59 Andrews Kurth Lawyers Named Best Lawyers in America 2015

(Houston, Texas)—Andrews Kurth LLP is proud to announce that 59 of its attorneys have been named to The Best Lawyers in America^® 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive annual peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

Lawyers of the Year

• Robert V. Jewell: Mergers and Acquisitions Law     
• Stuart C. Hollimon: Oil and Gas Law
• Robert J. McNamara: Tax Law
• G. Michael O'Leary: Corporate Law 
• Rick A. Witte: Public Finance Law

Austin

• Scott A. Brister: Appellate Practice
• J. Matthew Lyons: Securities/Capital Markets Law
• Lino Mendiola III: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law
• Jerry E. Turner: Public Finance Law
• David P. Whittlesey: Commercial Litigation

Dallas

• David Barbour: Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• Jerry L. Beane: Litigation - Antitrust; Commercial Litigation
• Kay Lynn Brumbaugh: Antitrust Law; Litigation - Antitrust
• Andrew L. Campbell: Real Estate Law
• Wei Wei Jeang: Patent Law
• John H. McDowell, Jr.: Commercial Litigation
• Thomas R. Popplewell: Tax Law
• Patrick C. Sargent: Securitization and Structured Finance Law
• J. David Washburn: Corporate Law

Houston

• Mark B. Arnold: Real Estate Law
• Michael A. Boyd: Real Estate Law
• J. Mark Breeding: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• David C. Buck: Corporate Law
• John T. Cabaniss: Corporate Law
• Robert M. Collie, Jr.: Public Finance Law
• Robert J. Collins: Land Use & Zoning Law; Litigation - Land Use & Zoning
• J. Todd Culwell: Energy Law
• Jonathan S. Day: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Energy Law
• Martha Smith DeBusk: Banking and Finance Law
• Douglas J. Dillon: Banking and Finance Law
• Jeff C. Dodd: Corporate Law; Information Technology Law
• Christopher R. Fenelon: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Jack E. Fields: Real Estate Law
• Thomas W. Ford, Jr.: Tax Law
• J. Wiley George: Construction Law
• Mark C. Hodges: Real Estate Law
• Stuart C. Hollimon: Oil & Gas Law
• Diana M. Hudson: Corporate Law
• Robert V. Jewell: Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Gregg H. Jones: Public Finance Law; Tax Law
• Frederick D. Junkin: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
• Terri Lacy: Trusts and Estates; Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• James Edward Maloney: Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Mergers & Acquisitions; Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation - Securities
• Allison D. Mantor: Tax Law; Corporate Law
• Daniel E. McCormick: Real Estate Law
• L. Lee McMurtry III: Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Robert J. McNamara: Tax Law
• Gail Merel: Banking and Finance Law
• William T. Miller: Arbitration; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Mediation
• G. Michael O'Leary: Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law
• Adrian P. Patterson: Public Finance Law
• Thomas J. Perich: Banking and Finance Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Eddy J. Rogers, Jr.: Corporate Law
• Robin Russell: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Corporate Law
• Thomas A. Sage: Public Finance Law
• Dahl C. Thompson: Project Finance Law
• Mark J. Thurber: Energy Law; Project Finance Law
• Timothy J. Unger: Corporate Law; Energy Law; Project Finance Law
• Rick A. Witte: Public Finance Law
• David A. Zdunkewicz: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

New York

• Paul N. Silverstein: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

The Woodlands

• Michael Dinnin: Commercial Litigation

Washington, DC

• Roger D. Feldman: Project Finance Law
• Mark F. Sundback: Energy Law

Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Methodology

Selection and Peer Review Process Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based on peer review, as it has been for nearly 30 years, and the voting pool for existing categories consists of all lawyers who are currently listed. These listed lawyers are asked to vote on both current listees and new nominees in their specialties and metropolitan areas and/or states, as well as to nominate additional lawyers. Voting takes place either by phone or by electronic ballot. Each listed lawyer is asked “If you were unable to take a case yourself, how likely would you be to refer it to this nominee?” Nominees are given a 1 -5 rating, with room to leave additional comments. Voters are asked to vote only on lawyers whose work they know personally. Votes that are clearly aberrational or politically motivated are ignored. Once selections have been finalized, they are checked against state bar sanction lists to make sure that each lawyer is in good standing with his or her state bar. Once this process is completed, announcements are sent to firms’ marketing departments, and letters of inclusion are then sent to the individual attorneys.

As released by the former Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP