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Texas lawyer Steve Skarnulis says his client is in hiding after death threats
Texas attorneys who switched from prosecution to defense talk about what stays the same: getting the job done
Lena Laurenzo carries on the spirit of her famous restaurateur-grandmother, Mama Ninfa
Joseph Mathew won a record verdict in a revenge-porn case—before Texas even made it a crime
When Jamila Brinson signs up for a volunteer role—from AIDS outreach to holiday drives for the needy—she comes with sleeves rolled up
While brightening the lives of sick kids, Amber Carson was undergoing health crises of her own
Dallas litigator Victor Vital makes it his business to parachute into cases and stick the landing with juries
This Austin litigator has helped make Texas law—while making life better for abused children
Founder of Susman Godfrey pioneered boutique and contingency law
Gwen and Sharla Frost didn’t plan on growing up and practicing law together; it just worked out that way
Oil and gas attorneys on what they love most about their clients: a spirit of resilience
Yvonne Ho uses skills gained from both lawyering and playing concert piano to serve her community and support fledgling attorneys
The civic activist’s office showcases treasures from her far-flung travels
Houston appellate attorney Jeff Nobles on working from home
Amy Emerson hits the ground running, whether she’s taming construction disputes or exploring trails
A role in Inherit the Wind set theater kid Danielle Hatchitt on a path that led to the law
Christine Leatherberry co-founded Moms in Law to help women attorneys balance work and home
Five Texas women follow the ‘path through the jungle’ carved by predecessors like Sandra Day O’Connor
Benjamin L. Hall III believes in the power of the written word—and the pen that creates it
Bill Jackson has taken on cases involving Agent Orange and the Deepwater spill; this one is bigger
Discovery with John Zavitsanos
Karen Gross is carving out an online space where kids can learn to agree to disagree—with civility
Kari Konikowski Blackman’s family found its American dream; now she helps others in their search
Prisoner rights attorney Scott Medlock says making a mistake shouldn’t mean losing your dignity
Local Counsel with Audrey M. Chang
The Houston attorney’s talents include a strong work ethic, natural connection with juries, technological savvy, deep faith, photographic memory—and even acting chops
The Dallas litigator says the pathway to relationship-building is through customer service
Texas attorney Bob Hilliard calls suit ‘the crack in the dam’
The largest jury award in the U.S. this year went against Johnson & Johnson
Lobbyist Mark Vane shines at persuading lawmakers to change things. Or, sometimes, keep them the same
Larry Macon holds the Guinness World Record for most runs in a single year. That would be 239
A case of the jitters, a bleeding ankle and a nearly missed entrance couldn’t keep 7 Texas lawyers from their dates with the nation’s highest court
How a weekend wine-sipper turned his passion into an excellent cabernet
Rodrigo Dominguez’s negotiating skills are helping change the energy game in Latin America
You won’t read Angel Berbarie’s favorite word here—not her second-favorite, either
The appellate attorney helps shape the law—and sometimes ‘translates’ it for judges
When a charity needs a little help, four Beaumont attorneys are ready to jump in and get it 'from here to there'
Elizabeth Copeland spearheaded a program to help low-income taxpayers stand up to the IRS
The Texas attorney is handling a lawsuit that would force ball clubs to do more to protect fans
How John Warren went from sweeping construction sites to representing builders in court
Emily Stroope: courtroom dynamo, skydiver and lover of all things sweet
Rhonda Hunter started out her career as Della Street—but soon realized she could aim much higher
Austin litigator Stephen McConnico puts his straightforward style to work for clients ranging from big pharma to a former governor of Texas
Natural resources attorney Tom Paterson wrangles cattle—and government agencies—to manage his ranch and environs
His mother’s words inspire Frank Herrera Jr. to help empower the Latino community
Wesley E. Wright tells how he ended up riding a horse and bringing our 1st president to life
Marshall Searcy’s clients range from oil companies to big law firms. Just don’t ask him to give up the coffee and cigarettes.
Dallas attorney Ashley McDowell tells us what’s good in the neighborhood
An oral history with a half-dozen attorneys who got their start back when a lawyer could cut his or (occasionally) her teeth on trials
The Houston family lawyer knows secrets, imitations and the accordion
Former reporter, campaign manager and disc jockey Adam Milasincic holds one other title: No. 1 on his Bar exam
The Southlake family attorney has already tackled 2 national headline-grabbing cases
Things haven’t always gone the way Michael Gavito wanted—usually, they’ve turned out better
How a major in Spanish led Erin Jones to a career handling multimillion-dollar bankruptcy suits
Jessica Palvino has come a long way from walking her cows every morning to walking the halls of the courthouse.
Former judge Deborah Hankinson on access to justice, bringing appeals, and the battle over Prop 12
Jane Snoddy Smith handles complex, high-stakes real estate transactions—without the high anxiety
Once an aspiring drummer, the San Antonio attorney discovered a new love in labor law
Dick DeGuerin doesn’t sidestep reality when he represents clients like accused murderer/millionaire Robert Durst
Conor Civins negotiated a settlement for Lamebook, which parodies the social-media giant
Carl Roth has racked up $2.4 billion worth of patent cases—and championed a heroic burn victim along the way
Mary Hazlewood Barkley takes on eminent domain cases for landowners and public authorities
McCathern business lawyer Jesse Hoffman likes to tackle questions that haven’t already been answered
The business litigator has suited up for clients ranging from Blockbuster to Playboy
A harp performance at Sandra Day O’Connor’s request came early in a legal career that is hitting all the right notes
If you ask Tony Buzbee, only losers are OK with losing
Aviation attorney Michael L. Slack, a former NASA engineer, shoots for industry reform as well as client compensation
Amy Elizabeth Stewart’s favorite things include digging into complex insurance policies, serving as head rainmaker and helping women move out of ‘second chair’
Former prosecutors Eric Nichols and Fields Alexander and defense attorney Deric King Walpole revisit the mayhem surrounding the polygamist’s trial
Mesquite personal injury lawyer Ted Lyon has set his sights on the Koch brothers, the Texas prison system and, lately, on marauding packs of wolves
Lessons learned as an Air Force captain have inspired Jeff Whitfield’s litigation practice—and his commitment to helping veterans
They’re all Kerrisa Chelkowski, whose anxious parents bought her a black cowboy hat when she switched from prosecuting accused criminals to defending them
How the courtroom duo of Dustin and Dennis Burrows overcome the latter’s failing eyesight
The Fish & Richardson partner reflects on humble pie, hard work and comparisons to President Obama
The intellectual property litigator didn’t let neighborhood gangs or a naysaying teacher derail her dreams
Microbiologist-turned-lawyer Benny Agosto Jr. is devoted to kids, soccer and underdogs
Thad Dameris’ phone started to ring after the Costa Concordia ran aground in Italy
Diana Friedman and Sherri Evans are recruiting their colleagues to guide low-income couples through breakups
Charles C. Foster marshaled the force of the entire U.S. government to help a Chinese ballet artist who wanted to stay in Houston
Leslie Ritchie Robnett carries on a proud legal legacy in her oil-and-gas regulation practice
When life threw him a curve, the sports attorney found a new way to play ball
Appellate lawyer Ryan Clinton helped make Austin one of the country’s most animal-friendly cities
The young Houston lawyer’s trial-prep proficiency landed her the role of managing attorney for the firm’s national asbestos practice
Veteran trial lawyer A. Martin Wickliff Jr. follows in his father’s pioneering footsteps by starting the largest minority-owned law firm in Texas
Philip H. Hilder helps whistleblowers like Sherron Watkins do what’s right
How tax attorney Emily Parker became the first female managing partner in 125 years at Thompson & Knight
There’s a reason he’s the lawyer other attorneys don’t want to face in court
Toby Cole advocates for personal injury clients by being himself in the courtroom
Nobody fights harder to recapture lost savings for his clients than Jason Braun
In the world of click-fraud investigations, Dean Gresham’s name is at the top of any search engine
The Jones Day attorney has carved out a niche in representing international corporations that are dealing with fraud matters, which has him doing a lot of traveling to Mexico and Central America. We caught up with him in his Dallas office and found out why he’s discovered it’s sometimes best to stay near the hotel
Be careful what you post—Plano family law attorney Rick Robertson has seen e-communications come back to haunt
Ophelia Camiña entered law school on a lark, but her success has been far from a fluke
The Fort Worth attorneys win a 25-year case to prove that vitamin E supplement E-Ferol can be harmful to babies
How Michael P. Maslanka applies Shakespeare to his practice
Robin Gibbs on the opportunity that he saw 40 years ago for small firms in commercial litigation
Daniel N. Ramirez helps employers comply with immigration and employment laws regarding employee documentation
He’s already had his first one, as a sports reporter. Now he has his second, as a media lawyer
When can a Texas school ban religious proselytizing on its grounds?
When Anthony Lowenberg isn’t handling products liability claims, he’s reviewing restaurants
Gayla Crain wanted to work at a new kind of law firm, so she went and helped build it
That’s Linda L. Addison, the daughter of Holocaust survivors and current leader at Fulbright & Jaworski
Mark Mueller adds Eastern thinking to the Western practice of law
What Mike Gruber learned about life and law from volunteering with Habitat for Humanity
Richard Orsinger of McCurley Orsinger McCurley Nelson & Downing talks about designing CLE presentations, the genius of Bruce Bowen and just how long it takes for a divorce to stop hurting
How Mark Trachtenberg parlayed a great law school paper into billions for education
How Wendy Wang discovered civil rights law is more complex than it used to be
After seven years and about $2.5 million, Sarah Teachout helps to free two innocent men
Juan Garcia started out in supermarkets and ended up in Super Lawyers
After Marjan Shansab’s harrowing escape from Afghanistan, nothing seemed impossible
By day, a few million-dollar cases; by night, Wayne Fisher smokes six briskets at once
Frank Branson does just what he wants, and that includes winning cases
Like Abraham, Craig Watkins asks if we want to destroy the righteous with the wicked
Houston neighbors Scott Atlas and Stanley Schneider run their own personal innocence project
After more than $250 million in wins, Ray Thomas found he was missing something—and it wasn’t success
Both Randy Roach and his wines have depth and good character
Aubrey Connatser and Ramsey Patton took on one of the largest custody cases—over 400 children—in Texas history
What's it like to work every day with the person you wake up next to each morning? Or to settle payroll disputes with the man who paid your first allowance?
A classroom visitor supplied the key to a college education
Chris Collins liked being a rock star, but he loves being a lawyer
ExxonMobil's GC discusses Valdez, the merging of two oil giants and more
Greg Westfall sings the stories—and saves the lives—of society's rabble
You can overuse the Atticus Finch comparison—few people really deserve it. Jim Coleman does
The El Paso lawyer refuses to let a political derailment make him bitter
Harry Reasoner has been injecting the law with his good sense for almost half a century
The woman behind Roe is still fighting for women's rights, almost 40 years after revolutionizing the United States
Michael Marin fights for fairness, whether his client is a huge corporation or the average Texas juror
John Allen Chalk likes to tell his clients that he was happy with his first career
E. Michelle Bohreer spends much of her off-time each year watching and learning about the top college football linemen
Terri Zimmermann learned her chops in the Military
How could Bill Jones prepare for space shuttle debris and executions?
Fred Baron became a big guy by never forsaking the little guy
Steven K. DeWolf and his 1943 PT-17 open-cockpit biplane
Off the slopes, Gerry Goldstein palled around with Aspen neighbor Hunter S. Thompson
Schooled in London,Mexico City and Austin, Adolfo Campero is multiculturalism incarnate
In her spare time, Nikelle Meade is helping preserve 50,000 acres of land in Austin
Janice Leverett learned early on the value of intellectual property,when a song she wrote as a teenager was stolen from her
Jason Ryan spent 17-hour days helping hurricane victims — then he became one of them
Geronimo Rodriguez left the picking fields to go to high school; by age 22 he was working for the Clinton White House
Charla Aldous finds her way to big-money cases by listening to her heart
D Magazine named Peggy Facklis one of the 12 Most Eligible Bachelorettes in Dallas
Pro bono work gives Blum the chance to get out of the office and into the courtroom
He may be the richest lawyer in America, but even at 78 Joe Jamail shows no signs of slowing down
When that (other) rich and famous Texan decided to run for president, he chose Kim J. Askew to lead the charge
The man The Wall Street Journal calls the “second richest lawyer” in America says when it comes to winning cases, he’s number one
Mark Lanier, founder of the Christian Trial Lawyers Association, is no one's liberal
Mary Alice McLarty took the long way to becoming a lawyer. But she’s made up for lost time.
After going through it himself, James Burnett is now the go-to guy for couples seeking surrogacy help
Maybe a brain tumor slows other people down, but not Scott Schwind
Beth Sufian doesn’t let her battle with cystic fibrosis stop her from crusading for the rights of the disabled
Through two wars men and women from across Texas have helped reshape Iraq. From the front lines to the courtrooms, with bullets and ballpoint pens, Texas attorneys have taken great risks to restore some measure of freedom to that country. Below we profile three such heroes, Bill Gameros, Brad Clark and Brian Farlow
In a cynical era, the American Dream is reaffirmed in Bryan Brown. From the ROTC to the SEC, he has made a habit out of exceeding expectations
When push (a family member in need) meets shove (the demands of the job), sleep and social life disappear
No time for The Da Vinci Code — Kent Rutter spent thousands of hours examining the records of the Texas Court of Appeals
Take the most daunting of legal challenges, such as the asbestos litigation that Halliburton was facing, and Don Godwin will find a solution. He always does.
Holy transactions and litigation! Steve Stodghill comes to the rescue for all his famous clients
At this Houston firm, expert legal work goes hand in glove with epochal sports moments
The men of Death by Injection can argue your case during the day, and rock your socks off at night.