Whiteley – Intellectual Property Litigation
- R. Daniel Witschey Jr. – Corporate Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law
- William A. Wood III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Bankruptcy Litigation
New York
- Daniel S. Connolly – Commercial Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- James P. Duffy IV – International Arbitration – Commercial and International Arbitration – Governmental
- Theodore F. Duver – Energy Law
- Stuart J. Glick – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Martin Gusy – International Arbitration – Commercial
- Barbara S. Jones – Administrative/Regulatory Law and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Joshua Klein – Real Estate Litigation
- Frank Lee – Energy Law
- Parker A. Lee – Energy Law
- Jason A. Lewis – Energy Law
- Elizabeth L. McGinley – Tax Law
- Fernando J. Rodriguez Marin – Energy Law
- Nicolai J. Sarad – Energy Law
- J. Anthony Terrell – Energy Law
San Antonio
- Leslie Selig Byrd – Employment Law – Management, Labor and Employment Litigation and Labor Law – Management
- Amber K. Dodds – Labor and Employment Litigation
- Carrie Douglas – Commercial Litigation
- Summer B. Greathouse – Real Estate Law
- James H. Kizziar Jr. – Employment Law – Management, Labor and Employment Litigation and Labor Law – Management
- Jane H. Macon – Administrative/Regulatory Law, Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
- Edward C. Prado – Appellate Practice
Seattle
- Douglas F. Stewart – Intellectual Property Litigation
Washington, DC
- Stephen L. Braga – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants, Regulatory Enforcement Litigation, Securities Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense
- Michael W. Brooks – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Hans P. Dyke – Energy Law
- Eugene R. Elrod – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Kevin A. Ewing – Energy Law and Environmental Law
- Jeffrey R. Holmstead – Environmental Law and Environmental Litigation
- Jason B. Hutt – Energy Regulatory Law and Environmental Litigation
- Mark K. Lewis – Energy Regulatory Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Catherine D. Little – Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation and Oil and Gas Law
- Catherine P. McCarthy – Energy Law
- Charles R. Mills – Derivatives and Futures Law and Securities/Capital Markets Law
- D. Kirk Morgan II – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Ann D. Navaro – Environmental Law
- David M. Perlman – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
- Scott H. Segal – Environmental Law