79 Thompson & Knight Attorneys Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008

Texas (September 7, 2007) – The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to congratulate its 79 attorneys who were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).

Thompson & Knight is honored to have more attorneys listed in Best Lawyers than any other firm in Dallas, Texas, a total of 64. The Firm also has the most attorneys listed in the fields of Banking Law and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in Texas and has the most attorneys listed in the fields of Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in Dallas. Fifteen Thompson & Knight attorneys have been listed in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years, 12 attorneys have been listed for at least 20 years, and 12 attorneys are listed for the first time this year.

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 78 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC, are compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which tens of thousands of the top attorneys in the U.S. and other major legal communities confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition is based on more than two million detailed evaluations of attorneys by other attorneys.

Because attorneys 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 79 Thompson & Knight attorneys included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 and the area in which they are honored.

Austin
Debora B. Alsup, Commercial Litigation
Catherine M. Greaves, Health Care Law
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
Max Ciccarelli, Intellectual Property Law
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
Ann Marie Cowdrey, Corporate Law
Greg W. Curry, Commercial Litigation
Joe Dannenmaier, Corporate Law
Scott D. Deatherage, Environmental Law
Andrew B. Derman, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law
James A. Donohoe, Banking Law, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Barbara B. 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
James B. Harris, Environmental Law
Martha Harris, Real Estate Law
Craig A. Haynes, Commercial Litigation, Oil & Gas Law
M. Lawrence (Larry) Hicks, Jr., Banking Law, Real Estate Law
J. Mike Holt, Employee Benefits Law
Gregory S.C. Huffman, Antitrust Law, Commercial Litigation
James L. Irish, Corporate Law
Robert B. Jackson, Banking Law
Ray T. Khirallah, Real Estate Law
Jack M. Little, Corporate Law
John A. 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
P. Mike 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
Emily A. Parker, Tax Law
John W. Rain, Banking Law, Energy Law
Stephen C. Rasch, Commercial Litigation
Rust E. Reid, Trusts and Estates
Peter J. Riley, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Harry M. Roberts Jr., Banking Law, Real Estate Law
David M. Rosenberg, Non-Profit/Charities Law
A. Kay Roska, Environmental Law
Elizabeth A. Schartz, Labor and Employment Law
Clint B. Shouse, Real Estate Law
Terry L. Simmons, Trusts and Estates
Mark M. Sloan, Real Estate Law
Steven W. Sloan, Labor and Employment Law
Bruce S. Sostek, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
Scott P. Stolley, Appellate Law
Kevin Thomason, Tax Law
Ben B. West, Banking Law, Real Estate Law
R. David Wheat, Tax Law
Arthur J. Wright, Natural Resources Law
Shelly A. Youree, Employee Benefits Law
Jeffrey A. Zlotky, Corporate Law

Fort Worth
R Gordon Appleman, Employee Benefits Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
E. Michael Sheehan, Commercial Litigation

Houston
J. Michael Bell, Personal Injury Litigation
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
Alfred M. Meyerson, Real Estate Law
Dallas Parker, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Venture Capital Law
Michael K. Pierce, Corporate Law, Natural Resources Law
Ricky A. Raven, Mass Tort Litigation

New York
Carlos E. Méndez-Peñate, Corporate Law

To view the complete list of The Best Lawyers in America® 2008, please visit www.bestlawyers.com.

About Thompson & Knight
Since 1887, Thompson & Knight LLP has consistently made a positive impact on its clients’ successes. With its practice focused on the energy industry, the Firm has extensive resources in litigation, tax, insolvency, and international energy matters. The Firm has approximately 420 attorneys and offices and alliances in Algiers, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, London, Mexico City, Monterrey, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Vitória. Thompson & Knight represents companies, government entities, and individuals in local, regional, and national markets around the world.