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Best Lawyers in America
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Vinson & Elkins has the most lawyers in the nation listed in the practice areas of Antitrust, Corporate, Energy, Health Care, International Arbitration, International Trade and Finance, and Public Finance Law in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Further, the firm has more lawyers named in the guide than any other Texas-based firm as well as the most lawyers listed in Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Corporate, Employee Benefits, Energy, Health Care, International Arbitration, International Trade and Finance, Natural Resources, Public Finance, and Tax Law in the state of Texas. The 2006 guide, considered by both the legal profession and corporate in-house counsel as a leading resource for legal excellence, lists 166 Vinson & Elkins lawyers. Forty-six of these lawyers have been listed at least 10 years. Eight firm lawyers have been listed at least 20 years.
The Best Lawyers in America lists attorneys in 52 specialty areas who have been chosen through an exhaustive and confidential survey of the nation's top lawyers. The 2006 Best Lawyers edition is based on more than 1.5 million peer evaluations. The new edition marks the first annual publication of Best Lawyers in America, which has previously been published biennially.
For the full list of Vinson & Elkins Best Lawyers in America, click here .
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Chambers Global
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Vinson & Elkins' Oil & Gas practice is ranked #1 in the recently released 2006 edition of Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers. V&E; also ranked highly in 11 other categories including: 2nd in Energy: Regulatory (USA), Intellectual Property (USA), Tax (USA); 3rd in Banking & Finance (USA), Energy: Electricity (USA), Energy & Natural Resources (United Kingdom); and 4th in International Arbitration (Global), Banking & Finance (United Arab Emirates), Corporate/M&A; (USA), Projects (Global), and WTO/International Trade (USA). Entry in this guide is based solely on market recommendations. Chambers' researchers spent a year canvassing clients and lawyers to obtain a consistent market view of which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in their field. Over 5,300 in addition to the many interviews with lawyers were conducted.
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Chambers USA
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Vinson & Elkins is named one of the nation’s best healthcare practices for the second year in a row and prominent in 21 additional practice areas in the 2005 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The guide also identifies 83 V&E; lawyers as leaders in their fields of law, including one firm lawyer with exceptional recommendations, and five others identified as up and coming attorneys.
Vinson & Elkins received number one rankings in Texas in Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A;, Employment, Energy & Natural Resources: Dispute Resolution, Environment, Intellectual Property, Litigation: General Commercial, Projects, Real Estate, and Tax. Other highly placed practice areas in Texas include Bankruptcy, Healthcare, Insurance, and Technology.
Considered tops nationally in Arbitration (International), Government Contracts, International Trade, and Projects, Vinson & Elkins ranked in the District of Columbia in Energy: Electricity, Energy: Oil and Gas, Environment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Projects and is also listed among the best in New York in Energy: Transactional.
Over 7000 interviews were conducted covering the USA. Law firms and individual attorneys are assessed based on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client.
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Corporate Counsel magazine
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Corporate Counsel magazine named four V&E; lawyers in their January 2005 issue of “The Best Lawyers in America: Bankruptcy:”
Josiah Daniel
Daniel Stewart
William Wallander
John West
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H Texas Magazine
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H Texas magazine’s November 2004 issue includes 23 V&E; lawyers in its “Lawyers on the Fast Track.” Recognized V&E; lawyers include:
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Texas Lawyer
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The verdict is in: Vinson & Elkins has more "Go-To" lawyers in Texas than any other law firm, according to the Texas Lawyer. In 2002 Texas Lawyer named eight V&E; lawyers as "Top Notch" in their respective practice areas. The newspaper combined its in-depth knowledge of the Texas legal profession and interviews with hundreds of attorneys around the state to develop the list.
V&E; lawyers named as the "Go-To" lawyers in Texas include:
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Texas Monthly
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Vinson & Elkins celebrates its 74 Rising Stars identified in the July 2005 issue of Texas Monthly. A Texas Rising Star is an up-and-coming attorney who is 40 or younger or has been in practice ten or fewer years. The results are based on responses to surveys sent to Texas lawyers who themselves had been selected as Super Lawyers by their peers. V&E; is proud to have more Rising Stars than any other firm in the survey. Click here to view a complete list of V&E;'s "Rising Stars."
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