Super Lawyers - Southwest 2013

2013
FROM THE PUBLISHER

CINDY LARSON

We’re also proud that in February 2013 we announced the recipients of our second annual Super Lawyers Pro Bono Awards. A special digital edition telling the stories of attorneys who are making a difference with their exceptional pro bono efforts will be emailed to you in May.

Kindly,
We are honored to showcase attorneys who
exemplify excellence in the practice of law.
Through our research and editorial processes
we’re able to learn what makes attorneys so
successful, and we’re pleased to share these
insights with you. We hope you find these
practitioners and their stories as fascinating as
we do and that you will use the Super Lawyers
list should you need to make a referral.

DAVID J. BECK

Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P. / Houston ROY BLACK Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. / Miami MICHAEL V. CIRESI Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. / Minneapolis JOSEPH S. FRIEDBERG Joseph S. Friedberg Chartered / Minneapolis THOMAS V. GIRARDI Girardi Keese / Los Angeles E. LYNN GRAYSON Jenner & Block LLP / Chicago JOHN W. KEKER Keker & Van Nest LLP / San Francisco DAVID E. KELTNER Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP / Fort Worth THOMAS R. KLINE Kline & Specter, P.C. / Philadelphia ADVISORY BOARD

W. MARK LANIER

The Lanier Law Firm / Houston THOMAS “TOMMY” MALONE Malone Law / Atlanta GARY P. NAFTALIS Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP / New York CARTER G. PHILLIPS Sidley Austin LLP / Washington, D.C. S TACY D. PHILLIPS Phillips, Lerner & Lauzon LLP / Los Angeles DONALD C. SCHILLER Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP / Chicago NANCY S. SHILEPSKY Shilepsky Hartley Robb Casey Michon LLP / Boston THEODORE V. WELLS JR. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP / New York

To read full bios of the Advisory
Board, scan the QR code with
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superlawyers.com.

VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER Barb Lammers McGivern SENIOR DIREC TOR Heather Walker PUBLISHER Cindy Larson

EDITORIAL

EDITOR Ross Pfund

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Erik Lundegaard CONTRIBU TING EDITORS Amy Kates, Beth Taylor, Emily White EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Lauren Peck, Jessica Tam PHOTOGRAPHY Kip Malone, David Schmidt CONTRIBU TING WRITER Jimmy Magahern

RESEARCH

RESEARCH DIRECTOR Julie Gleason SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST Michael Klick RESEARCH TEAM LEAD Laura Roepke RESEARCH EDITORS Chris Cheng, Caroline Daykin, Johanna Grosse, Jill Steward, Todd Wiersma

DATABASE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF DATABASE OPERATIONS Evan Kentop DATA ADMINIS TRATORS Traci Davey, Cale Millberry, Laura Smith DATA SPECIALISTS Beth Callentine, Mary Cheam PROFILE PRODUC TION SUPERVISOR Michael Pease PROFILE PRODUC TION Alison Iwata, Rachel Miller PROFILE PROOFING COORDINATOR Erika Skornia-Olsen

ONLINE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF ONLINE OPERATIONS Garth Gillespie ONLINE APPLICATION DEVELOPER David Malouf NET WORK ADMINISTRATOR Kevin Coin

OPERATIONS

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Carrie Hagstrom OPERATIONS TEAM Rebecca Hanoski, Anthony Nurkka, Patricia Weckwerth

PRODUCTION

PRODUC TION DIREC TOR Linda Eklund SENIOR PRODUC TION MANAGERS Tina Justison, Barbie Lefrancois PRODUC TION MANAGERS Alicia Collins, Todd Proud MANAGER OF ART & PRODUCTION Erica Sorrentino GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Emily Christensen, Rich Ganzman PRODUC TION Victoria Balque-Burns, Amy Bleacher, Tim Knecht, Michael Machin, Chelsea Scovill

MARKETING & PRODUCT MARKETING & PRODUC T DIRECTOR Mary Williams SENIOR PRODUC T DEVELOPER Justin Blase ADVERTISING & MARKETING Ashley Armstrong, Mari Henderson, Caroline Moran, Katie Wold

ADVERTISING

REGIONAL SALES MANAGER Steve Stauff SENIOR ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Richard Ausman, Dave Burris, June Ford, Nick Hansen, Matthew Kusilek, Camille Lane, Amy Omenn, Kathy Schwab, Jessica Vanderzanden ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Christopher Castleberry, Dunia Chatham, Dan Lehman, Rob Poncin

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