Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern Home to Five of Texas’ Top Young Lawyers

HOUSTON – The Houston law firm of Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, LLP, is pleased to announce that five firm attorneys have been named to the 2007 listing of Texas Rising Stars.

Partner Matthew C. Rawlinson and associates January Barker, John J. Deis, Andrew K. Meade and Allen H. Rustay earned slots on this year’s list based on their work in business litigation.

This is the fourth time Mr. Rawlinson and Mr. Deis have been named to the prestigious list, and the third time for Mr. Meade.

The Rising Stars list is based on nominations from members of the elite Texas Super Lawyers list. Those included in the Rising Stars list are the top up-and-coming Texas attorneys who are 40 or younger or have been in practice for fewer than 10 years. Only 2.5 percent of Texas attorneys were chosen for this honor.

“To have the majority of our attorneys recognized in Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars speaks volumes,” says Taylor M. Hicks, name partner at Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern. “We are especially gratified that the top attorneys in the state recognize the good work that all our attorneys do for clients.”

In addition to the five attorneys on the Rising Stars list, the firm also is home to seven attorneys included in the 2006 listing of Texas Super Lawyers.

The Rising Stars list appears in the April 2007 issue of Texas Monthly magazine and Texas Rising Stars magazine, a publication co-produced by the publishers of Texas Monthly magazine and Law & Politics Media, Inc.

Founded in 1997, Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants in Texas and across the nation. The firm's in-depth experience includes oil and gas, environmental, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation and trade secrets litigation.

For more information on Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern and the firm attorneys named to the Texas Rising Stars list, please visit the firm’s Web site at www.hicksthomas.com or contact Alan Bentrup at 800.559.4534 or alan@legalpr.com.