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Tamea Dula is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Tamea practices law in Houston, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Tamea Dula since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Tamea Dula is held by other lawyers.

Ms. Barger has experience in both trial and appellate matters. In private practice, she has assisted in or handled all phases of litigation for a wide variety of clients involved in insurance defense and coverage, products liability, premises liability, personal injury, and commercial lawsuits in state and federal court. While at the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, she researched legal and factual issues, made recommendations to the judges, and assisted the judges in drafting and editing opinion...

Mike Chernekoff is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses on environmental law, related areas of environmental litigation and toxic tort defense, and commercial and energy litigation. Mike’s practice centers principally on matters and businesses located in Louisiana and Texas. As a litigator, he develops and pursues effective dispute-resolution strategies in the context of investigations, trials, and settlement negotiations; as a counselor, he regularly helps clients ide...

David J. Beck is consistently recognized as one of our country’s best trial lawyers. This recognition has grown from the consistent results he has achieved for his clients in his more than forty years of practice. From the smallest disputes to the billion dollar cases, David understands the importance of each case to his client, and he approaches each with the same intensity and integrity that has served him - and his clients - so well for so long. For David Beck, every case is a story ...

Alex J. Brown is the Managing Attorney of the Lanier Law Firm’s Business Litigation section. Alex represents companies and individuals in federal and state courts across the country at both the trial and appellate level, and in domestic and international arbitration forums. Before he became a plaintiff’s lawyer, Alex was a partner in the Houston office of one of the oldest and largest law firms in Texas. There, he represented multi-national corporations in complex business dispute...

W. James McAnelly III is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Energy Law, Natural Resources Law and Oil and Gas Law. W. James practices law in Houston, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized W. James McAnelly III since 2014. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which W. James McAnelly III is held by other lawyers.

John M. Ransom II is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Collaborative Law: Family Law and Trusts and Estates. John M. practices law in Houston, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized John M. Ransom II since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which John M. Ransom II is held by other lawyers.

Stephen Post is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Stephen practices law in Houston, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Stephen Post since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Stephen Post is held by other lawyers.

J. Beverly is a board-certified civil appellate attorney with decades of experience representing businesses, investors, property owners, contractors, and individuals in complex litigation and appellate matters. His practice spans commercial disputes, construction and real estate litigation, environmental contamination claims, insurance coverage disputes, partnership conflicts, securities and investor claims, probate matters, and oil and gas litigation. He has represented both plaintiffs and d...

Brian Kilpatrick is a Shareholder of Wilson Cribbs + Goren who assists clients with real estate, business, and bankruptcy litigation. He is currently the head of the firm’s litigation practice, as a seasoned litigator who handles a myriad of high-stakes real estate and business disputes. Brian’s background in real estate goes back much farther than his time with the firm. Both his father and brother are in the real estate business, and he worked as a commercial real estate broker ...