Texas Lawyer Announces Its Professional Excellence Honorees
Texas Lawyer is proud to announce the winners of our 2018 Professional Excellence Awards including Litigation Department of the Year for midsize and small firms, Legal Department of the Year, Lifetime Achievers, Best Mentors, Top Woman in IP and On the Rise.This list recognizes lawyers who have made their mark on the legal profession in the Lone Star State.All of the honorees have had, and continue to have, extraordinary careers. The bottom line: They are all impact players in the Texas legal community.Profiles of the honorees will be published in the September issue of Texas Lawyer magazine. An awards ceremony in their honor will be held on Sept. 19 at the Belo Mansion in Dallas.Congratulations to this amazing list of lawyers!
Legal Department of the Year
Trinity Industries, Inc.
Litigation Departments of the Year
Small Firm Winner: Smyser Kaplan & Veselka Small Firm Finalist: Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin (FHMBK) Midsize Firm Winner: McKool Smith Midsize Firm Finalist: Munck Wilson Mandala
Lifetime Achievement
Emerson Banack, Langley & Banack Douglas Cawley, McKool Smith Byron Egan, Jackson Walker Alan Feld, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Abe Goren, Wilson, Cribbs + Goren Paula Hinton, Winston & Strawn James Leahy, Greenberg Traurig David Lowery, Jones Day Bobby Meadows, King & Spalding Chad Muller, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry Mike O'Leary, Hunton Andrews Kurth David Patton, Locke Lord Glenn West, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Best Mentors
Daryl Baily, Gray Reed & McGraw Mary Goodrich Nix, Holland & Knight Michael Hurst, Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst
Top Dealmakers
Winner: Andrew Calder, Kirkland & Ellis Finalist: Paul J. Goodwine, Looper Goodwine
Top Woman in IP
Miranda Jones, Heim, Payne & Chorush
On the Rise
Ricardo Bonilla, Fish & Richardson Josh Budwin, McKool Smith David Castro, Kirkland & Ellis Kelly Chen, Munck Wilson Mandala Courtney Cochran Butler, Hunton Andrews Kurth Katie Coleman, Thompson & Knight Christopher Dodson, Bracewell Natalie Friend Wilson, Langley & Banack Daniel Knight, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry Brandt Leibe, King & Spalding Benton Lewis, Weil, Gotshal & Manges Erland Modesto, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett JR Morgan, Shearman & Sterling Bina Palnitkar, Greenberg Traurig Nicole Perry, Jones Day Sakina Rasheed Foster, Haynes Boone Eagle Robinson, Norton Rose Fulbright Rob Safi, Susman Godfrey John CC Sanders, Winston & Strawn Lizzy Scott, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Chris Simmons, Dean & Lyons Lande Spottswood, Vinson & Elkins Angelique Waddell, Holland & Knight
