Best Lawyers in America Recognizes Sixty-Five Bracewell Attorneys

HOUSTON, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-five Bracewell & Giuliani LLP attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012.

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The following is a summary of the individual attorneys who will be recognized in the 2012 rankings:

Austin
Alan D. Albright - Litigation – Patent
W. Stephen Benesh - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Construction
Edward A. Cavazos - Technology Law
Conor M. Civins - Litigation – Patent, Trademark Law
R. Joe Hull - Tax Law
Philip F. Ricketts - Administrative / Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Telecommunications, Energy Law, Electricity, Public Utility
Timothy A. Wilkins - Environmental Law, Administrative/Regulatory, Clean Water Act, Counseling, Enforcement Defense, Environmental Crimes, Environmental Permitting, Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing and Management Systems, Industry, Litigation, RCRA/Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Superfunds/Environmental Remediation

Dallas
Sanford M. Brown - Banking and Finance Law, Financial Services Regulation Law
Bruce A. Cheatham - Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Compliance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, General Corporate, IPO, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Professional Ethics and Responsibility, Publicly-Held Companies, Retail, Securities, Transactions, Venture Capital
Janice Z. Davis - Corporate Law
Alfred G. Kyle - Real Estate Law
Christopher H. Rentzel - Litigation - Labor & Employment, Litigation - Real Estate
Robert E. Sheeder - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Samuel M. Stricklin - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Lon R. Williams, Jr. - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management

Hartford
Evan D. Flaschen - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy

Houston
Jay R. Aldis - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management
Glenn A. Ballard, Jr. - Litigation - Intellectual Property
Lance W. Behnke - Tax Law
John L. Bland - Corporate Law
Gregory M. Bopp - Tax Law
John R. Brantley - Corporate Law
Mark C. Evans - Banking and Finance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Project Finance Law
Kelly Frels - Education Law
Dewey J. Gonsoulin, Jr. - Banking and Finance Law, Oil & Gas Lending
J. Clifford Gunter III - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law
William D. Gutermuth - Corporate Law
Amy Karff Halevy – Employment Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Warren W. Harris - Appellate Practice
William J. Hayes - Banking and Finance Law, Asset-Based Lending, Finance, Loan Documentation
Tracy D. Hester – Environmental Law, Administrative/Regulatory
Albert B. Kimball, Jr. - Litigation – Patent, Patent Law
Marcy E. Kurtz - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy
Geoffrey A. Long - Corporate Governance Law
Thomas D. Manford III - Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law
Edgar J. Marston III - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law
Thomas O. Moore III - Real Estate Law
Gary W. Orloff - Corporate Law
Mary Catherine Ozdogan - Banking and Finance Law
G. Alan Rafte - Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law, Project Finance Law
Charles H. Still, Jr. - Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Securities, Securities / Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
Michael S. Telle - Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities
Clark G. Thompson, Jr. - International Trade and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
R. Daniel Witschey, Jr. - Corporate Law
William A. Wood III - Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

New York
Robin J. Miles - Banking and Finance Law
Laurence A. Silverman - Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television

San Antonio
Mario A. Barrera - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Leslie Selig Byrd - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management
Richard C. Danysh - Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation
John A. Ferguson, Jr. - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
Judy K. Jetelina - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation - Labor & Employment
James H. Kizziar, Jr. - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Labor Law – Union, Litigation - Labor & Employment
George P. Parker, Jr. - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law - Management
J. Tullos Wells - Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management

Seattle
David A. Domansky - Energy Law

Washington, D.C.
Richard W. Beckler - Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation - Securities
Jeffrey R. Holmstead - Environmental Law
Lisa M. Jaeger - Litigation - Environmental
Mark K. Lewis - Oil & Gas Law, Gas, Pipeline, Regulatory
Nancy Jo Nelson - Project Finance Law
Michael L. Pate - Government Relations Practice
Charles H. Shoneman - Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law
George H. Williams, Jr. - Energy Law
Nancy A. Wodka - Project Finance Law

Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their areas of practice. For more information on The Best Lawyers in America visit their Web site at http://bestlawyers.com/default.aspx.

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