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U.S. News – Best Lawyers® Names Ware Jackson in the 2025 “Best Law Firms” List

Ware Jackson is proud to be recognized for 6 practice areas nationally and for 12 practice areas in the Houston area by the 2025 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” report. According to Best Lawyers®, achieving this accolade “signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.” The rankings are based on a “methodology that relies on qualitative and quantitative data on legal skillset, achievements and client successes.” This year’s rankings for Ware Jackson include:

National Tier 1: Litigation – Construction
National Tier 2: Appellate Practice, Energy Law, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
National Tier 3: Litigation – Environmental

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Houston: Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 2 – Houston: Litigation – Environmental
Metropolitan Tier 3 – Houston: Employment Law – Management

Tee It Up with TIRR 2024 Golf Tournament

Ware Jackson sponsored this year’s Tee It Up with TIRR golf tournament. Partners Don Jackson, Paul Smith, and Ferguson McNiel, pictured here with friend of the firm John Kim, participated in the tournament, which raises funds for Mission Connect, a collaborative neurotrauma research project founded by TIRR Foundation that focuses on traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.

Ware Jackson Attorneys Honored to be Named to 2025 Best Lawyers in America by Best Lawyers®.

Ware, Jackson, Lee, O’Neill, Smith & Barrow, LLP is pleased to announce that eight of its lawyers have been included in the 2025 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.

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.

These are the attorneys recognized as the 2025 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

Paul Smith
Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Dennis Barrow
Litigation – Construction, Commercial Litigation

Eileen O’Neill
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management

Tyler Henkel
Litigation – Construction

Margaret Bryant
Appellate Practice, Litigation – Construction

Ferguson McNeill
Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law – Management

 

Ware Jackson is proud to be recognized for 6 practice areas nationally and for 12 practice areas in the Houston area by the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” report. According to Best Lawyers®, achieving this accolade “signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.” The rankings are based on a “methodology that relies on qualitative and quantitative data on legal skillset, achievements, and client successes.” This year’s rankings for Ware Jackson include:

National Tier 1: Litigation – Construction
National Tier 2: Appellate Practice, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
National Tier 3: Energy Law, Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Houston: Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Labor & Employment, Litigation – Trusts & Estates, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Metropolitan Tier 2 – Houston: Litigation – Environmental, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Metropolitan Tier 3 – Houston: Employment Law – Management

 

Ware Jackson Attorneys Honored to be Named to 2024 Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch and Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers®.

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

 

Ware Jackson partner, Avery Sheppard, to present at the TexasBar CLE’s 45th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course in San Antonio

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.