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Press Releases | November 4, 2021

Best Lawyers’ 2022 “Best Law Firms” List Features 14 Bell Nunnally Practice Areas

Best Lawyers’ 2022 “Best Law Firms” list, featured in U.S. News and World Reports, includes 14 Bell Nunnally practice areas – with four designated as “Tier 1,” the highest ranking in the Dallas/Fort Worth region.

Bell Nunnally is featured in the following metropolitan tier categories: Appellate Practice; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Employment Law – Management; Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; and Real Estate Law.

The “Tier 1” ranking practice areas are: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; and Real Estate Law.

“After more than 40 years of serving clients across North Texas and beyond, Bell Nunnally has earned a reputation for its high-quality, business-focused legal services,” said Christopher B. Trowbridge, managing partner of Bell Nunnally. “The ‘Best Law Firms’ 2022 list is yet another credential toward this end for both our offerings and our attorneys.”

Selection for the “Best Law Firms” listing is based on an intensive peer-review survey and evaluation process that includes data collection and feedback from thousands of clients, lawyers and law firm representatives spanning a wide range of practice areas nationwide. The full list of results can be found at https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/.

In addition to the overall firm rankings, 20 Bell Nunnally attorneys were recently selected for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Alana K. Ackels (Litigation – Labor and Employment); Jeffrey J. Ansley (Criminal Defense: White-Collar); Mikel J. Bowers (Litigation – Construction); Jean Pierre Boyea (Real Estate Law); R. Heath Cheek (Commercial Litigation); Nikki Hurst Gibson (Commercial Finance Law); Karen L. Hart (Commercial Litigation); Heather H. Jobe (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law); Randall K. Lindley (Commercial Litigation); Jeffrey S. Lowenstein (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Intellectual Property); Danica L. Mathes (Entertainment Law – Motion Pictures and Television; Entertainment Law – Music); Kassandra G. McLaughlin (Real Estate Law); Russell W. Mills (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law); Larry L. Shosid (Commercial Finance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law); John D. Smart (Employment Law – Management); Christopher B. Trowbridge (Commercial Litigation); Jay M. Wallace (Litigation – Labor and Employment); David A. Walton (Commercial Litigation); Beverly A. Whitley (Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation); and Tammy S. Wood (Commercial Litigation).

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  • Alana K. Ackels

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  • Jean Pierre Boyea

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  • R. Heath Cheek

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  • Karen L. Hart

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  • Heather H. Lindley

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  • Jeffrey S. Lowenstein

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  • Danica L. Mathes

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  • Kassandra “Kassie” G. McLaughlin

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  • Russell W. Mills

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  • John D. Smart

    John D. Smart

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  • Christopher B. Trowbridge

    Christopher B. Trowbridge

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    ctrowbridge@bellnunnally.com
    214-740-1405
  • Jay M. Wallace

    Jay M. Wallace

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    214-740-1407
  • David A. Walton

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  • Beverly A. Whitley

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  • Appeals
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