HOUSTON, TX – Coats Rose, P.C., a leading business transaction and litigation law firm, announced that 17 firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in 2017’s The Best Lawyers in America© list published by Woodward/White, Inc. The firm received Top Listed State and Metro awards for its construction law practice in Texas and Houston respectively.
The guide honored firm lawyers in Houston, Austin, Dallas, New Orleans and San Antonio in 16 areas of practice, including real estate law, construction law, construction litigation, commercial litigation, bankruptcy, government relations, labor and employment law, environmental litigation, and product liability litigation.
AUSTIN
John M. Joseph** – Government Relations Practice
DALLAS
E. Paul Keiffer** – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation
Frank J. Wright*** – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
HOUSTON
John G. Cannon* – Real Estate Law
Ian P. Faria* – Construction Law
Patrick E. Gaas* – Construction Law
Barry J. Palmer* – Real Estate Law
Barry S. Rabon** – Construction Law
Richard L. Rose* – Real Estate Law
Chris E. Ryman* – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
Daniel F. Shank* – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants
NEW ORLEANS
Walter W. Christy – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
Clyde H. Jacob III** – Employment Law-Management, Labor Law-Management, Litigation-Labor and Employment
A. Kelton Longwell** – Real Estate Law
Daniel Lund, III – Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
Elizabeth Haecker Ryan* – Litigation-Environmental, Product Liability Litigation-Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law-Defendants
SAN ANTONIO
Richard L. Reed* – Construction Law
*Listed in Best Lawyers in America© for five years or more
**Listed in Best Lawyers in America© for ten years or more
***Listed in Best Lawyers in America© for fifteen years or more
