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Laura Alaniz
Partner

Houston

713.212.2724

Travis Cade Armstrong
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2725

Carmellia C. Boyer
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2692

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

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Davis Bradford
Partner

Houston

713.212.2634

Mariah Brandyburg
Associate

Houston

713.212.2632

David Brininger
Associate

Houston

713.212.2680

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 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
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2670

E. Dale Burrus
Partner

Houston

713.212.2619

Merritt B. Chastain III
Partner

Houston

713.212.2647

M. Edward (Ed) Burdzinski’s legal career spans more than three decade 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 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 Corcoran
Partner

Houston

713.212.2715

Sadaf Deedar
Associate

Houston

713.212.2663

Jacob Esparza
Partner

Houston

713.212.2654

Kevin G. Corcoran is a distinguished trial lawyer. His involvement in Energy, Petrochemical, 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 large contractual disputes in the oilfield services industry over 4 states, large explosion cases on pipelines and in industrial facilities, 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 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
Of Counsel

Oklahoma City, Houston

405.753.5939 / 713.212.2615

Rebecca L. Gibson
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2716

Colin P. Goodman
Partner

Houston

713.212.2657

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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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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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
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

Ray Jones
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2726

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 first chair trial attorney in more than 25 jury and bench trials, as lead counsel in contested matters seeking injunctive relief, in arbitrations and mediations. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of matters. Fred has spent most of his career litigating commercial cases involving businesses and individuals in a variety of areas.

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Ray Jones develops a full understanding of a client’s company, market, innovations, and competitors to develop defensive and enforcement strategies, leading to a course of action that protects and maximizes the value of the intellectual property assets.

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Brian Medich
Associate

Houston

713.212.2676

Jason M. Medley
Partner

Houston

713.212.2691

William E. Morfey
Partner

Houston

713.212.2642

Brian Medich regularly handles complex matters involving patent, trademark, copyright, and contractual disputes, providing proactive counsel to protect and maximize value through the full life cycle of products, services, and ideas. He brings proven experience with large corporations with expansive IP portfolios in addition to individual inventors and entrepreneurs.

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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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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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Lauren M. Nelson
Partner

Houston

713.212.2620

Jayme Partridge
Partner

Houston

713.212.2713

Kristen Petry
Associate

Houston

713.212.2622

Lauren M. Nelson has 14 years of experience litigating across the country on behalf of health care providers and executives, including hospital systems, physicians, rehabilitation centers, and other providers in complex medical malpractice actions, licensing matters, and other business disputes. She specializes in a variety of cases, from catastrophic birth and spinal cord injuries to misdiagnoses and failures to treat. Lauren also counsels and represents physicians and nurses before state and federal regulators and licensing boards in all manner of investigations, reviews, and inquiries.

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Jayme Partridge successfully melds a technical engineering background with proven trial advocacy skills to provide unique insight into her clients’ complex intellectual property litigation, resolving disputes in a manner that aligns with business objectives.

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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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Jeffrey J. (Jeff) Phillips
Partner

Houston

713.212.2710

Brian C. Poldrack
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2693

Nick Reisch
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2644

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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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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Erick S. Robinson
Partner

Houston, Austin

713.212.2638

Neil M. Rosenstein
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2621

Tiffany Santhavi Watts
Associate

Houston

713.212.2659

As the co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, Erick Robinson manages and tries “bet-the-business” patent cases on both the plaintiff and defendant side for clients from Fortune 100 companies to sole inventors. An experienced trial lawyer, patent litigator, and IP strategist with a technical background in computer science, electronics, and biotechnology, he fiercely protects his clients’ patents, trade secrets, and other intellectual property. A U.S. patent attorney, he also has broad experience in patent monetization and licensing, litigating and trying trade secret disputes, and litigating inter partes reviews before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). In addition, Erick is a certified Texas mediator.

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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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Tiffany helps employers resolve employment disputes in and out of the courtroom.

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Misty A. Segura
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2643

Gulmina Shah
Associate

Houston

713.212.2681

Irving C. Stern
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2671

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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Brian G. Strand
Partner

Houston

713.212.2712

Kyril Talanov
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2723

Jon L. Tankersley
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2673

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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Kyril Talanov is an experienced and trial-tested patent litigator. He has represented small entities and inventors to Fortune 100 clients in IP and complex commercial cases across the country with a focus on high-stakes patent litigation. Kyril’s experience extends to high-tech fields, such as wireless networks and security, data communication codecs, content streaming, business enterprise applications and software, smartphone chips, consumer electronics, and smart automotive sensors, as well as oilfield tools and industrial treatment chemicals.

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Samuel Thomas
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2672

Michael J. Warner
Lobbyist

Austin, Houston

512.575.6061

Mark R. Wasem
Partner

Dallas, Houston

214.459.5878 / 713.212.2604

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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Michael J. (Mike) Warner leads the firm’s Texas Governmental Affairs group. He brings more than 25 years of consultative experience working with municipalities and local, state, and federal government officials and, uniquely, he has been deeply involved in work for members of both political parties, positioning him to be a resource to a diverse client base for a variety of legislative issues.

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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 C. Washington
Partner

Houston

713.212.2616

Ruthie White
In Memoriam (1957 – 2023)

Houston

713.212.2626

Mark E. Wise
Of Counsel

Houston

713.212.2631

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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Mark Wise represents public and private businesses in complex merger and acquisition transactions, venture capital transactions, commercial financing, and securities offerings. In addition, he has extensive experience in commercial real estate and municipal finance issues.

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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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