Rankings: Texas Powerhouses

  • January 16, 2025

    Calif. Law Firm Settles 2 Suits Alleging Debt Relief Fraud

    A debt relief law firm in California reached settlements Thursday in two separate lawsuits that accused the firm of charging its clients for worthless services, a little more than two weeks after the cases were brought in federal courts.

  • September 20, 2024

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP's deep Texas roots allowed it to secure impressive courtroom and transactional wins over the last year, including successfully fighting off a more than $100 million trade secrets case against a Houston-based energy technology company and landing billions of dollars in transactional deals across the corporate and tax sectors.

  • September 19, 2024

    Texas Powerhouse: Beck Redden

    Beck Redden LLP has a powerful presence across all Texas courts, as demonstrated by its successful representation of Southwest Airlines in a pivotal case involving cyber insurance at the Fifth Circuit, and its ability to secure summary judgment for an ExxonMobil subsidiary in a breach-of-contract suit before the Southern District of Texas.

  • September 18, 2024

    Texas Powerhouse: Bracewell LLP

    Bracewell LLP has been helping clients navigate billion-dollar deals and other big projects, while securing major courtroom wins, since its founding in the Lone Star State just shy of eight decades ago, earning it a spot among Law360's Regional Powerhouses of 2024.

  • September 17, 2024

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes and Boone

    Haynes and Boone LLP charted a 7% growth in headcount last year on the heels of several significant merger and acquisition deals, attributing its success in part to a focus on mutual support within the firm and keeping retention high.

  • September 16, 2024

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP, a law firm with deep Texas roots that began growing with its Houston founding more than a century ago, played a role in multiple traditional and renewable energy deals, including a $26 billion merger between Endeavor Energy Resources and Diamondback Energy, while also advising Southwest Airlines in investments related to sustainable aviation fuel.

  • September 13, 2024

    The 2024 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2024 Regional Powerhouses reflected the local peculiarities of their states while often representing clients in deals and cases that captured national attention.

  • August 25, 2023

    Texas Powerhouse: V&E

    Vinson & Elkins LLP has a strong Texas presence, which allowed it to successfully represent Woodside Petroleum Ltd. in its massive $43 billion merger with BHP Petroleum, and secure $280 million in damages on behalf of Antero Treatment LLC in the past year.

  • August 24, 2023

    Texas Powerhouse: Susman Godfrey

    Susman Godfrey LLP's Houston office was kept busy this past year, scoring courtroom wins in telecom patent cases with tens of millions of dollars on the line and successfully challenging federal medical billing regulations.

  • August 23, 2023

    Texas Powerhouse: Latham

    Latham & Watkins LLP's growth in Texas has tracked the rise of the state's economy, and after opening shop in Houston 13 years ago, and now an Austin office, grew its presence in the state last year by 20%.

  • August 22, 2023

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes Boone

    Haynes and Boone LLP had an exceptional 2022, representing a swath of companies in more than six-dozen multimillion- and multibillion-dollar merger and acquisition deals in the energy and media sectors while simultaneously expanding its practice in the U.S. and beyond.

  • August 21, 2023

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP's courtroom wins and major transactions work this year — including a $1.6 billion restitution deal for victims of a long-running Ponzi scheme and a South American telecommunications merger — burnished the nearly two-century-old institution's reputation as a leading Texas firm.

  • August 18, 2023

    Texas Powerhouses Are Powered By Energy Sector

    From energy deals and tech-related transactions to patent disputes with millions at play, Law360's 2023 Texas Powerhouses successfully guided clients across finish lines and to courtroom victories while also stepping into matters like the aftermath of the Uvalde school shooting and voters' rights in Beaumont.

  • August 18, 2023

    The 2023 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2023 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across 11 states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • September 09, 2022

    5th Circ. Says Guatemalan's Stepkids Can't Stop Deportation

    The Fifth Circuit on Friday rejected a Guatemalan man's bid to cancel his deportation on the basis that it would cause his stepchildren extreme hardship, saying he didn't provide evidence strong enough to prove they were U.S. citizens.

  • August 12, 2022

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP is currently Texas' largest law firm, and it's looking to hang on to its place at the top of the heap in its home state as BigLaw firms from across the country expand into Texas.

  • August 11, 2022

    Texas Powerhouse: Norton Rose Fulbright

    Norton Rose Fulbright made waves this past year by successfully defending clients in high-stakes antitrust and tortious business interference litigation and guiding companies through billion-dollar deals that changed the makeup of Texas' and the world's energy market.

  • August 10, 2022

    Texas Powerhouse: Locke Lord

    Locke Lord LLP traces its roots in the Lone Star State back nearly 135 years, but amid the unprecedented challenges of the last few years, the firm has worked to future-proof its strategies and culture, crafting tools to help its leaders adapt to shifting pandemic circumstances and empowering its attorneys to meaningfully connect with their communities.

  • August 09, 2022

    Texas Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP set up shop in the Lone Star State eight years ago to better serve clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors and quickly established itself as a top firm for energy deals in the state, all while continuing to build out its offerings to meet clients' diverse needs.

  • August 08, 2022

    Texas Powerhouse: Bracewell

    From overseeing energy giant Holly Energy Partners' multibillion-dollar purchases to working toward obtaining a $1.6 billion judgment against IBM, Texas' Bracewell LLP had a banner 2021, which the firm's leaders said reaffirmed to existing and potential clients its strong track record of providing legal services in myriad practice groups.

  • August 05, 2022

    Texas Powerhouses Excel In Saturated Market

    In a year when law firms across Texas continued to reconcile with and adapt to a post-COVID-19 world, Houston-based firms stood out, nabbing three of the five Texas Powerhouse spots by playing major roles in multibillion-dollar deals and scoring huge courtroom victories for clients.

  • July 31, 2022

    The 2022 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2022 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across nine states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • August 06, 2021

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys have continued to handle major transactions and litigation around Texas throughout the pandemic, solidifying its presence as a major player in the Texas legal market.

  • August 05, 2021

    Texas Powerhouse: Munck Wilson

    Munck Wilson Mandala LLP attorneys leaned into the firm's emphasis on teamwork to guide major transactions and secure litigation wins that earned it a spot as a 2021 Texas Powerhouse, including a $2.3 billion technology acquisition and $85.9 million trade secret trial verdict.

  • August 04, 2021

    Texas Powerhouse: McKool Smith

    Whether it was representing clients in International Trade Commission investigations or taking on Apple and Comcast in intellectual property fights, McKool Smith PC's Texas attorneys brought home a steady string of victories that earned it a spot as a 2021 Texas Powerhouse.

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