Stephen C. Howell

Brad Caldwell is one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers focusing on patent infringement and complex commercial litigation for plaintiffs and defendants. His successes before judges, juries, and arbitration panels include cases involving digital media, telecommunications, computer networking, semiconductors, computer chips, data security, computer imaging, medical devices, enterprise software, banking technology, and oilfield services. Brad has been named a “Titan of the Plainti...

As a partner, John Raggio serves as Nachawati Law Group’s General Legal Counsel and assists the firm’s public entity and mass tort practice groups. Mr. Raggio formerly managed the firm’s family law, criminal defense, and debt resolution litigation practice sections. These courtroom-intensive areas of law helped develop his trial skills and his ability to understand and empathize with his clients as they navigate the challenges of our legal system. Originally from Louisiana, ...

Jonathan Armour is an associate at The Lanier Law Firm Houston office . He represents clients in a variety of civil litigation matters, including toxic torts, and asbestos related injuries. Born and raised in nearby Cypress, Texas, Mr. Armour lived his entire life in Houston, Texas. He graduated from Cypress Creek High School and earned his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 2007. He then earned his law degree at the Texas Tech University School of Law where he served as Pr...

Kim Rives Miers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management. Kim Rives, who practices law in Dallas, Texas, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Kim Rives is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Dee J. Kelly is a partner at Kelly Hart & Hallman and served as the firm’s managing partner from 2005-2016. He is a member of the firm’s Litigation and Administrative Law practice groups and serves on its executive committee. Mr. Kelly represents corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of business litigation in state and federal courts. Mr. Kelly also provides advice and representation to clients with matters pending before governmental and administrative bodies. U....

Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Paul Hewett frequently represents doctors, lawyers, accountants, business owners, C-suite executives, club level sales professionals, and their spouses. Paul is a member of the Family Law sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Collin County Bar Association. Prior to attending law school, Paul earned his Master of Business Administration degree, which has proven to serve him and his clients well. However, Paul credit...

Jeff Leslie represents employers in a variety of industries, including, manufacturing, construction, maritime, health, restaurant and hospitality. Having management and workplace experience in the public sector, Jeff understands the legal and practical issues confronting employers and practically advises clients on solution-oriented litigation strategies and incident avoidance that furthers the company’s business interests and goals. Jeff focuses a significant portion of his practice on...

Pat Wielinski practices in the areas of construction, insurance coverage and risk management. He provides advice on risk management issues and programs, integrating insurance, contract documents and project relationships to manage and transfer risk for his clients. He also counsels clients as to insurance coverage and contractual risk transfer disputes, having been involved in insurance coverage claims for defective workmanship for over 35 years. At the same time, his practice involves commer...

Trevor M. Brown is a partner in SBSB Eastham’s Dallas office. A battle-tested litigator, he concentrates his practice on the defense of contractors and design professionals from defect and personal injury claims. A member of SBSB Eastham’s bench since March 2024, he has a vast wealth of experience defending against construction defect suits throughout Texas. In addition to this practice, he litigates personal injury cases, commercial litigation matters and business disputes rangin...

George Carlton is a founding member of Godwin Bowman PC, with more than 40 years of experience handling numerous trucking, oil field, construction accident cases, many involving death and serious injury. He also has extensive experience litigating numerous personal injury, property damage, toxic tort and product liability cases. Reflecting the standard of long-term excellence established in his legal practice, he has been selected among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, named to t...