Best Lawyers Recognizes 129 Locke Lord Attorneys; Seven Earn Lawyer of the Year Distinction

August 16, 2016 – One hundred twenty-nine Locke Lord lawyers from 15 U.S. offices have been recognized for excellence in their practice area and named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2017. In addition, the Firm saw seven lawyers recognized under the special designation of Lawyer of the Year, an honor earned by just one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan area. The lawyers who earned this title are listed below with their area of practice.

Lawyer of the Year Recipients:

Paul Coggins (Dallas) – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Raymond LaDriere II (Dallas) – Litigation - ERISA
Daryl Lapp (Boston) – Education Law
Paul Mahoney, Jr. (Providence) – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Robert Mowrey (Dallas) – Litigation - Banking and Finance
Ann Ryan Robertson (Houston) – International Arbitration - Governmental

Those listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017 include the following (please note lawyers are listed according to the city in which he/she was based in 2015):

Austin

• Jerry Clements – Commercial Litigation
• Brad Hawley – Real Estate Law
• Jeff Hubenak – Real Estate Law
• John Schwartz – Commercial Litigation
• Tai Tran – Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law

• Christopher Flanagan – Tax Law
• Karl Fryzel – Litigation and Controversy - Tax, Tax Law
• Richard Glovsky – Employment Law - Management
• Stanley Keller – Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
• Daryl Lapp – Education Law
• Richard Manley, Jr. – Public Finance Law
• David Ruediger – Banking and Finance Law
• Walter St. Onge III – Public Finance Law
• Jeffrey Swope – Commercial Litigation, Education Law
• David Szabo – Health Care Law
• George Ticknor – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
• John Whitlock – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

• Christopher Barth – Insurance Law
• Jon Biasetti – Insurance Law
• Thomas Cunningham – Commercial Litigation
• Nick DiGiovanni – Insurance Law
• Kevin Kelly – Employment Law - Management
• Jennifer Kenedy – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Samuel Stempel – Real Estate Law

• J. Mitchell Bell – Real Estate Law
• Bryan Bishop – Corporate Law
• Stuart Bumpas – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Non-Profit / Charities Law, Trusts and Estates
• Philip Bush – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Paul Coggins – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
• Michael Collins – Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
• Thomas Connop – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Don Glendenning – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Roy Hardin – Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Van Jolas – Corporate Law
• Raymond LaDriere II – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - ERISA, Litigation - Trusts and Estates
• Janis Loegering – Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
• Elizabeth Mack – Environmental Law
• John McDonald – Commercial Litigation
• John McKnight – Corporate Law
• Harriet Miers – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Government Relations Practice
• Robert Mowrey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Paul Nason – Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Michael Powell – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
• Charles Reeder – Corporate Law
• Robin Shaughnessy – Employment Law – Management
• Robb Stewart – Real Estate Law
• Cynthia Timms – Appellate Practice
• Kevin Twining – Corporate Law
• Bradley Weber – Antitrust Law
• Thomas Yoxall – Commercial Litigation 

• Charles Baker – Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Intellectual Property
• Chris Dove – Appellate Practice
• David Gregory – Litigation - Labor and Employment
• Brett Hamilton – Real Estate Law
• Gerald Higdon – Environmental Law
• Mark Jacob – Trusts and Estates
• Stephen Jacobs – Real Estate Law
• Tim Johnson – Criminal Defense: White-Collar
• Brandon Lobb – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Mark Miller – Derivatives and Futures Law
• Robert Miller – Government Relations Practice
• Hanna Fister Norvell – Employment Law - Management , Litigation - Labor and Employment
• David Patton – Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law
• Gerald Pels – Environmental Law
• Mike Peters – Corporate Law
• Edward Razim III – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
• Ann Ryan Robertson – International Arbitration - Governmental
• Bill Swanstrom – Energy Law
• David Taylor – Corporate Law
• Mitch Tiras – Tax Law

• Victoria de Lisle – Real Estate Law
• Omer Kuebel III – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law 

• Mark Freel – Commercial Litigation
• Christopher Graham – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law
• Karen Grande – Public Finance Law
• Douglas Gray – Corporate Law
• Paul Mahoney, Jr. – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Richard G. Small – Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

• Denise Hanna – Health Care Law

• Richard Miller – Public Finance Law