| | Address | | 801 Cherry Street, Unit 1 Burnett Plaza, Suite 1600 | | Fort Worth, Texas 76102-6881 | | (Tarrant Co.) | | | |
| | | Thompson & Knight LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Acquisitions and Divestitures, Administrative, Africa Trade, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Appellate and Supreme Court, Aviation and Aerospace, Bankruptcy, Biotechnology, Business, Chemicals, China, Class Actions, Climate Change, Commercial Law, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Computer Hardware and Software, Construction Law, Consumer Products, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Reorganization, Creditors' Rights, Election Campaign and Political Law, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits (ERISA), Endangered Species, Energy, Energy Finance, Entertainment Law, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Estate Planning and Individual Wealth Management, Executive Compensation, Ethanol, Federal and State Taxation, Finance, Financial Institutions, First Amendment Law, Food and Beverage, General and Tort Litigation in Federal and State Courts, Franchises and Franchising, General Civil Practice, Global Projects and Infrastructure, Government Contracts, Government Relations, Health Law, Hospitality, Immigration, Information Management and E-Discovery Solutions, Initial Public Offerings, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Internal Investigations, International Energy Law, International Investment, International Law, International Trade, Investment Partnerships, Investment and Hedge Funds, Labor and Employment Law, Latin America, Land Use, Legal Malpractice Defense, Litigation, LNG, Lobbying, Manufacturing, Media Law, Medical Malpractice, Mergers, Natural Gas, Natural Resources, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Occupational Safety and Health, Oil and Gas, Oil and Gas Acquisitions, Oil and Gas Contracts, Oil and Gas Exploration, Oil and Gas Finance, Oil and Gas Litigation, Oilfield Drilling, Oil Pollution, Partnership Law, Patents, Petroleum Law, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Pipelines, Probate and Fiduciary Services, Probate Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Public Capital Markets, Railroad, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Refineries, Regulatory Matters, Renewable Energy, Restaurant Law, Retail, School Law, Securities, Semiconductors, Sports Law, Taxation, Technology and Science, Sweepstakes and Contest Law, Telecommunications, Tenancy-in-Common (TIC), Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Transportation, Trustee Service, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Crime, and Wills. | | Year Established: 1887 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1887, Thompson & Knight today is a dynamic firm of approximately 420 attorneys. In the United States we have four offices in Texas and one in New York, and our international offices are located in Brazil, Europe, Mexico, and North Africa.Thompson & Knight's Fort Worth office opened in 1988 and has since grown steadily in both size and diversity of practice. We value our strong relationships with our clients, among whom are many Thompson & Knight has represented for almost a century. Our attorneys provide legal services in domestic and international litigation, corporate law, employee benefits, real estate and banking, intellectual property, federal and state tax matters, wills, trusts, estate planning, and the counsel and representation of exempt organizations. | | Firm Size: 420 | Languages:
Arabic, Catalan, French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish. | Law Firm Affiliations:
INTERLAW: Thompson & Knight is a member of Interlaw, an international alliance of 64 member firms in 118 global business centers, providing access to more than 5,000 lawyers worldwide |
Other Office Locations of Thompson & Knight LLP
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
Algiers, Algeria
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil
London, England
Paris, France
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
| | PARTNERS | | Susan E. Coleman (Partner) admitted to bar, 1987, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1979); Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Order of the Coif. Listed, Tarrant County's Top Attorneys, Real Estate, 2006-2007. Managing Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1986-1987. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1982. Listed, Texas Rising Star (Real Estate, Banking), 2003-2008. Member, Forum Fort Worth. Former Director, YWCA of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association; Tarrant County Business Law Association. Practice Areas: Real Property; Leases and Leasing; Commercial Real Estate Development. Email: Susan E. Coleman | | Lynn B. Gray (Partner) admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., Sociology and Psychology, 1983); Baylor University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Greater Fort Worth Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Lynn B. Gray | | Jennifer P. Henry (Partner) admitted to bar, 1992, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Texas at Austin, School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1991). Listed, Texas Rising Stars (Civil Litigation Defense, Business Litigation), 2005-2006. Member: International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Airplane Crash Litigation. Email: Jennifer P. Henry | | Stephen B. Norris (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association (Past President, International Section); State Bar of Texas (Member, Business and International Sections). Practice Areas: Corporate/Securities, Finance; Aircraft Finance and Leasing; International Energy Law. Email: Stephen B. Norris | | Jackie Robinson (Partner) admitted to bar, 1986, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: Morehouse College (B.A., 1978); University of Houston (J.D., 1986). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member: Litigation Section; Jury Services Committee; Former Member, Planning Committee; Texas Minority Counsel Program); National Bar Association (Member, Commercial Law Section); Fort Worth/Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association (President, 1990); Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Member, Board of Directors, 2008-2009; Director at Large, 2007-2008; Dallas Area Vice President, 2006 -2007; Vice President, Fort Worth/North Central Texas Area, 2005-2006); Defense Research Institute (DRI); American Board of Trial Advocates; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; National Multiple Sclerosis Society, North Central Texas Chapter (Past Board Member); Tarrant Area Food Bank (Past Board Member). Practice Areas: Insurance Litigation; Premises Liability; Construction Accidents; Construction Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Jackie Robinson | | Morris L. Sheats, II (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1990; J.D., 1996). Listed, Texas Rising Stars (Business Litigation, Estate Planning and Probate), 2007. Member, Mahon Inn of Court, Tarrant County, Texas. Member: Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Probate Litigation. Email: Morris L. Sheats, II | | Mike Sheehan (Fort Worth Office Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2006, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., with highest honors, 1976); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1979). Master, Eldon Mahon Inns of Court. Assistant United States Attorney, 1982-1984. Listed: Super Lawyers (Business Litigation, General Litigation, Civil Litigation Defense), 2004; Top 100 Tarrant County Lawyers, Fort Worth Business Press, 2003, 2004, 2005; Tarrant County Top Attorneys (Business/Commercial Litigation), Fort Worth Magazine, 2002-2007. Listed in 2008-2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation), American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Tarrant County and New York State Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow: Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Sustaining Charter Fellow, Tarrant County Bar Foundation. [United States Marine Corps, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Class Actions; Aviation and Aerospace; Complex Litigation; Internal Corporate Investigations. Email: Mike Sheehan | | Jason P. Wylie (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1993); Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Listed, Texas Rising Stars (Business Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources, Construction Litigation), 2007. Certified Public Accountant, 1996. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association; Catholic Charities; Tarrant County Mentor Program. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Jason P. Wylie | | ASSOCIATES | | Gara Hill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Agribusiness, magna cum laude, 2002); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Order of Barristers; Order of the Coif. Member: Texas Tech Law Review; Texas Bank Lawyer. Member: Tarrant County Bar Association; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Gara Hill | | Travis W. McNellie (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Tarleton State University (B.B.A., Accounting, 1999); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Recipient, Tarrant County's Top Attorney, Real Estate, Fort Worth, Texas, 2007. Member, Greater Fort Worth Real Estate Council-Young Leaders Council. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking. Email: Travis W. McNellie | | R. George Muckleroy, IV (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.A., 1995); Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Phi Kappa Phi. Managing Editor, Texas Tech Law Review. Author: Comment, "Double Entendre: How the Two Interpretations of the Establishment Clause will Determine the Future of Charitable Choice," 33 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1197. [Captain, United States Marine Corps, 1995-2000]. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: R. George Muckleroy, IV | | Kristen M. Smith (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas Christian University (B.A., History, summa cum laude, 2004); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Member, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law. Member: State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kristen M. Smith | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | R Gordon Appleman (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 1962, Texas, Texas Supreme Court; 1966, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; 1972, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1975, U.S. Court of Claims and U.S. Tax Court. Education: The University of Texas at Austin (B.A., magna cum laude, 1959); Harvard Law School (L.L.B., 1962). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Eta Sigma. Former Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Tax Section. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2009 (Employee Benefits Law, Tax Law, Estates and Trusts). Former President, Harvard Law School Association of Texas. Attorney of Excellence - Tax Law, Fort Worth Business Press, 2003-2006; Super Lawyers (Estate Planning and Probate, Tax, Employee Benefits/ERISA), 2003-2008. Former Chairman, University of Texas System Chancellor's Council, Finance Committee. Former President, University of Texas Ex-Students' Association. Former President, The University of Texas Foundation, Inc., Chairman, Liberal Arts Advisory Council, The University of Texas at Austin, Former President, The WARM Place. Secretary, WARM Foundation. Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Member: State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Former Chairman, Taxation Section; Former Member, Tax Advisory Commission); American Law Institute; Fort Worth Business and Estate Council (Former Chairman); American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. [U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1962-1966; U.S. Army Reserve, JAG, 1966-1968]. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Exempt Organizations; Employee Benefits. Email: R Gordon Appleman | | OF COUNSEL | | Frank Waite (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., Sociology and Psychology, 1979); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1984). Fellow, International Municipal Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Pakdimounivong v.City of Arlington, ___S.W. 3d ___ (Tex. App.--Fort Worth 2006); City of Arlington v. Moore 2006 WL 202333 (Tex. App.--Fort Worth 2006); City of Arlington v. State Farm Lloyds, 145 S.W. 3d 165 (Tex. 2004); Kaplan v. City of Arlington, 184 F. Supp. 2nd 553 (N. D. Tex. 2002); Daniels v. City of Arlington 246 F. 3d 500 (5th Cir. 2001). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Constitutional Law; Government; Litigation. Email: Frank Waite | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Algiers, Algeria Office: Residence PTT, Villa No. 45A, Hydra, 16035. Telephone: +213.2159.1377. Telecopy: +213.2159.1284.
Austin, Texas Office: 98 San Jacinto Boulevard, Suite 1900, 78701-4238. Telephone: 512.469.6100. Telecopy: 512.469.6180.
Dallas, Texas Office: One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500, 75201. Telephone: 214.969.1700. Telecopy: 214.969.1751.
Houston, Texas Office: 333 Clay Street, Suite 3300, 77002-4499. Telephone: 713.654.8111. Telecopy: 713.654.1871.
London, England Office: 90 Long Acre, Covent Garden, WC2E 9RZ. Telephone: +44.0.207.716.5841. Telecopy: +44.0.207.849.3200.
México City, México Office (Thompson & Knight Abogados): Paseo de las Palmas 405 - 1901, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, C.P. 11000. Telephone: +52 55.5002.8100. Telecopy: +52 55.5002.8110.
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México Office (Thompson & Knight, S. de R.L. de C.V.): ING Torre Comercial América, 30th Floor, Batallón de San Patricio #111, Col. Valle Oriente, Garza García, N.L. C.P., 66269. Telephone: +52 81.8215.7700. Telecopy: +52 81.8215.7701.
New York, New York Office: 919 Third Avenue, 39th Floor, 10022-3915. Telephone: 212.751.3001. Fax: 212.751.3113.
Paris, France: 2300 rue Balzac, 75008. Telephone: +33 1.5353.6958. Telecopy: +33 1.5353.6700.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Office: Tauil & Chequer Advogados, Affiliated with Thompson & Knight LLP, Rua do Carmo, 43-8° Andar Centro, RJ, CEP: 20011-020. Telephone: +55 21.2271.4210. Telecopy: +55 21.2272.4211.
San Antonio, Texas Office: 4040 Broadway, Suite 615, 78209. Telephone: 210.225.2285. Fax: 210.225.7045.
São Paulo, Brazil Office: Tauil & Chequer Advogados, Affiliated with Thompson & Knight LLP, Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1455-6° Andar Vila Nova Conceiçáo, SP, 04543-011. Telephone: +55.11.2504.4210. Telecopy: +55.11.2504.4211.
| All Members and Associates are Members of the Ft. Worth-Tarrant County and American Bar Associations and the State Bar of Texas. | (For biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at Algiers, Algeria; Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas; London, England; New York, New York; Monterrey and Mexico City, Mexico; Paris, France; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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