The Corporate Deal Tracker’s Texas lawyer rankings for M&A dealmaking in 2023 ranked by deal count from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 shows that only two lawyers have been involved in at least 10 mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures so far this year, but 23 have worked on five or more transactions during the first eight months of the year. These are lawyers based in Texas who represented any client (buyers, sellers, targets, financial advisors, banks, conflict committees or third parties).
Latham & Watkins partner Ryan Maierson of Houston has worked on 13 deals with a combined value of $25.1 billion. Katten partner Victor Zanetti of Dallas handled 10 transactions. All of Zanetti’s involved privately-held companies in which the value of the deal was confidential.
Kirkland & Ellis placed 11 lawyers in the CDT’s top 20 and 20 of the top 50. Latham has seven of the top 50 and Sidley has six.
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On Friday, The Texas Lawbook will publish the CDT’s M&A lawyer rankings by deal value. Next week, The Lawbook will publish the lawyer rankings for M&A lead counsel for the principals (buyers, sellers and targets) in transactions.
Updated lists will be available through the “Rankings/Lists” menu on the Corporate Deal Tracker page. For questions or additional deal submissions, please contact Christi Trammell at christi.trammell@texaslawbook.net.
2023 Lawyer M&A Listing
A listing of deal volumes and values of Texas-based firm lead lawyers in deals reported to The Texas Lawbook.
Listing as of Aug. 31, 2023.
Listing as of Aug. 31, 2023.
Note: Deal values are expressed in millions.
| Lawyer (Office) | Firm | Deal Count | Deal Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Maierson (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 13 | 25,096 | |
| Victor Zanetti (Dallas) | Katten | 10 | - | |
| Hillary Holmes (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 9 | 13,383 | |
| Mike Blankenship (Houston) | Winston & Strawn | 9 | 1,198 | |
| Michael Piazza (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 8 | 1,180 | |
| David Castro (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 7 | 8,030 | |
| Thomas Laughlin (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 7 | 6,665 | |
| Cyril Jones (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 7 | 4,700 | |
| Bill Benitez (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 7 | 1,236 | |
| Sean Wheeler (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 34,830 | |
| Debbie Yee (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 33,322 | |
| Bryan Loocke (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 5 | 8,555 | |
| John Pitts (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 7,000 | |
| Kevin Crews (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 4,325 | |
| Kyle Watson (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 3,400 | |
| John Greer (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 5 | 3,199 | |
| Robert Goodin (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 3,100 | |
| Justin Stolte (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 5 | 749 | |
| Stephen Olson (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 5 | 700 | |
| John Kaercher (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 5 | 200 | |
| Cliff Vrielink (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 5 | 114 | |
| Tara Lancaster (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 5 | 85 | |
| William Howell (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 5 | - | |
| Steve Gill (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 4 | 17,177 | |
| Will Anderson (Houston) | Bracewell | 4 | 10,941 | |
| Rahul Vashi (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 4,935 | |
| Brittany Sakowitz (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 4,603 | |
| Rhett Van Syoc (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 4,350 | |
| Tull Florey (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 4 | 4,163 | |
| Jeremy Kennedy (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 4 | 3,668 | |
| Lauren Anderson (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 4 | 2,569 | |
| Ravi Purohit (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 4 | 2,150 | |
| Mitch Tiras (Houston) | Locke Lord | 4 | 1,505 | |
| Nick Dhesi (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 4 | 1,423 | |
| James Garrett (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 4 | 800 | |
| Shubi Arora (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 330 | |
| Tony Johnston (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 300 | |
| Jeff Schlegel (Houston) | Jones Day | 4 | 136 | |
| Jason Peters (Houston) | King & Spalding | 4 | 15 | |
| Christopher May (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 4 | - | |
| Mark Kunzman (Houston) | Egan Nelson | 4 | - | |
| Lande Spottswood (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 3 | 14,300 | |
| Allan Kirk (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 3 | 6,743 | |
| John Goodgame (Houston) | Akin | 3 | 3,990 | |
| Adam Larson (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 3 | 3,830 | |
| Clay Brett (Houston) | Baker Botts | 3 | 3,700 | |
| Preston Bernhisel (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 3 | 3,200 | |
| George Vlahakos (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 3 | 3,000 | |
| Aaron Rigby (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 3 | 2,985 | |
| Todd Lowther (Houston) | Shearman & Sterling | 3 | 2,106 | |
| Jason Schumacher (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 3 | 1,980 | |
| John Grand (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 3 | 1,910 | |
| Jon Daly (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 3 | 1,785 | |
| Kevin Peter (Houston) | Locke Lord | 3 | 1,760 | |
| Atman Shukla (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 3 | 1,594 | |
| Breen Haire (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 3 | 1,300 | |
| Shamus Crosby (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 3 | 1,300 | |
| Alain Dermarkar (Dallas) | Shearman & Sterling | 3 | 1,280 | |
| Stephen Szalkowski (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 3 | 968 | |
| Ahmed Sidik (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 3 | 909 | |
| Jason Rocha (Houston) | White & Case | 3 | 898 | |
| Charlie Ofner (Houston) | White & Case | 3 | 598 | |
| Benjamin Martin (Houston) | Bracewell | 3 | 496 | |
| Michael Gibson (Austin) | Vinson & Elkins | 3 | 470 | |
| Adam Garmezy (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 3 | 422 | |
| Alexandra Wilde (Houston) | Jones Day | 3 | 50 | |
| Jim Knight (Houston) | Egan Nelson | 3 | 14 | |
| Victoria Mitchell (Dallas) | Egan Nelson | 3 | 4 | |
| Banks Bruce (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 3 | - | |
| Bill Kleinman (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 3 | - | |
| Chase Proctor (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 3 | - | |
| Eric Larson (Houston) | Locke Lord | 3 | - | |
| Jennie Simmons (Houston) | Locke Lord | 3 | - | |
| Jessica Sheridan (Houston) | Willkie Farr | 3 | - | |
| Rob Kibby (Dallas) | Munsch Hardt | 3 | - | |
| Simin Sun (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 3 | - | |
| Tim Chandler (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 3 | - | |
| Tom Yang (Dallas) | Akin | 3 | - | |
| Doug McWilliams (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 9,400 | |
| Robert Cardone (Dallas) | Shearman & Sterling | 2 | 8,900 | |
| Thomas Verity (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 2 | 4,823 | |
| Matthew Grunert (Houston) | Bracewell | 2 | 4,421 | |
| Mike Telle (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 3,077 | |
| William Eiland (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 2,340 | |
| Bill Finnegan (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 2 | 2,200 | |
| Whit Roberts (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 2 | 1,840 | |
| Austin Elam (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 2 | 1,500 | |
| Matt Falcone (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 1,450 | |
| Sarah McLean (Houston) | Shearman & Sterling | 2 | 1,450 | |
| Katherine Frank (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 1,430 | |
| James Robertson (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 2 | 900 | |
| Cynthia Mabry (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 2 | 859 | |
| R.J. Malenfant (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 825 | |
| Chris Rowley (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 621 | |
| Bill Nelson (Houston) | Shearman & Sterling | 2 | 619 | |
| Emily Leitch (Houston) | Shearman & Sterling | 2 | 619 | |
| Chris Heasley (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 600 | |
| Ryan Lynch (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 2 | 392 | |
| John Furlow (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 250 | |
| Zahra Usmani (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | 200 | |
| Sara Garcia Duran (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 2 | 150 | |
| Jennifer Wisinski (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 2 | 145 | |
| Ryan Sears (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 2 | 140 | |
| Charlie Haag (Dallas) | Winston & Strawn | 2 | 121 | |
| Doug Getten (Houston) | Baker Botts | 2 | 106 | |
| Peter Weinstock (Dallas) | HuntonAK | 2 | 86 | |
| Rachel Fitzgerald (Houston) | Locke Lord | 2 | 80 | |
| Abby Branigan (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 70 | |
| Mark Kelly (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 38 | |
| Mike Marek (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 30 | |
| Jason Howard (Dallas) | Egan Nelson | 2 | 23 | |
| Michael Colvin (Dallas) | Egan Nelson | 2 | 10 | |
| Wes Watts (Austin) | Gunderson | 2 | 4 | |
| Robert Hughes (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 2 | 4 | |
| Jeff Dodd (Houston) | HuntonAK | 2 | 3 | |
| Aaron Savella (Houston) | Willkie Farr | 2 | - | |
| Adam Nalley (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 2 | - | |
| Allison Pearce (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 2 | - | |
| Andrew Walker (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | - | |
| Ben Hardison (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | - | |
| Brandon McCoy (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 2 | - | |
| Cassandra Cuellar (Austin) | Shearman & Sterling | 2 | - | |
| Chris Ferazzi (Houston) | Winston & Strawn | 2 | - | |
| Chris Folmsbee (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 2 | - | |
| David Lange (Dallas) | Winston & Strawn | 2 | - | |
| Hobbs Gnaim (Houston) | Chamberlain Hrdlicka | 2 | - | |
| Holt Foster (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 2 | - | |
| Jack Jacobsen (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 2 | - | |
| John McGowan (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 2 | - | |
| Jonathan Benloulou (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | - | |
| Katy Lukaszewski (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 2 | - | |
| Kelly Dybala (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 2 | - | |
| Michael Considine (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 2 | - | |
| Sameer Mohan (Houston) | Morgan Lewis | 2 | - | |
| Shumaila Dhuka (Houston) | Locke Lord | 2 | - | |
| Tim Samson (Houston) | Holland & Knight | 2 | - | |
| Will Becker (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 2 | - | |
| Zach Burnett (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 2 | - | |
| Kevin Richardson (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 18,800 | |
| Robert Kimball (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 7,300 | |
| Sarah Morgan (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 7,100 | |
| Melissa Kalka (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 7,000 | |
| Trina Chandler (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 6,764 | |
| Kevin Schott (Houston) | Akin | 1 | 3,800 | |
| Eric Otness (Houston) | Skadden | 1 | 3,500 | |
| James Griffin (Dallas) | Weil | 1 | 2,700 | |
| Brent Schultz (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | 2,500 | |
| David Miller (Austin) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 2,500 | |
| Samuel Rettew (Austin) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 2,500 | |
| Jon Platt (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | 2,250 | |
| Larry Hall (Houston) | Baker Botts | 1 | 2,250 | |
| Lindsey Jaquillard (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 2,250 | |
| Joe Flack (Houston) | Jackson Walker | 1 | 1,840 | |
| Brook Mestre (Dallas) | Baker McKenzie | 1 | 1,800 | |
| Robert Stephens (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 1 | 1,750 | |
| Emergy Choi (Houston) | White & Case | 1 | 1,600 | |
| Mingda Zhao (Houston) | White & Case | 1 | 1,600 | |
| Travis Wofford (Houston) | Baker Botts | 1 | 1,600 | |
| Alan Bogdanow (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 1,400 | |
| Debra Villarreal (Dallas) | Holland & Knight | 1 | 1,400 | |
| Benji Barron (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 1,050 | |
| Jim Cole (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 1,000 | |
| Taylor Speers (Dallas) | Winston & Strawn | 1 | 1,000 | |
| Melanie Harmon (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 960 | |
| Archie Fallon (Houston) | Willkie Farr | 1 | 835 | |
| Danielle Patterson (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 825 | |
| Shalla Pritchard (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | 825 | |
| Jonathan Whalen (Dallas) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | 800 | |
| Adam Whitehouse (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | 700 | |
| Janice Davis (Dallas) | Morgan Lewis | 1 | 700 | |
| Kraig Grahmann (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | 655 | |
| Jason Jean (Houston) | Bracewell | 1 | 621 | |
| Colin Diamond (Houston) | White & Case | 1 | 600 | |
| Laura Katherine Mann (Houston) | White & Case | 1 | 600 | |
| Patrick Salvo (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 570 | |
| Brooke Sizer (Houston) | Holland & Knight | 1 | 500 | |
| Chad Smith (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 500 | |
| Cole Bredthauer (Fort Worth) | Akin | 1 | 500 | |
| Patrick Moneypenny (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 500 | |
| Robert Dougherty (Dallas) | Holland & Knight | 1 | 500 | |
| Drew Neal (Fort Worth) | Kelly Hart & Hallman | 1 | 455 | |
| Drew Neill (Fort Worth) | Kelly Hart & Hallman | 1 | 455 | |
| Molly Butkus (Houston) | Bracewell | 1 | 455 | |
| Tom Harris (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | 440 | |
| David Lang (Houston) | King & Spalding | 1 | 400 | |
| John Ransom (Houston) | BoyarMIller | 1 | 400 | |
| Ryan Scofield (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 1 | 400 | |
| Steve Kesten (Houston) | BoyarMIller | 1 | 400 | |
| Kevin Wessel (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 384 | |
| Matthew Nadworny (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 384 | |
| Joshua Kiernan (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 371 | |
| Doug Bland (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 335 | |
| Joclynn Marsh (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 330 | |
| Mike O'Leary (Houston) | HuntonAK | 1 | 330 | |
| Mike Bielby (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 255 | |
| John Quattrocchi (Dallas) | Baker McKenzie | 1 | 245 | |
| Robert Shearer (Houston) | Akin | 1 | 175 | |
| Stephen Boone (Houston) | Akin | 1 | 175 | |
| Blake Redwine (Dallas) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | 169 | |
| Michael Massiatte (Dallas) | DLA Piper | 1 | 146 | |
| Tim Fenn (Houston ) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 106 | |
| Omar Samji (Houston) | Shearman & Sterling | 1 | 105 | |
| Dean Hinderliter (Dallas) | Winston & Strawn | 1 | 104 | |
| Alec Manzer (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 100 | |
| Jennifer Gasser (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 86 | |
| Gerry Spedale (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | 80 | |
| Trent Bridges (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 1 | 80 | |
| Jack Shirley (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 75 | |
| Cody Carper (Houston) | Skadden | 1 | 70 | |
| Chris Kirkpatrick (Dallas) | Wick Phillips | 1 | 67 | |
| Stephen Grant (Houston) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | 67 | |
| Steve Camp (Dallas) | Husch Blackwell | 1 | 67 | |
| Steve Rubin (Dallas) | Wick Phillips | 1 | 67 | |
| Patrick Salvo (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 65 | |
| Michael Byrd (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | 54 | |
| Shane Sullivan (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | 54 | |
| Brent Bernell (Austin) | DLA Piper | 1 | 50 | |
| Rodney Moore (Dallas) | Weil | 1 | 50 | |
| Ryan Hunsaker (Houston) | Winston & Strawn | 1 | 50 | |
| Scott Delaney (Dallas) | Weil | 1 | 50 | |
| Paul Conneely (Dallas) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | 43 | |
| James Reardon (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | 41 | |
| Kristen Cox (Dallas) | Meadows Collier Reed | 1 | 41 | |
| Michael Larkin (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | 41 | |
| Michael Chambers (Austin) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 39 | |
| Scott Craig (Austin) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | 30 | |
| Austin Mercer (Dallas) | Egan Nelson | 1 | 23 | |
| Joe Hoffman (Dallas) | Katten | 1 | 21 | |
| Crosby Scofield (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | 20 | |
| Michelle Kwan (Austin) | Shearman & Sterling | 1 | 15 | |
| Sarah O'Brien (Austin) | Shearman & Sterling | 1 | 15 | |
| Carmelo Gordian (Austin) | Shearman & Sterling | 1 | 6 | |
| Matt Lyons (Austin) | Wilson Sonsini | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeff Dobbs (Houston) | Mayer Brown | 1 | 4 | |
| Phil Lau (Houston) | Mayer Brown | 1 | 4 | |
| Lee Davis (Houston) | HuntonAK | 1 | 3 | |
| Ryan Gravelle (Austin) | Kastner Gravelle | 1 | 3 | |
| Brad Whitlock (Dallas) | Egan Nelson | 1 | 3 | |
| A.J. Ericksen (Houston) | White & Case | 1 | - | |
| Akash Sethi (Dallas) | McGuireWoods | 1 | - | |
| Alan Alexander (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Alex Devine (Austin) | Gunderson | 1 | - | |
| Becky Diffen (Austin) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| Ben Clark (Houston) | Pillsbury | 1 | - | |
| Beth Whitaker (Dallas) | HuntonAK | 1 | - | |
| Brad Honeycutt (Houston) | Willkie Farr | 1 | - | |
| Brandon Lobb (Houston) | Locke Lord | 1 | - | |
| Brent Standefer (Austin) | Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford | 1 | - | |
| Brian Fenske (Houston) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| Brian Rose (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | - | |
| Brock Niezgoda (Houston) | Gray Reed | 1 | - | |
| Bryan Henderson (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Catharine Hansard (Dallas) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Chet Fenimore (Austin) | Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford | 1 | - | |
| Chris Bennett (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 1 | - | |
| Chrissy Metcalf (Dallas) | O'Melveny | 1 | - | |
| Clint Rancher (Houston) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Colin Mize (Dallas) | Wick Phillips | 1 | - | |
| Corey Brown (Houston) | Porter Hedges | 1 | - | |
| Daniel Allison (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Daniel McEntee (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Daryl Lansdale (San Antonio) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| David Gail (Dallas) | Weil | 1 | - | |
| David Pierson (Houston) | Chamberlain Hrdlicka | 1 | - | |
| David Stringer (Houston) | Jones Day | 1 | - | |
| David Washburn (Dallas) | Katten | 1 | - | |
| Debbi Johnstone (Houston) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| Edward Xia (Dallas) | Sheppard Mullin | 1 | - | |
| Elena Sauber (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Elizabeth Ali (Houston) | Morgan Lewis | 1 | - | |
| Geetika Jerath (Austin) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| Gemma Descoteaux (Dallas) | Sheppard Mullin | 1 | - | |
| Glen Pinkerton (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Grant Everett (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Heath Trisdale (Houston) | King & Spalding | 1 | - | |
| Henry Benton (Dallas) | Locke Lord | 1 | - | |
| Jacqui Bogucki (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 1 | - | |
| Jared Grimley (Houston) | Latham & Watkins | 1 | - | |
| Jason Bennett (Houston) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Jeff Dinerstein (Houston) | Morgan Lewis | 1 | - | |
| Jerry Fellows (Dallas) | Greenberg Traurig | 1 | - | |
| Jesse Myers (Houston) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | - | |
| John Brannan (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| John Michael (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Jon Finger (Dallas) | McGuireWoods | 1 | - | |
| Jonathan Newton (Houston) | King & Spalding | 1 | - | |
| Joseph Fore (Austin) | DLA Piper | 1 | - | |
| Josh McNulty (Dallas) | HuntonAK | 1 | - | |
| Joshua Teahen (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Kate Willson (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Kellie Bobo (Austin) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | - | |
| Kim Cagle (Houston) | King & Spalding | 1 | - | |
| Kim Hicks (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Kit Rockhill (Houston) | Jones Day | 1 | - | |
| Kristen Smith (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Larry Pascal (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | - | |
| Lauren Richter (Houston) | Locke Lord | 1 | - | |
| Lindsay Ferguson (Dallas) | Sheppard Mullin | 1 | - | |
| Marc Lipscomb (Dallas) | Locke Lord | 1 | - | |
| Marc Rose (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Mark Hamrick (Houston) | Egan Nelson | 1 | - | |
| Matt Strock (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Matthew Einbinder (Houston) | Simpson Thacher | 1 | - | |
| Michael Keeley (Dallas) | Norton Rose Fulbright | 1 | - | |
| Milam Newby (Austin) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Miriam Khalifa (Austin) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Nathan Meredith (Dallas) | Shearman & Sterling | 1 | - | |
| Nick Monier (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | - | |
| Patrick Hanchey (Dallas) | Alston & Bird | 1 | - | |
| Peter Marshall (Dallas) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Ray Balestri (Dallas) | Bell Nunnally | 1 | - | |
| Richard Wynne (Houston) | Winston & Strawn | 1 | - | |
| Robert Little (Dallas) | Gibson Dunn | 1 | - | |
| Samantha Crispin (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Samuel Peca (Dallas) | Weil | 1 | - | |
| Sarah Dodson (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Scott Parel (Dallas) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Shane McClelland (Katy) | UNDISCLOSED COUNSEL | 1 | - | |
| Shay Kuperman (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Stephen Noh (Houston) | Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | - | |
| Steve Mann (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - | |
| Steven Bartz (Dallas) | Greenberg Traurig | 1 | - | |
| Stuart Rasley (Dallas) | McGuireWoods | 1 | - | |
| Tan Lu (Houston) | Willkie Farr | 1 | - | |
| Thomas Zenter (Houston) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Tom Tippetts (Dallas) | Haynes and Boone | 1 | - | |
| Tommer Yoked (Houston) | Sidley Austin | 1 | - | |
| Trevor Pinkerton (Houston) | King & Spalding | 1 | - | |
| Veronica Nunn (Austin) | Pillsbury | 1 | - | |
| Wes Jones (Austin) | Vinson & Elkins | 1 | - | |
| Zach Fedorko (Dallas) | Baker Botts | 1 | - |