Recognized Lawyers in Texas

Jeff PattersonJeff Patterson

Jeff defends car and truck manufacturers in product liability litigation, including cases involving electric vehicles, battery fires and advanced driver-assistance systems. He also handles commercial, fraud and patent litigation for vehicle manufacturers and has served as national counsel in pattern litigation.

Blake CrawfordBlake H. Crawford

Blake focuses on insurance coverage disputes, particularly commercial general liability and business auto liability claims. He handles coverage determinations, claims handling and settlement negotiations, and litigates contractual and extra-contractual coverage disputes for insurers and policyholders.

Summer GreathouseSummer B. Greathouse

Summer focuses on affordable and workforce housing development, advising Texas cities, counties and housing authorities on public-private partnerships, low-income housing tax credit transactions, tax-exempt financing and transactions involving public facility and housing finance corporations.

David JohnsonDavid Fowler Johnson

David handles trust and estate litigation for banks and trustees, including disputes over trust administration, will contests, fiduciary duty claims and accountings. He also advises trust departments on trust construction, modifications and successor trustee appointments.

Maka HutsonMaka Y. Hutson

Maka leads Akin’s Immigration Law practice, advising clients on U.S. immigration compliance, employment visas and consular processing. She represents clients in government investigations involving visa fraud, immigration fraud and foreign national hiring, and conducts internal investigations and audits.

Richard WhiteleyRichard F. Whiteley

Richard chairs Bracewell’s construction litigation practice, handling construction disputes, including defect claims, in trials and arbitrations. His broader commercial litigation work includes contract and real estate disputes, and he has experience seeking temporary injunctions and other extraordinary relief.

James McAnellyJames “JJ” McAnelly III

JJ advises oil and gas companies, private equity firms and lenders on upstream and midstream transactions, including purchases and sales of production and pipeline assets, joint ventures and energy lending. His oil and gas practice also covers operational matters, restructurings and carbon capture projects.

Marc EpsteinMarc N. Epstein

Marc advises owners, developers, landlords, tenants and investors on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing and development. He also structures real estate investment ventures and negotiates construction and property operation agreements.

Carrie DouglasCarrie Douglas

Carrie focuses on Health Care Law, representing hospital systems, ambulatory surgery centers and large physician practices in reimbursement disputes with commercial payors and third-party administrators. She handles managed care contract disputes, seeks pre-litigation resolutions and advises on hospital price transparency.

Brad BenoitBradley J. Benoit

Brad chairs Bracewell’s energy litigation practice, representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes involving oil and gas and power companies, from producers and pipelines to refiners and power plant owners. He also handles securities and derivative matters and bankruptcy-related litigation.

Raleigh JohnstonRaleigh Johnston

Raleigh is listed in Property Tax and advises public and private companies, including REITs, on the tax and corporate structuring of real estate investments. His work covers U.S. federal income tax issues, joint ventures, fund formations, securities offerings, acquisitions and real estate sales.

Trevor CarolanTrevor W. Carolan

Trevor focuses on Appellate Law and advanced motions in automotive, medical device and pharmaceutical product liability cases. He prepares and argues pretrial motions, develops jury instructions and verdict forms with trial counsel, preserves issues for appeal, and handles post-trial motions and appeals.