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Texas M&A Lawyers Ranked by Value

September 22, 2023 Christi Trammell

List as of Aug. 31, 2023

Lawyer (Office)FirmDeal CountDeal Value
Sean Wheeler (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 34,830
Debbie Yee (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 33,322
Ryan Maierson (Houston) Latham & Watkins13 25,096
Kevin Richardson (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 18,800
Steve Gill (Houston) Vinson & Elkins4 17,177
Lande Spottswood (Houston) Vinson & Elkins3 14,300
Hillary Holmes (Houston) Gibson Dunn9 13,383
Will Anderson (Houston) Bracewell 4 10,941
Doug McWilliams (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 9,400
Robert Cardone (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling2 8,900
Bryan Loocke (Houston) Vinson & Elkins5 8,555
David Castro (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 8,030
Robert Kimball (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 7,300
Sarah Morgan (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 7,100
John Pitts (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 7,000
Melissa Kalka (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 7,000
Trina Chandler (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 6,764
Allan Kirk (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 6,743
Thomas Laughlin (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis7 6,665
Rahul Vashi (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,935
Thomas Verity (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 4,823
Cyril Jones (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 4,700
Brittany Sakowitz (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,603
Matthew Grunert (Houston) Bracewell 2 4,421
Rhett Van Syoc (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 4,350
Kevin Crews (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis5 4,325
Tull Florey (Houston) Gibson Dunn4 4,163
John Goodgame (Houston) Akin3 3,990
Adam Larson (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 3,830
Kevin Schott (Houston) Akin1 3,800
Clay Brett (Houston) Baker Botts 3 3,700
Jeremy Kennedy (Houston) Haynes and Boone4 3,668
Eric Otness (Houston) Skadden1 3,500
Kyle Watson (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 3,400
Preston Bernhisel (Dallas) Baker Botts 3 3,200
John Greer (Houston) Latham & Watkins5 3,199
Robert Goodin (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis5 3,100
Mike Telle (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 3,077
George Vlahakos (Houston) Sidley Austin3 3,000
Aaron Rigby (Dallas) Sidley Austin3 2,985
James Griffin (Dallas) Weil1 2,700
Lauren Anderson (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 2,569
Brent Schultz (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 2,500
David Miller (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 2,500
Samuel Rettew (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 2,500
William Eiland (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 2,340
Jon Platt (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 2,250
Larry Hall (Houston) Baker Botts 1 2,250
Lindsey Jaquillard (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 2,250
Bill Finnegan (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 2,200
Ravi Purohit (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 2,150
Todd Lowther (Houston) Shearman & Sterling3 2,106
Jason Schumacher (Dallas) O'Melveny3 1,980
John Grand (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins3 1,910
Whit Roberts (Dallas) O'Melveny2 1,840
Joe Flack (Houston) Jackson Walker1 1,840
Brook Mestre (Dallas) Baker McKenzie1 1,800
Jon Daly (Houston) Sidley Austin3 1,785
Kevin Peter (Houston) Locke Lord3 1,760
Robert Stephens (Houston) Sidley Austin1 1,750
Emergy Choi (Houston) White & Case1 1,600
Mingda Zhao (Houston) White & Case1 1,600
Travis Wofford (Houston) Baker Botts 1 1,600
Atman Shukla (Houston) Sidley Austin3 1,594
Mitch Tiras (Houston) Locke Lord4 1,505
Austin Elam (Houston) Haynes and Boone2 1,500
Matt Falcone (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 1,450
Sarah McLean (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 1,450
Katherine Frank (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 1,430
Nick Dhesi (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 1,423
Alan Bogdanow (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 1,400
Debra Villarreal (Dallas) Holland & Knight1 1,400
Breen Haire (Houston) Simpson Thacher3 1,300
Shamus Crosby (Houston) Simpson Thacher3 1,300
Alain Dermarkar (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling3 1,280
Bill Benitez (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis7 1,236
Mike Blankenship (Houston) Winston & Strawn9 1,198
Michael Piazza (Houston) Gibson Dunn8 1,180
Benji Barron (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 1,050
Jim Cole (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 1,000
Taylor Speers (Dallas) Winston & Strawn1 1,000
Stephen Szalkowski (Houston) Latham & Watkins3 968
Melanie Harmon (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 960
Ahmed Sidik (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 909
James Robertson (Houston) Gibson Dunn2 900
Jason Rocha (Houston) White & Case3 898
Cynthia Mabry (Houston) Gibson Dunn2 859
Archie Fallon (Houston) Willkie Farr1 835
R.J. Malenfant (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 825
Danielle Patterson (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 825
Shalla Pritchard (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 825
James Garrett (Houston) Latham & Watkins4 800
Jonathan Whalen (Dallas) Gibson Dunn1 800
Justin Stolte (Houston) Latham & Watkins5 749
Stephen Olson (Houston) Gibson Dunn5 700
Adam Whitehouse (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 700
Janice Davis (Dallas) Morgan Lewis1 700
Kraig Grahmann (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 655
Chris Rowley (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 621
Jason Jean (Houston) Bracewell 1 621
Bill Nelson (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 619
Emily Leitch (Houston) Shearman & Sterling2 619
Chris Heasley (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 600
Colin Diamond (Houston) White & Case1 600
Laura Katherine Mann (Houston) White & Case1 600
Charlie Ofner (Houston) White & Case3 598
Patrick Salvo (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 570
Brooke Sizer (Houston) Holland & Knight1 500
Chad Smith (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 500
Cole Bredthauer (Fort Worth) Akin1 500
Patrick Moneypenny (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 500
Robert Dougherty (Dallas) Holland & Knight1 500
Benjamin Martin (Houston) Bracewell 3 496
Michael Gibson (Austin) Vinson & Elkins3 470
Drew Neal (Fort Worth) Kelly Hart & Hallman1 455
Drew Neill (Fort Worth) Kelly Hart & Hallman1 455
Molly Butkus (Houston) Bracewell 1 455
Tom Harris (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 440
Adam Garmezy (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis3 422
David Lang (Houston) King & Spalding1 400
John Ransom (Houston) BoyarMIller1 400
Ryan Scofield (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 400
Steve Kesten (Houston) BoyarMIller1 400
Ryan Lynch (Houston) Latham & Watkins2 392
Kevin Wessel (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 384
Matthew Nadworny (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 384
Joshua Kiernan (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 371
Doug Bland (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 335
Shubi Arora (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis4 330
Joclynn Marsh (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 330
Mike O'Leary (Houston) HuntonAK1 330
Tony Johnston (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis4 300
Mike Bielby (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 255
John Furlow (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis2 250
John Quattrocchi (Dallas) Baker McKenzie1 245
John Kaercher (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis5 200
Zahra Usmani (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis2 200
Robert Shearer (Houston) Akin1 175
Stephen Boone (Houston) Akin1 175
Blake Redwine (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 169
Sara Garcia Duran (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 150
Michael Massiatte (Dallas) DLA Piper1 146
Jennifer Wisinski (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 145
Ryan Sears (Dallas) O'Melveny2 140
Jeff Schlegel (Houston) Jones Day4 136
Charlie Haag (Dallas) Winston & Strawn2 121
Cliff Vrielink (Houston) Sidley Austin5 114
Doug Getten (Houston) Baker Botts 2 106
Tim Fenn (Houston ) Latham & Watkins1 106
Omar Samji (Houston) Shearman & Sterling1 105
Dean Hinderliter (Dallas) Winston & Strawn1 104
Alec Manzer (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 100
Jennifer Gasser (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 86
Peter Weinstock (Dallas) HuntonAK2 86
Tara Lancaster (Dallas) Sidley Austin5 85
Gerry Spedale (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 80
Trent Bridges (Houston) Sidley Austin1 80
Rachel Fitzgerald (Houston) Locke Lord2 80
Jack Shirley (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 75
Abby Branigan (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins2 70
Cody Carper (Houston) Skadden1 70
Chris Kirkpatrick (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 67
Stephen Grant (Houston) Haynes and Boone1 67
Steve Camp (Dallas) Husch Blackwell1 67
Steve Rubin (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 67
Patrick Salvo (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 65
Michael Byrd (Houston) Porter Hedges1 54
Shane Sullivan (Houston) Porter Hedges1 54
Alexandra Wilde (Houston) Jones Day3 50
Brent Bernell (Austin) DLA Piper1 50
Rodney Moore (Dallas) Weil1 50
Ryan Hunsaker (Houston) Winston & Strawn1 50
Scott Delaney (Dallas) Weil1 50
Paul Conneely (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 43
James Reardon (Houston) Porter Hedges1 41
Kristen Cox (Dallas) Meadows Collier Reed1 41
Michael Larkin (Houston) Porter Hedges1 41
Michael Chambers (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 39
Mark Kelly (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 38
Mike Marek (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 30
Scott Craig (Austin) Latham & Watkins1 30
Jason Howard (Dallas) Egan Nelson 2 23
Austin Mercer (Dallas) Egan Nelson 1 23
Joe Hoffman (Dallas) Katten1 21
Crosby Scofield (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 20
Jason Peters (Houston) King & Spalding4 15
Michelle Kwan (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 15
Sarah O'Brien (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 15
Jim Knight (Houston) Egan Nelson 3 14
Michael Colvin (Dallas) Egan Nelson 2 10
Carmelo Gordian (Austin) Shearman & Sterling1 6
Matt Lyons (Austin) Wilson Sonsini1 4
Wes Watts (Austin) Gunderson2 4
Robert Hughes (Houston) Vinson & Elkins2 4
Jeff Dobbs (Houston) Mayer Brown1 4
Phil Lau (Houston) Mayer Brown1 4
Victoria Mitchell (Dallas) Egan Nelson 3 4
Jeff Dodd (Houston) HuntonAK2 3
Lee Davis (Houston) HuntonAK1 3
Ryan Gravelle (Austin) Kastner Gravelle1 3
Brad Whitlock (Dallas) Egan Nelson 1 3
Victor Zanetti (Dallas) Katten10 -
William Howell (Dallas) Sidley Austin5 -
Christopher May (Houston) Simpson Thacher4 -
Mark Kunzman (Houston) Egan Nelson 4 -
Banks Bruce (Dallas) Sidley Austin3 -
Bill Kleinman (Dallas) Haynes and Boone3 -
Chase Proctor (Dallas) Haynes and Boone3 -
Eric Larson (Houston) Locke Lord3 -
Jennie Simmons (Houston) Locke Lord3 -
Jessica Sheridan (Houston) Willkie Farr3 -
Rob Kibby (Dallas) Munsch Hardt3 -
Simin Sun (Houston) Haynes and Boone3 -
Tim Chandler (Houston) Sidley Austin3 -
Tom Yang (Dallas) Akin3 -
Aaron Savella (Houston) Willkie Farr2 -
Adam Nalley (Houston) Porter Hedges2 -
Allison Pearce (Houston) Porter Hedges2 -
Andrew Walker (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Ben Hardison (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Brandon McCoy (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
Cassandra Cuellar (Austin) Shearman & Sterling2 -
Chris Ferazzi (Houston) Winston & Strawn2 -
Chris Folmsbee (Houston) Sidley Austin2 -
David Lange (Dallas) Winston & Strawn2 -
Hobbs Gnaim (Houston) Chamberlain Hrdlicka2 -
Holt Foster (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 -
Jack Jacobsen (Dallas) O'Melveny2 -
John McGowan (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
Jonathan Benloulou (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Katy Lukaszewski (Houston) Sidley Austin2 -
Kelly Dybala (Dallas) Sidley Austin2 -
Michael Considine (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis2 -
Sameer Mohan (Houston) Morgan Lewis2 -
Shumaila Dhuka (Houston) Locke Lord2 -
Tim Samson (Houston) Holland & Knight2 -
Will Becker (Dallas) O'Melveny2 -
Zach Burnett (Dallas) Haynes and Boone2 -
A.J. Ericksen (Houston) White & Case1 -
Akash Sethi (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Alan Alexander (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Alex Devine (Austin) Gunderson1 -
Becky Diffen (Austin) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Ben Clark (Houston) Pillsbury1 -
Beth Whitaker (Dallas) HuntonAK1 -
Brad Honeycutt (Houston) Willkie Farr1 -
Brandon Lobb (Houston) Locke Lord1 -
Brent Standefer (Austin) Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford1 -
Brian Fenske (Houston) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Brian Rose (Houston) Porter Hedges1 -
Brock Niezgoda (Houston) Gray Reed1 -
Bryan Henderson (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Catharine Hansard (Dallas) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Chet Fenimore (Austin) Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford1 -
Chris Bennett (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Chrissy Metcalf (Dallas) O'Melveny1 -
Clint Rancher (Houston) Baker Botts 1 -
Colin Mize (Dallas) Wick Phillips1 -
Corey Brown (Houston) Porter Hedges1 -
Daniel Allison (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Daniel McEntee (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Daryl Lansdale (San Antonio) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
David Gail (Dallas) Weil1 -
David Pierson (Houston) Chamberlain Hrdlicka1 -
David Stringer (Houston) Jones Day1 -
David Washburn (Dallas) Katten1 -
Debbi Johnstone (Houston) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Edward Xia (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Elena Sauber (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Elizabeth Ali (Houston) Morgan Lewis1 -
Geetika Jerath (Austin) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Gemma Descoteaux (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Glen Pinkerton (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Grant Everett (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Heath Trisdale (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Henry Benton (Dallas) Locke Lord1 -
Jacqui Bogucki (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Jared Grimley (Houston) Latham & Watkins1 -
Jason Bennett (Houston) Baker Botts 1 -
Jeff Dinerstein (Houston) Morgan Lewis1 -
Jerry Fellows (Dallas) Greenberg Traurig1 -
Jesse Myers (Houston) Gibson Dunn1 -
John Brannan (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
John Michael (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Jon Finger (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Jonathan Newton (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Joseph Fore (Austin) DLA Piper1 -
Josh McNulty (Dallas) HuntonAK1 -
Joshua Teahen (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kate Willson (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kellie Bobo (Austin) Haynes and Boone1 -
Kim Cagle (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Kim Hicks (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Kit Rockhill (Houston) Jones Day1 -
Kristen Smith (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Larry Pascal (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Lauren Richter (Houston) Locke Lord1 -
Lindsay Ferguson (Dallas) Sheppard Mullin1 -
Marc Lipscomb (Dallas) Locke Lord1 -
Marc Rose (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Mark Hamrick (Houston) Egan Nelson 1 -
Matt Strock (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Matthew Einbinder (Houston) Simpson Thacher1 -
Michael Keeley (Dallas) Norton Rose Fulbright1 -
Milam Newby (Austin) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Miriam Khalifa (Austin) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Nathan Meredith (Dallas) Shearman & Sterling1 -
Nick Monier (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Patrick Hanchey (Dallas) Alston & Bird1 -
Peter Marshall (Dallas) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Ray Balestri (Dallas) Bell Nunnally1 -
Richard Wynne (Houston) Winston & Strawn1 -
Robert Little (Dallas) Gibson Dunn1 -
Samantha Crispin (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Samuel Peca (Dallas) Weil1 -
Sarah Dodson (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Scott Parel (Dallas) Sidley Austin1 -
Shane McClelland (Katy) UNDISCLOSED COUNSEL1 -
Shay Kuperman (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Stephen Noh (Houston) Kirkland & Ellis1 -
Steve Mann (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Steven Bartz (Dallas) Greenberg Traurig1 -
Stuart Rasley (Dallas) McGuireWoods1 -
Tan Lu (Houston) Willkie Farr1 -
Thomas Zenter (Houston) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Tom Tippetts (Dallas) Haynes and Boone1 -
Tommer Yoked (Houston) Sidley Austin1 -
Trevor Pinkerton (Houston) King & Spalding1 -
Veronica Nunn (Austin) Pillsbury1 -
Wes Jones (Austin) Vinson & Elkins1 -
Zach Fedorko (Dallas) Baker Botts 1 -
Source: TLB Research

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