Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 36 attorneys to Lawdragon’s 2026 list of the 500 leading litigators in America.
Launched in 2005, Lawdragon is a legal media company that produces news, editorial features, and a variety of guides to the nation’s top legal professionals.
This is Lawdragon’s fourth edition of its leading litigators list, recognizing some of America’s top talent in commercial litigation, product liability, mass torts, securities and other fiduciary litigation, white collar and investigations, administrative proceedings, class actions, antitrust, energy and technology disputes, intellectual property, trademark and patent litigation. This year, Lawdragon enhanced its focus on a range of practices, including appellate and Supreme Court litigation.
Congratulations to the following Trial & Appellate Litigation attorneys named to this list:
- Charles L. Babcock (Houston) – Trial & Appellate Litigation
- Amy L. Baird (Houston) – Energy Litigation
- Marilyn Brown (Austin) – Commercial Litigation
- S. Brad Brown (Dallas) – Product Liability
- Edwin Buffmire (Dallas) – Antitrust
- Carl C. Butzer (Dallas) – IP Litigation
- Laura M. Kidd Cordova (Houston) – White Collar, Investigations
- Blake T. Dietrich (Dallas) – IP Litigation
- Matt Dow (Austin) – Commercial Litigation, Class Action
- Tré Fischer (Houston) – Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, Energy
- Ross Forbes (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation
- Jennifer Freel (Austin) – White Collar, Investigations
- Erica Benites Giese (San Antonio) – White Collar, Investigations
- Joel R. Glover (Houston) – Commercial Litigation
- Arthur Gollwitzer (Austin) – Commercial Litigation
- Jeff T. Harvey (San Antonio) – Commercial Litigation
- Richard A. Howell (Houston) – Energy Litigation
- John M. Jackson (Dallas) – Data & Privacy Litigation
- William R. Jenkins (Fort Worth) – Business & Financial Litigation
- Robert P. Latham (Dallas) – IP Litigation, Media Law, Cybersecurity
- Julia W. Mann (San Antonio) – Energy Litigation
- David T. Moran (Dallas) – Antitrust, Class Action
- Jonathan D. Neerman (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation
- Emilio B. Nicolas (Austin) – IP Litigation
- Jeff Oldham (Austin) – Appellate, including Supreme Court
- Leisa Talbert Peschel (Houston) – IP Litigation
- Wasif Qureshi (Houston) – IP Litigation
- Amy Osberg Roberts (Dallas) – Business & Financial Litigation
- Michael C. Roberts (Austin) – Commercial Litigation
- Joshua A. Romero (Austin) – Commercial Litigation
- Robert L. Soza (San Antonio) – Product Liability
- Nathaniel St. Clair (Dallas) – IP Litigation
- Shannon Zmud Teicher (Dallas) – IP Litigation
- Christina Vitale (Houston) – Commercial Litigation
- Len Wade (Fort Worth) – Complex Litigation
- Paul C. Watler (Dallas) – Commercial Litigation
For more information, view the full list of 500 Leading Litigators in America from Lawdragon.
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