HOUSTON (Feb. 2, 2007) — For the second consecutive year, Vinson & Elkins LLP has been recognized as one of the “Best Companies to Work for in Texas.” This program, created by the publishers of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management (TSC-SHRM), and Best Companies Group, is in its second year. 

This award is based on a two-part survey designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in Texas. The first part of the survey evaluates each nominated company’s workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems, and demographics. The second measures employee experience through an employee survey.  The combined scores, analyzed by ModernThink LLC, are used to determine the top companies as well as the final ranking. For 2007, there are just 60 companies in Texas named to this list. 

The results of “Best Companies to Work for in Texas” will be published in a special section in the February 2007 edition of Texas Monthly. The companies included on the list were honored at a gala awards luncheon on Jan. 31, 2007, at the Capitol Marriott in Austin, TX.

In addition to this award, V&E; was named for a second time in two years as one of the “Best Places to work in Houston” by Houston Business Journal, ranking second in its category of companies with 500 or more employees.

For more information, please contact Ashley Battelle, communications coordinator, at 713.758.2052 or via e-mail at abattelle@velaw.com.

Vinson & Elkins was established in 1917 and is one of the world's largest international law firms. The firm has about 750 lawyers practicing in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Moscow, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. Vinson & Elkins offers a wide range of legal services. Clients include public and private companies, financial institutions, municipalities, governments of sovereign nations, entrepreneurs, families, and individuals.