Adam Plumbley

For over 25 years, Dawn's practice has focused on trial work, representing a variety of large and mid-sized corporate clients in claims involving a wide range of litigation topics. Dawn is an AV Preeminent® rated lawyer with a proven ability to manage and resolve sophisticated disputes. Dawn is comfortable in state and federal courts and arbitrations. Dawn serves as a court-appointed mediator, and she also serves on the American Arbitration Association's National Panel of Commercial and E...

Brad Dowell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Labor and Employment. Brad, who practices law in Fort Worth, Texas, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brad is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Darren Hauck is partner-in-charge of the firm’s Dallas office. He concentrates his practice on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, outsourcings and other large commercial transactions, with an emphasis on technology and the travel and travel service industries. Darren’s practice has involved a wide variety of complex transactions, often involving three or more negotiating parties of more than one nationality. He also has advised clients on the crea...

W. Brent Shellhorse is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Appellate Practice. W. Brent, who practices law in Fort Worth, Texas, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which W. Brent is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jennifer A. Youpa litigates on behalf of management, often in the retail and construction industries, in connection with all types of employment disputes, including discrimination and harassment claims based upon: Title VII The Age Discrimination in Employment Act The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act The Americans with Disabilities Act The Family and Medical Leave Act The Texas Labor Code Numerous state statutes She frequently appears in federal and state courts and has significant experi...

Eduardo Espinosa is an experienced court-appointed fiduciary frequently recommended by regulators where dissipation of assets is a concern. A former enforcement lawyer with the U.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC), Eddy has served as either the receiver, receiver'scounsel, or trustee, in various federal and state proceedings in the life settlement sector, fraudulent securities offerings, EB-5 offerings, and commercial litigation. Eddy also advises clients on the legal and regulatory a...

John Brusniak, Jr. has been a nationally recognized property tax attorney for 40 years. Before starting his own firm, John was a partner in two of Texas’ largest law firms. As a result of his ground-breaking appellate and other successes, Texas property tax law bears his personal mark. He is a frequently sought speaker and publisher of property tax articles, as well as his own reference book, Brusniak’s Texas Property Tax Digest. John is also the author of Texas Property Tax Code ...

Liz Schartz represents management in client counseling and litigation of employment and labor law matters. Her expertise includes litigating discrimination, wage-and-hour, employee benefit, and state-law contract and tort claims; counseling employers on sensitive personnel and complex employment law matters; workplace investigations; employee classification issues; executive compensation, change-in-control, and separation issues; drafting and litigating non-competition and related covenants; ...

Erin Nealy Cox, the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, is a trial lawyer who represents corporations, boards of directors, and executives involved in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and high-stakes investigations. As a partner in the Firm’s Dallas and Washington, D.C., offices, she is a member of the Firm’s Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group. Erin has a broad practice focused on matters arising from alleged viol...

Ted Benn counsels clients on a wide variety of real estate, corporate, and general business matters, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and divestitures, partnerships and joint ventures, debt and equity financings, lease transactions, management and consulting arrangements, and real estate developments. He has significant experience in the hospitality, golf and private club, multifamily property, real estate development, and renewable energy industries. He currently assists multi...