Spencer Fane is pleased to announce that 10 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the 2026 edition of Texas Super Lawyers and nine have been recognized as Rising Stars.
The selected attorneys and their practice areas are:
2026 Texas Super Lawyers
- Kevin Corcoran: Business Litigation
- Jacob Esparza: Insurance Coverage
- Mateo Z. Fowler: Intellectual Property Litigation
- Joe Garnett: Business Litigation
- DJ Healey: Intellectual Property Litigation
- Josh Hedrick: Business Litigation
- Kevin Powers: Business Litigation
- Shawn Tuma: Intellectual Property Litigation
- Jim Ware: Class Action
- Brian Zimmerman: Business Litigation
2026 Texas Rising Stars
- Carlos Alferez: Real Estate
- Cody Faulk: Utilities
- Colin Goodman: Health Care
- Macy Matthews: Business / Corporate Law
- Shelby Menard: Civil Litigation (Defense)
- Laurie Patton: Business Litigation
- Caleb Rush: Banking
- Kaylee Vanstory: Business Litigation
- Natalie Soas Washington: Civil Litigation (Defense)
Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in each state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers for the honor of being listed as a Mid-South Super Lawyer and no more than 2.5% of lawyers in the state are selected as Rising Stars. A Thomson Reuters business, Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.