Dallas attorneys at Sayles Werbner ranked among nation’s top lawyers

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — Richard Sayles and Mark Werbner, founders of the Dallas-based trial law firm Sayles Werbner, once again have earned recognition in The Best Lawyers in America.

To develop The Best Lawyers in America, researchers with Woodward/White Inc. conduct an extensive peer-review survey of thousands of attorneys from across the United States. The 2010 listing is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of individual U.S. lawyers.

Sayles and Werbner are recognized in the 2010 edition based on their work in “bet-the-company” and commercial litigation. Mr. Werbner also earned a spot among the nation’s top attorneys for white-collar criminal defense.

Sayles recently helped a unit of Johnson & Johnson win a $1.67 billion verdict in an intellectual property trial over patents used to produce a popular arthritis medication. The win was reported by Bloomberg news service as the largest patent verdict in U.S. history.

Soon after Sayles’ record-setting victory, Werbner helped secure a multimillion-dollar verdict for the now-closed law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist in a breach of contract lawsuit. News reports of the $4.1 million award were included in business and legal publications around the country, including Texas Lawyer newspaper.

Source: Sayles Werbner