Nineteen Gardere Attorneys Named to 2015 Texas Rising Stars List

    DALLAS, TX, March 08, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce that 19 of the Firm's attorneys have been selected to the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state are chosen to receive this exclusive honor.

Rising Stars recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys who are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less. The annual selections are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

"This recognition represents the outstanding work these attorneys perform on behalf of our clients, and it is gratifying to know that their peers hold their work in such high regard," says Gardere Chair Holland N. O'Neil. "This is a well-deserved honor for this talented group, and we look forward to their future accomplishments."

The Gardere attorneys named to the 2015 Texas Rising Stars list, identified by the practice area for which they are being recognized, are:

Austin:
Leslie Ritchie Robnett, Business Litigation

Dallas:
Chris Converse, Business/Corporate
Jason R. Fulmer, Intellectual Property
Michael S. Haynes, Bankruptcy: Business
Rick Jordan, Mergers & Acquisitions
Rachel Kingrey, Business Litigation
Kimberly P. Mabel, Insurance Coverage
Terrell R. Miller, Intellectual Property Litigation
Virgil Ochoa, International
Aimee Cook Oleson, Business Litigation
James C. (Jim) Scott, Business Litigation
Taylor E. White, Employment & Labor

Houston:
Katherine D. (Kate) David, Eminent Domain
Scott D. Ellis, Business Litigation
Mary Elizondo Frazier, Business Litigation
Jessica Glatzer Mason, Employment & Labor
Audrey Momanaee, Business Litigation
Mike Seely, Business Litigation
Rhonda Reed Weiner, Business Litigation

The complete 2015 Texas Rising Stars list will appear in the April 2015 issues of Texas Monthly and Texas Super Lawyers Magazine - Rising Stars.

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 the areas of corporate, energy, environmental, financial restructuring and reorganization, financial services, government affairs, hospitality, insurance, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, litigation, private equity, real estate and tax.

For more information, contact Dorothy L. Seals at 214.999.4019 or [email protected], or Jennifer Dilworth at 214.999-4718 or [email protected].

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