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Rankings: Texas Powerhouses

  • August 03, 2021

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone

    Haynes and Boone LLP continued to show strength amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an increasingly competitive legal market, reversing a $110 million fraud verdict against BBVA, reforming the death sentence of pro bono clients and leading clients through bankruptcies and transactions that boosted Texas' legal market during the pandemic, landing it a spot among Law360's 2021 Texas Powerhouses.

  • August 02, 2021

    Texas Powerhouse: Gibson Dunn

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP landed a spot as a 2021 Texas Powerhouse by showcasing its penchant for innovation as it convinced a Texas appellate court to overturn a record-setting $740 million state trade secrets jury verdict and advised on a first-of-its-kind sustainability-backed bond offering.

  • July 30, 2021

    Texas Roots Keep Powerhouse Firms Ahead Of The Pack

    In a year when outside firms continued the trend of launching Texas outposts, five firms with established roots in the state bested the competition to be recognized as Texas Powerhouses, scoring courtroom victories in bet-the-company litigation and leading deals that reshaped the market.

  • July 30, 2021

    The 2021 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2021 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across eight states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • September 09, 2019

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP has kicked off its second century in business notching major victories in its home state and beyond for household names in the energy sector. Its successes in the past year include helping Anadarko revive a Deepwater Horizon insurance dispute at the Texas Supreme Court and securing a Fifth Circuit win for Plains All American in an investor suit stemming from an oil spill.

  • September 06, 2019

    Texas Powerhouse: Susman Godfrey

    Susman Godfrey LLP attorneys reached a landmark deal to reform the cash bail system in Harris County, took home the largest jury verdict ever rendered in Bexar County and won a complete victory for a client in a dispute with an oilfield services company.

  • September 05, 2019

    Texas Powerhouse: McKool Smith

    McKool Smith PC continued to demonstrate its prowess both in and outside the courtroom this past year, scoring a $10.6 million patent infringement verdict for PanOptis, convincing a jury that licensing fees charged by Ericsson were fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory, and invalidating a patent Sanofi was accused of infringing. 

  • September 04, 2019

    Texas Powerhouse: Kirkland & Ellis

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP hasn't had roots in Texas for long, only moving into the market in 2014, but it made quick work of establishing a reputation for handling some of the biggest energy deals statewide, including a recent $12 billion combination that created one of the largest offshore drillers in the world.

  • September 03, 2019

    Texas Powerhouse: Akin Gump

    Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's attorneys have continued to handle major transaction and litigation matters around Texas, including assisting with AT&T's megapurchase of Time Warner and facilitating Diamondback Energy's $9.2 billion acquisition of Energen Corp.

  • August 30, 2019

    Economic Diversity Keeps Texas Powerhouse Firms Busy

    In the competitive Texas legal market, five firms stand out for playing major roles in reshaping the state's energy landscape, bringing home blockbuster trial victories and defending clients' trade secrets in bet-the-company litigation.

  • August 30, 2019

    The 2019 Regional Powerhouses

    The law firms on Law360's list of 2019 Regional Powerhouses are handling some of the biggest deals and most high-profile courtroom battles across eight states, offering clients regional expertise and making a lasting impact on the law at the state and local level.

  • September 07, 2018

    Texas Powerhouse: McKool Smith

    McKool Smith PC in the last year helped Ericsson Inc. win $110 million in a cell phone patent infringement case against a rival and cemented a $9.4 million royalty case victory for a Michael Jackson producer who helped the King of Pop create some of his biggest hits, underlining its courtroom strengths.

  • September 06, 2018

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone

    Haynes and Boone LLP's Texas attorneys have recently handled an impressive series of cases and transactions, including a $1 billion offering that allowed the CEO of Landry's to purchase the Houston Rockets, a $3.8 billion merger for an oil and gas company and defeating a gambling suit against the NFL.

  • September 05, 2018

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    Vinson & Elkins LLP, founded 101 years ago in the early days of Texas' oil boom, flexed its muscles inside and outside of the energy realm last year, advising RSP Permian Inc. in a $9.5 billion deal to create the largest unconventional Permian Basin shale producer and notching the largest-ever jury award against Texas in a condemnation case.

  • September 04, 2018

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Baker Botts LLP has shown its strength this past year, playing a role in tens of billions of dollars' worth of energy deals, including BHP Billiton LLP's $10.5 billion onshore asset sale and Vectren Corp.'s $6 billion merger with CenterPoint Energy, winning a drilling lease dispute before the Texas Supreme Court and fighting off a network technology patent suit against AT&T Inc.

  • August 31, 2018

    Texas Powerhouse: Susman Godfrey

    Attorneys in Susman Godfrey LLP's Houston home base have tallied an impressive series of recent wins, including a $706.2 million verdict for HouseCanary in trade secrets and contract litigation, a victory for Walmart in a dispute with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and advancing a case that challenges the bail system of Harris County as unconstitutional.

  • August 30, 2018

    Strong Local Economy A Springboard For Texas Powerhouses

    The recovery of oil prices and the continued influx of out-of-state firms entering the Texas legal market led to an active and competitive year for firms statewide, but five law firms edged out the rest with work including paving the way for the purchase of the Houston Rockets, opening the door for major retailers like Walmart Inc. to sell liquor in Texas and reshaping oilfield ownership.

  • September 29, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Vinson & Elkins

    In the year the firm is celebrating 100 years in business, Vinson & Elkins LLP attorneys have notched victories including convincing a state's high court to side with its client, Energy Transfer Equity LP, in a $38 billion merger dispute, and representing energy company Memorial Resource Development Corp. in a $4.2 billion merger with Range Resources Corp.

  • September 28, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Norton Rose Fulbright

    By shutting down a mineral rights dispute, landing key patent victories in and out of court and turning its tenacity toward convincing the Fifth Circuit to change its mind in a major Ponzi scheme case, Norton Rose Fulbright's Texas litigators helped the firm shine.

  • September 27, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Latham & Watkins

    Latham & Watkins LLP's representation of Energy Transfer Partners in a $21.3 billion consolidation with Sunoco Logistics Partners, a transaction that created the second-largest master limited partnership in the country, is just one example of the work that has established it as a firm that is able to handle complex and sophisticated transactions in the competitive Texas energy market.

  • September 26, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Haynes And Boone

    A half-billion dollar trial win against a Facebook subsidiary and crucial appellate victories for energy titans Exxon Mobil and BP highlight the formidable litigation strength of Haynes and Boone LLP over the past year.

  • September 25, 2017

    Texas Powerhouse: Baker Botts

    Helping Halliburton exit a hard-fought securities class action with a $100 million settlement, just 2 percent of what disgruntled investors wanted, and guiding MEGlobal on the $4 billion development of a petrochemical plant ranked among the standout actions during a busy year for long-established Texas firm Baker Botts LLP.

  • September 22, 2017

    Energy Chops Boost Texas Powerhouses In Crowded Market

    In a legal market where national and regional firms are trying to break in every day and their midsize and boutique counterparts are gunning for valuable pieces of the pie, the five Texas firms on Law360's Powerhouse list have thrived by harnessing deep strengths in the energy sector and big-ticket litigation in a variety of areas.

  • July 26, 2016

    4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms

    All litigation powerhouses boast talented trial lawyers, but the 20 firms at the top of their game don't just rely on their litigators. Here, we talk about the four traits that led the elite of the Litigation Powerhouses to become the go-to firms for bet-the-company cases.

  • July 26, 2016

    5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops

    Five relatively small but fearsome law firms landed a spot on Law360's 2016 list of 50 Litigation Powerhouses after they laced up their gloves and brought the pain in their fights for clients, winning some of the biggest cases over the past year.

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