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Turner Thornton is a Senior Attorney and leader of Varghese Summersett’s Family Law Division, where he represents clients in divorce, child custody, property division, and other complex family law matters. With experience handling hundreds of cases, Turner is equally comfortable negotiating a resolution outside the courtroom or advocating for his clients at trial. He takes a strategic approach to each matter, evaluating the circumstances and objectives of the family involved to determin...

Francesca Blackard is a dedicated family law attorney and partner at McClure Law Group, where she has exclusively practiced family law since earning her Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 2012. Francesca’s journey to becoming a well-respected family law attorney began even before law school, where she spent five years working as a paralegal and law clerk at family law firms in Chicago, New York, and Dallas. Her unique career path has honed a skill set deeply rooted in family law, ...

Michael A. Bittner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent. Michael A. practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Michael A. Bittner 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 Michael A. Bittner is held by other lawyers.

Brandon M. Hill’s practice focuses on the representation of lenders, borrowers and investors in interim, permanent, tax-exempt bond, reserve-based, construction, and other types of financing transactions, whether secured or unsecured. His public finance practice includes serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel, and bank’s counsel in tax-exempt and taxable financings for municipalities and non-profit entities including school districts, cities, coun...

Chip Brooker represents individuals and their families nationwide in wrongful death and serious personal injury cases caused by dangerous and defective products, trucking and transportation crashes, explosions and burns, on-the-job injuries, sexual assault, and professional negligence among other claims. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2018, Texas Super Lawyers since 2015, and D Magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas since 2017. In 2018, Chip was the youngest and one of onl...

Barry Golden is a litigator and the Co-Chair of Egan Nelson’s Commercial Litigation Group. His clients have included large corporations as well as smaller, privately-owned business, and their respective owners, officers, directors, and managers. Throughout his career, Mr. Golden has handled high-stakes litigation, often including bet-the-company matters. Mr. Golden's experience includes commercial litigation (disputes involving, for example, breaches of contract, business torts, defamat...

Gary S. Kessler is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Litigation - Securities and Real Estate Law. Gary S. practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Gary S. Kessler since 1995. 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 Gary S. Kessler is held by ...

Lolly Chauppette is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Lolly practices law in Dallas, Texas Best Lawyers has recognized Lolly Chauppette since 2026. 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 Lolly Chauppette is held by other lawyers.

For nearly thirty years, Terry R. Landry has represented real estate investors, lenders, developers, managers, and financial institutions in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. Terry started his legal career at what are now two of the largest law firms in the U.S., Locke Lord, LLP and Squire Patton Boggs, and that Big Law experience helped him acquire the top-notch training and legal discipline that has served his clients well for the last three decades. He also has a unique b...

Sidney H. Scheinberg chairs the Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights section of Godwin Bowman PC, representing clients in complex and critical cases. Based in the firm’s Dallas office, the primary focus of his practice is on bankruptcy and business litigation matters, with an emphasis on the representation of secured creditors, such as automobile finance companies and national banking associations. His clients have included such luminaries as Bank of America, Hyundai, Honda, Toyota Financial...