Vinson & Elkins Achieves 292 Rankings in The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC) 2023, Including 7 “Lawyer of the Year” Recognitions
The Best Lawyers in America has named 126 Vinson & Elkins lawyers in its “Best Lawyers” category in the 2023 edition. Additionally, 70 Vinson & Elkins attorneys have been named in the Ones to Watch category, which recognizes lawyers with 5-10 years’ experience. Some individuals are listed in more than one practice area, giving the firm a total of 292 rankings.
The following five Vinson & Elkins lawyers have been named “Lawyer of the Year”:
- Chris Bacon – Labor Law Management and Employment Law Management
- Ryan Carney – Tax Law
- Don Griffin, Jr. – Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law and Litigation: Real Estate
- Ron Tenpas – Litigation: Environment
- Scott Wulfe – Venture Capital Law
The following lawyers are recognized by Best Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the “Best Lawyers” category:
- Chris Bacon
- Andy Beach
- Sean Becker
- Manuel Berrelez
- Mike Bielby
- Jo Ann Biggs
- Doug Bland
- Brian Bloom
- Alan Bogdanow
- Ryan Carney
- Michael Charlson
- Jennifer Chen
- Suzanne Clevenger
- Chris Collins
- John B. Connally
- Jenn Cooley
- Greg Cope
- Prentiss Cutshaw
- David D’Alessandro
- Chris Dawe
- John Decker
- Cris Dewar
- Lina Dimachkieh
- Scot Dixon
- Mike Dry
- Phillip Dye
- Billy Coe Dyer
- Adam Endick
- Palmina Fava
- Bradley Foxman
- Keith Fullenweider
- Kevin Gaynor
- George Gerachis
- Steve Gill
- John Grand
- Don Griffin, Jr.
- Vanessa Griffith
- Eric Groten
- Paul Heath
- Mike Heidler
- Gillian Hobson
- Michael Holmes
- Gary Huffman
- Regina Ibarra
- Andrew Jackson
- Dave Johnson
- Jeff Johnston
- Wes Jones
- Randy Jurgensmeyer
- Mark Kelly
- Robert Kimball
- George Kryder
- Ramey Layne
- Tom Leatherbury
- Daniel LeBey
- Ben Lippard
- James Loftis
- James Longhofer
- Bryan Loocke
- John Lynch
- Chris Mangin
- Peter Marshall
- Paul Martin
- Jeremy Marwell
- Rebecca Matthews
- Jason McIntosh
- Ferg McNiel
- Doug McWilliams
- Dario Mendoza
- James Meyer
- David Meyer
- Pat Mizell
- Brian Moss
- George Murphy
- Larry Nettles
- Milam Newby
- Dave Oelman
- Russell Oshman
- Danielle Patterson
- Larry Pechacek
- David Peck
- Harry Perrin
- Tara Porterfield
- Jason Powers
- James Prince
- Harry Reasoner
- Glen Rosenbaum
- Wendy Salinas
- Jose Sanchez
- Elena Sauber
- Wally Schwartz
- Marisa Secco Giles
- Jay Seegers
- Winston Skinner
- Cathy Bukowski Smith
- Creighton Smith
- Lande Spottswood
- Pam Hays Stabler
- Matt Stammel
- David Stone
- Matt Strock
- Stephen Tarry
- Jaren Taylor
- Mike Telle
- Ron Tenpas
- Cliff Thau
- Jim Thompson
- Mike Tomsu
- Shane Tucker
- Darren Tucker
- Tim Tyler
- Stacey Neumann Vu
- David Wall
- Bill Wallander
- John Wander
- Todd Way
- Hill Wellford
- Mike Wigmore
- George Wilkinson
- Tom Wilson
- Anita Wilson
- Erec Winandy
- Carrie Winkler
- Scott Wulfe
- Marie Yeates
- Craig Zieminski
The following lawyers are recognized by Best Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the “Ones to Watch” category:
- Ken Adler
- Rafael Alvarado
- Randy Aman
- Paige Anderson
- Michelle Arishita
- Caroline Bailey
- Rafic Bittar
- Maya Bobbitt
- Conrad Bolston
- Abby Branigan
- Loraine Christ
- Stephanie Coco
- Alex Cross
- Peter Danysh
- James Dawson
- Virginia DeBeer
- Carson Dimick
- Nettie Downs
- Joanna Enns
- Yong Eoh
- Max Etchemendy
- Aurra Fellows
- Katherine Terrell Frank
- Michael Gibson
- Victoria Galvez Godfrey
- John Goodwin
- Katherine Drell Grissel
- Lindsay Hall
- Courtney Hammond
- Parker Hancock
- Todd Hartis
- Josh Heideman
- Matt Hoffman
- Robert Hughes
- Megan James
- Christopher James
- Heather Johnson
- Lauren Kanzer
- Caroline Kuehn
- Stuart Lawson
- Jamie Leader
- Cesar Leyva
- Juan Pablo Lopez
- Meredith Lyons
- Michael Malenfant
- Mike Marek
- Leslie Mason
- Megan Menniti
- Lauren Meyers
- Evan Miller
- Julie de Neufville Monier
- Stephanie Noble
- Carter Olson
- Jackson O’Maley
- Kjarom Pedersen
- Lindsey Pryor
- Matt Pyeatt
- Alex Robertson
- Peter Rogers
- Brian Russell
- Allyson Seger
- Erik Shallman
- Garrick Smith
- Melissa Spohn
- Matt Struble
- Phileda Tennant
- Erin Torrez
- Tyler Vinal
- Curt Wimberly
- Lawrence Winsor
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