We are pleased to announce that partner, Avery Sheppard has been recognized as one of the 2024 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication. Less than 2.5% of Texas attorneys are selected for this honor, which is based on peer nomination, independent research, and peer evaluation.

Ware Jackson is pleased to welcome Simone Dawson, Matt Welsh, and Jordan Parker to the firm. Click on their names to read more about them.

Ware Jackson is proud to announce that five of our partners have been recognized by Thomson Reuters as Texas Super Lawyers in 2023. Only 5% of Texas attorneys are selected in a multi-phase process based on peer recognition and professional achievement. This year’s Super Lawyer honorees are Don Jackson, Tim Lee, Eileen O’Neill, Paul Smith, and Dennis Barrow.

Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith & Barrow, LLP is pleased to announce that six of its lawyers have been included in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Best Lawyers^® has published their list for over three decades, earning the respect of the profession, the media, and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in over 75 countries.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Recognized Attorneys – Best Lawyers in America

• Don Jackson – Arbitration, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Energy Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
• Timothy Lee – Appellate Practice
• Eileen O’Neill – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management
• Paul Smith – Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Dennis Barrow – Litigation – Construction
• Margaret Bryant – Appellate Practice

Certain lawyers are recognized as 2024 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers^®. This prestigious award is presented to only one individual in a given geographical region and practice area each edition.

Recognized Attorneys – Best Lawyers: Lawyer of the Year

• Don Jackson – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

The Ones to Watch list recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice.

Recognized Attorneys – Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

• Avery Sheppard – Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Law

 

Ware Jackson partner, Avery Sheppard, will be presenting at TexasBar CLE’s 45th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course in San Antonio, Texas on Friday, July 14. Avery’s presentation will highlight the case of Lennar Homes v. Whiteley, in which the Supreme Court of Texas ruled in favor of Ware Jackson’s client and held that a subsequent purchaser of a home was bound by the original homeowner’s arbitration agreement under the doctrine of direct-benefits estoppel.

Ware Jackson is proud to announce that founding partner, Don Jackson, has been named 2023 TEX-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates. This recognition is bestowed annually on a practicing lawyer who is an excellent advocate with a distinguished career, superb reputation of high ethics and fair play, and recent outstanding trial results, and who has demonstrated service to ABOTA and exemplification of its ideals. The firm extends its warmest congratulations to Don on this outstanding honor.

Asked about this recognition, Don replied: “I am amazed to receive this incredible honor from an organization that I have believed in and worked with for a quarter century. ABOTA’s mission of defending the Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury in civil cases and promoting civility and professionalism is crucial to the continued existence and vitality of the American system of justice. I will continue to do my best to live up to the ideals that this award represents.”

Don is Ware Jackson’s second TEX-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year. Lee Ware was awarded this honor in 2005.

Founded in 1958, ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges. ABOTA and its members are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ABOTA membership consists of more than 7,300 lawyers-equally balanced between plaintiff and defense-and judges spread among 96 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. ABOTA is an invitation-only organization. Members must have at least five years of active experience as trial lawyers, have tried at least 10 civil jury trials to conclusion, and possess additional litigation experience. Members must also exhibit the virtues of civility, integrity, and professionalism by following its Code of Professionalism and Principles of Civility.

Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith & Barrow, LLP is pleased to announce that its partner, Avery Sheppard, has been recognized as one of the 2023 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication. Less than 2.5% of Texas attorneys are selected for this honor, which is based on peer nomination, independent research, and peer evaluation.

In the inaugural Chambers USA Regional Spotlight Guide, Ware Jackson is ranked for Houston Dispute Resolution. According to Chambers, this captures Houston’s interesting ecosystem of litigation boutiques. Chambers and Partners is the leading independent professional legal research company. They provide detailed insight into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms.