H Texas Magazine Honors Gardere Attorneys in Houston’s Top Lawyers List

Nine attorneys from Gardere Wynne Sewell have been named to H Texas magazine’s list of Houston’s Top Lawyers for 2012.

Houston (I-Newswire) July 24, 2012 - Nine attorneys from Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP have been named to H Texas magazine’s 2012 list of Houston’s Top Lawyers. The full list appears in the Summer issue of the publication.

The following Gardere attorneys and practice areas for which they were honored are:

• Jeffrey S. Davis, Commercial Litigation
• Amy Catherine Dinn, Commercial Litigation
• Orin H. Lewis, Commercial Litigation
• Neil Martin, Labor and Employment
• Frank Putman, Corporate
• Peter Scaff, Commercial Litigation
• Rachel Powitzky Steely, Labor and Employment
• Samantha Trahan, Commercial Litigation
• T. Michael Wall, Commercial Litigation

“These individuals demonstrate the intellect and commitment it takes to maintain a successful law practice, and they consistently go above and beyond for their clients,” says Gardere Managing Partner Steve Good. “We have an exceptional group of attorneys in Houston and I am pleased that a number of them made the list.”

To compile the list of the city's top lawyers, H Texas solicited nominations from Houston-area attorneys, as well as legal clients and the magazine's subscribers. Voters were asked to nominate attorneys whose work they know firsthand, including firm colleagues, co-counsel, lawyers they had observed in court, and opposing counsel. An outside firm tabulated the ballots and an executive panel finalized the list.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of corporate, litigation, energy, tax, real estate, financial services, government affairs, hospitality, intellectual property, labor and employment, and environmental. For more information, contact Kristin Butler at 214.999.4843 or kbutler@gardere.com.