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Order your copy of Lions of the Texas Bar

More than 100,000 lawyers are practicing in Texas today, but The Texas Lawbook identified more than 50 legendary attorneys that the profession considers to be Lions of the Texas Bar. The Lawbook has produced a glossy magazine that profiles each one of them.

These Lions of the Bar scored billion-dollar wins for individuals and businesses. They sued to remove dangerous products off store shelves and forced unfit doctors to end their medical practices. They defended companies from frivolous lawsuits and against unfair rules and regulations or advised corporations in mega-mergers and acquisitions. Some are judges who authored controversial and landmark decisions that changed how we live.

“These attorneys are the last of a great generation – a time when gods truly roamed the courthouse,” says recently retired ExxonMobil General Counsel Jack Balagia.

Contact Sally Selio at sally.selio@texaslawbook.net or 469.999.2426 to order your copy. This 84-page booklet is available for $10.00 each.

We know you will enjoy reading it!

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Features

  • P.S. — ‘Dean of the Texas Appellate Bar’ Honored, HBA Launches Days of Service and How to Boost Giving to LANWT   - In this week’s column, renowned appellate attorney Mike Hatchell of Haynes Boone is set to receive the Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award for his decadeslong contributions to appellate law in Texas. The Houston Bar Association also announced its new Days of Service initiative. And the Texas Indigent Defense Commission approved more than $1.7 million in grants to bolster mental health defense services and public defender capacity across rural counties.  September 5, 2025Krista Torralva
  • My Five Favorite Books: Alvin Benton (Vice President, Compliance Officer at Capital One) - Themes of self-determination, grit, speaking truth, and building self-esteem are prominent in my favorite reads, which starts with a landmark autobiography and ends with a children's book.

    Publisher’s note: The Texas Lawbook is pleased to offer this new column in partnership with Texas-based Half Price Books sharing our readers’ favorite reads.
    September 3, 2025Alvin Benton

GCs, Lawyers & Firms

  • Former Energy GC Brock Degeyter Joins Troutman Pepper Locke in Dallas - Degeyter was most recently the general counsel, chief compliance officer, and secretary of Medallion Midstream until its $2.6 billion acquisition by ONEOK, which closed last October. His in-house resume also includes helping lead Summit Midstream's IPO and working on the historic leveraged buyout of TXU Corp.
  • Hunton AK Adds New Leader of Appellate Practice
  • Dallas PE Partner Boomerangs Back to Weil
  • Ret. Judge Barbara Lynn Joins Lynn Pinker
  • Holland & Knight Hires Another Longtime King & Spalding Healthcare Veteran
  • Barnes & Thornburg Adds PE Hire in Dallas
  • McKool Smith Hires High-Ranking U.S. Prosecutor in Dallas
  • Hicks Johnson Hires New Leader of its Appellate Practice 
  • Spencer Fane Adds IP Leader from Wick Phillips
  • DOJ Environmental Lawyer Joins Phelps Dunbar in Austin
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Lawyers in the News

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Barry Barnett
Wes Bearden
Emily Westridge Black
Michael Burke
Alicia Campbell
John Campbell
Madeleine Carpenter
Alexander Clark
Dawn Pittman Collins
Richard Finneran
Elizabeth Freeman
David Gail
Elizabeth Gibson
David Jones
Frank Lopez
Abbe Lowell
Neal Manne
Billy Marsh
Tom Melsheimer
Tasha Moser
Justin Nelson
Reed O'Connor
Kate Pennartz
John “J.” Pieratt
Danielle Reyes
Christopher Richardson
Randy Sorrels
Harry Susman
Larry Vincent
Victor Vital
Brent Walker
Matt Weybrecht
Melody Wilkinson
Alex Wolens

Firms in the News

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A&O Shearman
Bryan Cave
Cozen O'Connor
Haynes Boone
Holland & Knight
Jackson Walker
King & Spalding
Kirkland & Ellis
Law Office of Liz Freeman
Paul Hastings
Porter Hedges
Sorrels Law
Susman Godfrey
Toyota
Troutman Pepper Locke
Willkie
Vinson & Elkins
Weil
Winston & Strawn

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