71 T&K Attorneys Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007

TEXAS (September 23, 2006) – Thompson & Knight is pleased to congratulate its 71 attorneys who were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Published since 1983, The Best Lawyers in America is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers lists, representing 80 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on more than 1.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.

Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee for a basic listing, Best Lawyers has gained the respect of the legal profession, the media, and clients as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. It has received accolades from presidents of the American Bar Association, been frequently featured in the U.S. media, and excerpted in more than 50 major metropolitan newspapers and magazines.

Below is the list, by Firm office, of the 71 Thompson & Knight attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 and the area in which they are honored.

Austin
James C. Morriss III, Environmental Law

Dallas
G. Luke Ashley, Appellate Law, Personal Injury Litigation
William L. Banowsky, Commercial Litigation
David M. Bennett, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Buford P. Berry, Tax Law
Michael R Berry, Product Liability Litigation
Dorothy H. Bjorck, Banking Law
Sam P. Burford, Jr., Corporate Law
Bennett W. Cervin, Labor and Employment Law
George C. Chapman, Commercial Litigation
Steven K. Cochran, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law
John R. Cohn, Tax Law
Paul E. Comeaux, Real Estate Law
O. Paul Corley, Jr., Banking Law
Greg W. Curry, Commercial Litigation
Joe Dannenmaier, Corporate Law
Scott D. Deatherage, Environmental Law
Andrew B. Derman, Natural Resources Law
James A. Donohoe, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Barbara Ferguson, Trusts and Estates
Stephen F. Fink, Labor and Employment Law
Frank Finn, Personal Injury Litigation
Sharon M. Fountain, Employee Benefits Law
Herbert J. Hammond, Intellectual Property Law
Thornton Hardie III, Tax Law
James B. Harris, Environmental Law
Martha Harris, Real Estate Law
Craig A. Haynes, Commercial Litigation
M. Lawrence Hicks, Jr., Banking Law, Real Estate Law
John M. Holt, Employee Benefits Law
Gregory Huffman, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation
James L. Irish III, Corporate Law
Robert Jackson, Banking Law
Ray T. Khirallah, Real Estate Law
Jack M. Little, Corporate Law
John Mackintosh, Commercial Litigation
John H. Martin, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Transportation Law
Timothy R. McCormick, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation, Securities Law
Paul Michael McCullough, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
James W. McKellar, Banking Law
Mary A. McNulty, Tax Law
William R. Mureiko, Trusts and Estates
David R. Noteware, Commercial Litigation
John Wharton Rain, Banking Law, Energy Law
Rust E. Reid, Trusts and Estates
Peter J. Riley, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Harry M. Roberts, Jr., Banking Law, Real Estate Law
Clinton B. Shouse, Real Estate Law
Terry L. Simmons, Trusts and Estates
Steven W. Sloan, Labor and Employment Law
Bruce S. Sostek, Intellectual Property Law
Scott P. Stolley, Appellate Law
Kevin Thomason, Tax Law
Ben B. West, Banking Law, Real Estate Law
R. David Wheat, Tax Law
Arthur James Wright, Natural Resources Law
Shelly Youree, Employee Benefits Law
Jeffrey A. Zlotky, Corporate Law

Fort Worth
R Gordon Appleman, Employee Benefits Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Houston
J. Michael Bell, Personal Injury Litigation
Gus Block, Real Estate Law
Stephen M. Block, Real Estate Law
Timothy R. Brown, Banking Law, Real Estate Law
Rhett G. Campbell, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Oil and Gas Law
Marc E. Grossberg, Tax Law
David W. Jones, Real Estate Law
Robert S. MacIntyre, Jr., Trusts and Estates
Alfred M. Meyerson, Real Estate Law
Dallas Robert Parker, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
Michael Keith Pierce, Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law

New York
Carlos E. Méndez-Peñate, Corporate Law