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Robert Long is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Securities. Robert, who practices law in Dallas, Texas, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stephen M. Halbeisen is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law and Insurance Law. Stephen M., who practices law in Dallas, Texas, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stephen M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Sanford Brown, a partner in the Financial Services & Products Group, counsels and represents financial institutions and specialty finance companies, as well as their shareholders and holding companies, in matters involving state and federal banking laws, regulations and enforcement actions; in corporate transactions, such as mergers, acquisitions, securities offerings, holding company formations and Subchapter S corporation elections; and in matters involving privacy and identity theft. M...

John Leininger joined Otteson Shapiro's Dallas office in January, 2016. Mr. Leininger is a key member of the firm’s Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights and Litigation practice areas. He focuses on core bankruptcy matters, bankruptcy litigation, and general civil litigation. He was named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 for his work in Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law. After graduating law school, Mr. Leininger served as a law clerk ...

Rob McAngus is a family law attorney in Dallas, Texas, and a member of Mueller Family Law. He has been recognized by peer-reviewed Best Lawyers® since 2021 and is board certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. For more than a decade, Rob has dedicated his practice exclusively to family law, representing clients in complex and high-conflict divorce matters, high-asset property division, child custody and parental rights disputes, marital agreements, and special e...

Amy E. Lott is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Amy E., who practices law in Dallas, Texas, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Amy E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

C.L. Mike Schmidt has been practicing law for 50 years. For 25 years he was recognized as one of Dallas’ top defense attorneys and is known today as the founder of The Schmidt Firm, PLLC – one of Dallas’ top personal injury plaintiff’s firms. Schmidt is Board Certified in Civil and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He was admitted to the New Mexico b...

Bill is a first-chair trial lawyer whose practice focuses on high-stakes disputes involving antitrust, class action, and other complex commercial litigation issues. Clients have described Bill as an "A+ litigator who would be on anyone's list of lawyers if you had a problem" and have praised him for his "good reputation, which is well deserved." Bill is regularly listed in Chambers USA "Leaders in Their Field," The Best Lawyers in America®, and Texas Super Lawyers®.

Some attorneys focus on different areas of law, building their practice around specific types of cases. Early in his career, Brent Walker chose to follow a different path, instead trying all kinds of cases. As a Dallas trial attorney, Brent’s job is to go to court and stand up for his clients, whether that client is a person suffering from a catastrophic personal injury or a corporation locked in a legal dispute with another business. Whatever their case, Brent is ready to fight on thei...

Michael Holmes graduated from Baylor University School of Law in 2012. After working in several traditional law firms he recognized there was a better way to serve his clients. Michael took the plunge into making this idea a reality by starting Holmes Law Group in 2019. Over the past seven years, the firm has continued to grow. Michael has built an experienced team that is devoted to its clients and serving their interests efficiently and effectively.