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Laura Alaniz
Partner

Houston

713.212.2724

Travis Cade Armstrong
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2725

Holly H. Barnes
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2631

Laura Alaniz supports businesses as an experienced adviser and proven litigator in all aspects of labor and employment law, allowing executives, managers, and HR professionals to keep the focus on efficient and accommodating operations.

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Travis Cade Armstrong provides thorough and innovative representation through the full cycle of commercial litigation, always with the aim of obtaining results that align with clients’ unique business goals. Travis focuses his practice on appellate law, navigating the procedural pitfalls of litigation to ensure that clients are in the best possible position to protect their trial victories and undo their trial defeats. Consistent with his practice, Travis has a passion for legal research and writing, serving clients with lucid, erudite, and above all persuasive written advocacy. However, Travis is no stranger to the courtroom, and he brings a curated track record of trial success in commercial, insurance, employment, and personal injury matters.

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Holly Barnes represents clients in intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes, adeptly navigating highly sophisticated subject matter to help protect the interests of businesses, patent holders, or other creative owners in and out of the courtroom, including against some of the world’s largest companies.

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Carmellia C. Boyer
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2692

Davis Bradford
Partner

Houston

713.212.2634

Mariah Brandyburg
Associate

Houston

713.212.2632

Carmellia Boyer focuses her practice on trial and appellate litigation as well as labor and employment law.

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Davis Bradford is a problem solver. An experienced trial attorney, he helps clients resolve difficult business disputes. Whether using litigation, arbitration, negotiation, or more informal means, he resolves complex matters through gaining an early understanding of his clients’ businesses, formulating an aggressive strategy to meet each clients’ needs, and using the calculated application of leverage.

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Mariah helps clients – predominately those in the banking industry – with credit facility enforcement, by helping to facilitate and draft documentation on the complex loan formation process and collections. Additionally, she helps banks, other financial institutions, factoring companies, and real estate entities in an array of transactional matters. Mariah’s duties consist of contract drafting and contract negotiations.

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David Brininger
Senior Associate

Houston

713.212.2680

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski
Partner

Houston

713.212.2670

E. Dale Burrus
Partner

Houston

713.212.2619

David Brininger represents clients across a broad range of industries through consumer and commercial litigation and related appeals. His experience includes all phases of litigation in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration proceedings. He holds a certification as a Certified Information Privacy Professional for European law (CIPP/E).

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M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski’s legal career spans more than three decades and includes 12 years as general counsel of a community bank, providing him with practical industry experience that informs his approach to client service.

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E. Dale Burrus has represented health care providers – facilities, physicians, and allied health providers – in all areas of law. She provides clients with counsel in litigation, risk management, peer review, contract review, and payer issues.

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Merritt B. Chastain III
Partner

Houston

713.212.2647

Kevin Corcoran
Partner

Houston

713.212.2715

Sadaf Deedar
Associate

Houston

713.212.2663

Merritt Chastain provides proactive traditional labor and employment counseling and handles related administrative proceedings and litigation, helping his clients first avoid workplace disputes and potentially costly mistakes, then successfully resolve matters in and out of court when necessary to minimize liability and financial exposure.

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Kevin G. Corcoran is a distinguished trial lawyer. His involvement in Energy, Contractual, Petrochemical, Mass Tort, and Pipeline related matters spans over 30 years. He has handled and tried a variety of complex and difficult commercial and personal injury lawsuits with success, including a large contractual dispute in the oilfield services industry spread over 4 states, large explosion cases on pipelines and in industrial facilities, multiple death and serious injury cases, and environmental leaks and spills incidents.

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Sadaf Deedar’s legal and professional experience informs her approach to handling patent prosecution and litigation, trademark prosecution and litigation, internet law, and trade secrets.

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Jacob Esparza
Partner

Houston

713.212.2654

Anthony J. (A.J.) Ferate
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City, Houston

405.753.5939 / 713.212.2615

Joseph A. (Joe) Garnett
Partner

Houston

713.212.2774

Jacob Esparza assists clients through all phases of complex litigation involving the insurance, construction, energy, and transportation industries, utilizing traditional, and alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve legal outcomes that reduce liability while also aligning with business objectives and goals.

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Anthony J. (A.J.) Ferate has built a multi-faceted background in the areas of the law, policy, energy, campaigns and elections, and defense for more than 20 years.

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Joe represents clients in litigatory matters across diverse industries, applying wide-ranging experience and several types of dispute resolution to favorably resolve matters in manners beneficial to business interests and goals. He initially develops solutions based on alternative resolution methods, including mediation and arbitration, and, when necessary, utilizes exceptional pre-trial, trial, and appellate advocacy, backed by a powerful reputation for success in the courtroom.

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Rebecca L. Gibson
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2716

Colin P. Goodman
Partner

Houston

713.212.2657

Jamie R. Guidry
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2777

Rebecca Gibson addresses the full range of risks clients might encounter with proactive legal strategies, allowing clients to reduce the potential for litigation but beneficially resolving matters utilizing a full range of dispute-resolution methods when necessary.

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Colin Goodman defends clients in the health care industry against medical malpractice lawsuits and actions involving peer review. He provides thoughtful and focused advocacy and has successfully defended clients at each stage of the litigation process. Additionally, he advises and represents health care entities and providers regarding compliance with Federal and state law, licensing issues, billing, contract negotiations, and business disputes. He also assists in navigating the unique intricacies of False Claims Act litigation.

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Jamie Guidry represents clients in several types of litigation, including products liability, premises liability, personal injury defense, and labor and employment matters, carefully assessing risks to achieve optimal outcomes aligned with business goals and objectives.

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Trevor A. Hall
Partner

Houston

713.212.2660

Danielle (DJ) Healey
Partner

Houston

713.212.2697

Anne Marie Laney Hill
Staff Attorney

Houston

713.212.2682

Trevor Hall helps banks, factoring companies, and other financial institutions, find dynamic paths to maximize their rights to recovery, as well as protect their interests against other parties. In doing so, Trevor uses his experience handling multiple trials and numerous cases, to efficiently and effectively achieve his client’s goals, often navigating many competing interests. He understands the nuances of lending and factoring relationships, providing early and frank case evaluation, and exploring potential contingencies, empowering his clients to make a cost-benefit analysis before moving forward.

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Danielle “DJ” Healey has been recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers U.S., Best Lawyers in America, IAM, and Super Lawyers as one of the preeminent intellectual property litigators in the U.S. She has over 30 years of experience in planning and executing enforcement strategies and counter-strategies in Federal and State Courts, the ITC, the FTC, European Courts, and the European Commission.

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Anne Marie Laney Hill focuses her practice in commercial and business litigation, including the representation of commercial lenders, banks, and insurance companies. She has experience representing financial institutions and other creditors in the areas of bank fraud, letters of credit, lender liability, creditor bankruptcy, collection, foreclosure, creditors’ rights, consumer credit, and loan workout.

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Albert H. Hiller
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2661

Seong Hong
Senior Associate

Houston

713.212.2727

William E. (Bill) Hopkins
Partner

Austin, Houston

512.840.4554

Al Hiller has practiced commercial real estate law in Texas for over 40 years. Al represents residential lot developers, office / service center and mini-storage operators, multi-family developers, and operators and developers of housing for homeless veterans.

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Seong Hong assists clients in navigating all phases of complex commercial litigation involving insurance bad faith failure to settle, product liability, class actions, breach of contract, medical marijuana licensing, transportation, and landlord-tenant disputes by utilizing traditional and alternative dispute resolution strategies to achieve optimal legal outcomes, reduce exposure to liability, and ensure that the client’s business needs and goals are met.

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Bill Hopkins helps to protect health care providers and health care companies against the many potential pitfalls in the industry, serving as both an advocate and educator for his clients in administrative law, regulatory defense, compliance, and litigation. He ensures that the legal aspects of health care are covered, so his clients can maintain their focus where it matters most – providing health care.

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C. Birk Hutchens
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2652

Frederick T. Johnson
Partner

Houston

713.212.2635

Brittainy A. Joyner
Associate

Tampa, Houston

813.424.3533

Birk Hutchens leads clients through all phases of commercial litigation including construction, employment, insurance matters, medical malpractice, personal injury, securities law, and consumer law. His experience includes the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court and representing clients in arbitration matters before the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

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Fred Johnson is a trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience litigating and trying cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators. He has represented clients as trial counsel in more than 30 contested jury and bench trials, numerous arbitrations, mediations, and contested hearings.

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Brittainy Joyner provides strong and detailed advocacy for her clients, managing complex litigation matters with a focus on commercial and business disputes, employment litigation, data privacy, and financial services. She has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, navigating all phases of litigation, including advocating and defending in depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.

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Jason M. Medley
Partner

Houston

713.212.2691

Amy L. Mitchell
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2729

William E. Morfey
Partner

Houston

713.212.2642

Jason Medley helps banks and other financial institutions structure transactions in a manner that enables them to be efficiently closed, allowing for key stakeholders to maximize benefits and avoid unnecessary delays or costs. His work fully encompasses all aspects of contract negotiations, workouts, intercreditor relations, and secured party collections.

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Amy Mitchell represents clients through a wide range of personal injury, construction defect, and commercial litigation matters, effectively managing all aspects of casework from inception to conclusion. During nearly four decades as an attorney, she has handled more than 3,000 litigation cases and successfully tried over 80 trials by utilizing her multifaceted skills as a powerful trial advocate and certified arbitrator to achieve favorable outcomes both in and out of the courtroom.

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William Morfey counsels business leaders through a broad range of commercial litigation, trial, and arbitration matters. These matters include contract disputes, business torts, construction litigation, and securities arbitration. He constantly strives to obtain practical solutions to his clients’ legal issues while remaining a tenacious advocate, and he has handled a number of complex business litigation cases involving issues ranging from partnership disputes and recovery of fraudulently transferred assets, to piercing the corporate veil and real estate fraud.

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Victoria Narezo
Associate

Houston

713.212.2636

Raymond A. (Ray) Neuer
Partner

Houston

713.212.2775

Robert E. (Ed) Perkins
Partner

Houston

713.212.2773

Victoria Narezo focuses her practice on a variety of commercial, employment, and general litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts. Victoria has experience at every stage of litigation, from pre-trial proceedings through trial and appeal.

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Ray is a practiced courtroom advocate who defends clients across a broad spectrum of litigatory matters, implementing strategies that effectively resolve disputes while preserving clients’ financial and reputational interests. Additionally, his dynamic legal acuity is regularly sought after to represent large, nationally recognized companies as both national and regional counsel.

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Ed Perkins is a skillful litigator with extensive experience defending clients in complex commercial disputes, employment discrimination cases, professional malpractice claims, and personal injury claims, limiting reputational and financial liability with innovative strategies backed by decades of litigatory insight. He has tried cases in federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts, and Texas state courts, where he consistently obtains favorable outcomes for his clients.

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Kristen Petry
Senior Associate

Houston

713.212.2622

Jeffrey J. (Jeff) Phillips
Partner

Houston

713.212.2710

Brian C. Poldrack
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2693

Kristen Petry is a member of the firm’s Health Care group. She helps clients in the health care industry navigate simple and complex litigation and compliance issues. She has defended large hospital systems and individual health care providers, including physicians, nurses, therapists, dentists, and chiropractors. Kristen also has experience advising clients on federal regulations including HIPAA and CFR Part 2.

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Jeff Phillips provides clients with a full scope of legal services related to intellectual property, first seeking to develop a detailed understanding of a client’s business and IP assets, and then providing strategic counsel focused on maximizing long-term value.

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Brian Poldrack guides clients through all aspects of civil litigation, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. With experience in complex civil trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals, he concentrates on the most effective and beneficial method of resolving his clients’ civil disputes.

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Kevin Powers
Partner

Houston

713.212.2638

Nick Reisch
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2644

Neil M. Rosenstein
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2621

Kevin Powers represents individuals and businesses across construction, real estate, oil and gas, financial services, manufacturing, and other diverse industries in complex commercial litigation, working quickly and efficiently to attain beneficial outcomes using the full range of dispute resolution methods. With more than two decades of experience as a trial attorney, he takes a comprehensive approach to litigation, vigorously advocating for clients’ key business interests and objectives while maintaining a big-picture perspective.

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Nick Reisch has extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in civil lawsuits in state and federal courts. He has also represented numerous clients in arbitration proceedings.

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Neil Rosenstein works with clients on estate planning, estate and trust administration, real estate, drafting of contracts, and tax and business planning.

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Misty A. Segura
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2643

Gulmina Shah
Senior Associate

Houston

713.212.2681

Wesley T. (Wes) Sprague
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2637

Misty Segura assists clients in a variety of industries with all aspects of bankruptcy matters and enforcement of creditors’ rights. Her work in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 cases has involved representing secured creditors (including lenders as well as mechanic and materialmen lienholders), trustees, landlords, and general unsecured creditors.

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Gulmina Shah is a member of the firm’s Litigation group. She represents both individual and corporate clients in a broad range of commercial litigation and business disputes, including oil and gas disputes, contract disputes, fraud and misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, and general business torts. Gulmina has experience in all phases of litigation and has represented clients in both state and federal courts.

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Wes is a trial attorney with decades of experience handling complex commercial, personal injury, and construction litigation, preserving his clients’ interests with proactive litigation strategies that limit liability. He specifically focuses on matters involving product, premises, and construction liability actions, defending companies, manufacturers, and property owners in state and federal court as well as arbitration proceedings. Additionally, Wes performs risk assessments prior to issues arising.

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Irving C. Stern
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2671

Anton Stewart
Senior Associate

Houston

713.212.2659

Brian G. Strand
Partner

Houston

713.212.2712

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Anton Stewart focuses his practice on a broad spectrum of labor and employment matters. He provides comprehensive, management-centered counsel to public and private clients and handles employment disputes in state and federal agencies, courts, and arbitration tribunals.

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Brian Strand seeks out and achieves beneficial outcomes for clients in complex patent litigation and patent validity disputes before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, strategically preparing cases for trial and appeal when necessary while identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for early resolution through dispositive motions or advantageous settlements.

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Jon L. Tankersley
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2673

Samuel Thomas
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2672

James L. (Jim) Ware
Of Counsel

Galveston, Houston

713.212.2776

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Samuel is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and focuses his practice on the representation of high net-worth individuals, families, and fiduciaries with respect to estate planning, probate, estate, and trust administration, closely-held business succession planning, entity formations, and wealth preservation.

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Jim represents clients in a variety of personal injury claims, mass tort actions, environmental matters, product liability suits, Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) claims, maritime disputes, and other commercial litigation, navigating particularly complex trial work with an acute attention to detail and a comprehensive awareness of all potential risks.

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Mark R. Wasem
Partner

Dallas, Houston

214.459.5878 / 713.212.2604

DeAndrea C. Washington
Partner

Houston

713.212.2616

Ruthie White
In Memoriam (1957 – 2023)

Houston

713.212.2626

Mark Wasem assists clients in a broad range of oil and gas transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties and natural gas pipelines, development and operation of natural gas pipelines, and the contractual and regulatory issues for upstream and midstream energy companies. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.

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DeAndrea Washington focuses her practice on a variety of labor employment litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates employment disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, such as the Texas Workforce Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Department of Labor. DeAndrea handles litigation matters at the pre-trial, trial, and appellate levels.

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Ruthie White helped employers resolve labor and employment disputes in and out of court. She created an established track record of favorable outcomes in discrimination, harassment, and retaliation cases while defending educational entities, local governments, and clients in the energy, banking, technology, retail, health care, and construction industries in legal venues throughout the state.

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Hon. Alvin L. Zimmerman
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2611

Brian W. Zimmerman
Partner

Houston

713.212.2651

Gary J. Zimmerman
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2612

Hon. Alvin Zimmerman is actively involved in family law including trials, custody, and marital agreements. He also serves as a mediator and arbitrator in Harris County, Texas, with extensive alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience including business, family, health, construction, commercial, tort, employment, intellectual property (patent, trademark, and copyright), personal injury, franchise, probate, and oil and gas cases. He is a credentialed distinguished mediator by the Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, of which there are fewer than 100 in Texas.

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Brian Zimmerman handles complex litigation matters and has tried numerous jury trials, bench trials, and arbitration proceedings for plaintiffs and defendants throughout the country. Brian has secured significantly favorable jury verdicts, judgments, and arbitration awards.

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Gary Zimmerman assists clients in family law, mediation, and civil litigation. He is a certified mediator and trained in collaborative law as a means of achieving resolution.

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