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Rankings: Texas Powerhouses

  • September 29, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    In the year the firm is celebrating 100 years in business, Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys have notched victories including convincing a state's high court to side with its client, Energy Transfer Equity LP, in a $38 billion merger dispute, and representing energy company Memorial Resource Development Corp. in a $4.2 billion merger with Range Resources Corp.

  • September 28, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Norton Rose Fulbright

    By shutting down a mineral rights dispute, landing key patent victories in and out of court and turning its tenacity toward convincing the Fifth Circuit to change its mind in a major Ponzi scheme case, Norton Rose Fulbright's Texas litigators helped the firm shine.

  • September 27, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's representation of Energy Transfer Partners in a $21.3 billion consolidation with Sunoco Logistics Partners, a transaction that created the second-largest master limited partnership in the country, is just one example of the work that has established it as a firm that is able to handle complex and sophisticated transactions in the competitive Texas energy market.

  • September 26, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone

    A half-billion dollar trial win against a Facebook subsidiary and crucial appellate victories for energy titans Exxon Mobil and BP highlight the formidable litigation strength of Haynes and Boone LLP over the past year.

  • September 25, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Helping Halliburton exit a hard-fought securities class action with a $100 million settlement, just 2 percent of what disgruntled investors wanted, and guiding MEGlobal on the $4 billion development of a petrochemical plant ranked among the standout actions during a busy year for long-established Texas firm Baker Botts LLP.

  • September 22, 2017

    Energy Chops Boost Texas Powerhouses In Crowded Market

    In a legal market where national and regional firms are trying to break in every day and their midsize and boutique counterparts are gunning for valuable pieces of the pie, the five Texas firms on Law360's Powerhouse list have thrived by harnessing deep strengths in the energy sector and big-ticket litigation in a variety of areas.

  • July 26, 2016

    4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms

    All litigation powerhouses boast talented trial lawyers, but the 20 firms at the top of their game don't just rely on their litigators. Here, we talk about the four traits that led the elite of the Litigation Powerhouses to become the go-to firms for bet-the-company cases.

  • July 26, 2016

    5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops

    Five relatively small but fearsome law firms landed a spot on Law360's 2016 list of 50 Litigation Powerhouses after they laced up their gloves and brought the pain in their fights for clients, winning some of the biggest cases over the past year.

  • July 26, 2016

    Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation

    Historic, precedent-setting wins in class action litigation. Jaw-dropping jury verdicts in courts across the country. Victories in the smartphone wars. Dramatic upsets on appeal. Law360's Litigation Powerhouses leveraged their deep legal talent to score remarkable wins for their clients over the past year, landing them a spot on our inaugural ranking of the top firms for litigation.

  • June 02, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone

    With a history of measured expansion at strategic intervals, Haynes and Boone has shown that a focus on long-term investments can yield success in both good markets and bad. That focus has paid off in its core areas — energy, IP and others — and brought wins in hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of litigation over the past year.

  • June 01, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Low oil prices have impacted energy work throughout the legal industry, but Baker Botts LLP is thriving nonetheless thanks in part to a 175-year history that has seen it tackle some of the country's worst economic disasters.

  • May 29, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Long known as an energy powerhouse in the state of Texas, Vinson & Elkins LLP has since grown in both scale and subject matter, allowing the firm to navigate the ebbs and flows of the energy market and finish 2014 with its most successful year on record.

  • May 28, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Thompson & Knight

    As one of the oldest and most recognized firms in Texas, Thompson & Knight LLP has left quite a mark in the Lone Star State's legal and business sectors, having tackled complex billion-dollar deals, particularly in the oil and gas industry, and far-reaching public policy matters and litigation.

  • May 27, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Locke Lord

    Locke Lord LLP has grown from a small Dallas firm founded nearly 125 years ago to a BigLaw entity with global reach, thanks to its recent merger with Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, but the firm still honors its deep Texan roots by focusing on the state's booming energy, finance and telecom sectors.

  • May 26, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Jackson Walker

    Jackson Walker LLP doesn't rely on offices in New York, Washington, London — or anywhere else outside of Texas, for that matter. But by sticking to seven cities across the state, the Texas-only firm has been able to nab top-tier lawyers from big-name firms while providing greater value to a client-base that includes national banks, media properties and energy companies.

  • May 21, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's Dallas office is run like an elite boutique, with its partners and "gilt-edged" associates handling the biggest-ticket litigation and corporate work for clients that have come to rely on the firm for billion-dollar disputes and billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions.

  • May 20, 2015

    Texas Powerhouse: Beck Redden

    Over the past 23 years, Beck Redden LLP has built itself a name as one of Texas' premier litigation boutiques not by shying away from trials, but by approaching them head on with every intention of litigating clients' cases when necessary, firm leaders say.

  • May 18, 2015

    Texas Powerhouses Boast More Than Just Energy Chops

    Low oil prices may have taken their toll on energy work, but a booming state economy has kept the Texas legal market hotter than ever, with blue-chip Texas legal names, relative upstarts and even a California import rounding out the 2015 Texas Powerhouse law firms amid stiff competition.

  • July 02, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Winstead

    Over the last 40 years, Winstead PC has established a reputation as a leader among Texas-based commercial litigation and transactional boutiques while remaining true to founder Pete Winstead's ambition of building a firm where a lawyer's worth is not strictly measured in billable hours.

  • July 01, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Thompson & Knight

    Thompson & Knight LLP grew from its roots as a family law firm into one of the oldest, most respected firms in Texas, mighty beyond its size and with a knack for taking on complex deals and never-before-answered legal questions that keep it on the cutting edge of the law.

  • June 30, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Porter Hedges

    Porter Hedges LLP has come into its own as a major player in the Houston energy scene in the past three decades, growing from nine lawyers who splintered off from larger firms to become a go-to firm that handles some of the country's biggest energy deals and toughest litigation.

  • June 27, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: McKool Smith

    Nearly 23 years ago, as the country was slowly beginning to emerge from the early 1990s recession, Mike McKool, who was head of the litigation section at now defunct Johnson & Gibbs PC, and Phil Smith, who was a top trial lawyer at Baker Botts LLP, joined forces in Dallas. The firm they founded — McKool Smith PC — has since come to be known for its top-notch patent litigation practice, and it has expanded with additional offices in Texas and beyond. 

  • June 26, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Jackson Walker

    Three Dallas attorneys joined forces in 1887 to start a commercial law practice to serve the city's booming energy, media and railroad industries. From that foundation, Jackson Walker LLP — without ever leaving Texas — has grown to 346 lawyers who represent clients from around the world.

  • June 25, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Locke Lord

    Locke Lord LLP has proven to be an example of a law firm that has successfully melded into a whole that's more than the sum of its parts, and with nearly half its lawyers still calling Texas home, the firm has been able to build on a solid foundation and regional strengths to expand its reach across the country.

  • June 24, 2014

    Texas Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn's 50-lawyer Texas team may be smaller in ranks than other national law firms with a strong foothold in the state, but its ability to play above its weight class has earned it a reputation as having one of the most sophisticated litigation practices in the region.