Dallas firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP recognized among the top law firms in Texas

Seventeen of the firms lawyers were also singled out as the best in their respective fields.

DALLAS — Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announced today that it has been recognized among the top law firms in Texas, earning high rankings in Chambers USA's prestigious annual survey of the U.S. legal industry.

Gardere ranked among the nation’s top business law firms for Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) matters, and among the top business firms in Texas in nine practice areas highlighted in the Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2010 survey. The firm has been recognized for its work on behalf of clients in Antitrust, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Construction, Corporate/M&A, Environment, Insurance, Labor & Employment, Real Estate and Tax matters.

Additionally, 17 of the firm's Dallas-based lawyers, representing 11 practice areas, were recognized among the best attorneys in Texas in their respective fields, including:

Antitrust, Curtis L. Frisbie Jr., Dallas; Randy D. Gordon, Dallas

Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Stephen McCartin, Dallas; John P. Melko, Houston; Holland N. O'Neil, Dallas; Richard M. Roberson, Dallas; Deirdre B. Ruckman, Dallas

Construction, D. Steven Henry, Dallas

Corporate/M&A, Larry Schoenbrun, Dallas

Environment, Frances E. Phillips, Dallas

Immigration, Irina Plumlee, Dallas

Intellectual Property, Steven E. Ross, Dallas

Labor & Employment, Ronald Gaswirth, Dallas

Real Estate, Kevin L. Kelley, Dallas; Clifford J. Risman, Dallas

Tax: Litigation, Val J. Albright, Dallas; Cym H. Lowell, Dallas

Technology: Corporate & Commercial, Peter S. Vogel

In addition to the Texas rankings, three partners received national recognition for their practices. Marshall J. Doke Jr., a partner in the Dallas office, was recognized for his work in Government Contracts, Clifford J. Risman was recognized for his work in Leisure & Hospitality, and N.L. “Larry” Stevens III, a partner in the Houston office, was singled out for his transactional work in Energy: Oil & Gas.

Complete rankings appear in Chambers USA Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2010.

Source: Gardere Wynne Sewell