International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that 10 of its Dallas-based attorneys have been named Texas Rising Stars for 2017 by Super Lawyers.
Texas Rising Stars is an annual list of exceptional lawyers in the state who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, and who are either 40 years old or younger or have been practicing for 10 years or less. This distinction is given to only two percent of young attorneys in Texas.
Honorees from Weil’s Dallas office are:
- Banks Bruce, Associate, Banking & Finance
- Kevin Crews, Associate, Corporate
- Mark Dundon, Associate, Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits
- David Gail, Associate, Corporate
- Ryan Gorsche, Associate, Corporate
- Dilen Kumar, Associate, Corporate
- Benton Lewis, Associate, Banking & Finance
- Charles Persons, Associate, Business Finance & Restructuring (currently resident in Weil’s New York office)
- Mandy Price, Associate, Corporate
- Natalie Smeltzer Fortenberry, Associate, Corporate
Weil’s Dallas office, which is celebrating its 30th year in Texas, brings the best of Wall Street-quality legal services to Dallas and the Southwest. The office is known for its sophisticated transactional, complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy and restructuring practices, and is also widely recognized for its civic involvement and its extensive pro bono service to the Dallas community.
About Weil
Founded in 1931, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a preeminent provider of legal services for more than 80 years. With approximately 1,100 lawyers in offices on three continents, Weil has been a pioneer in establishing a geographic footprint that has allowed the Firm to partner with clients wherever they do business. The Firm's four departments, Corporate, Litigation, Business Finance & Restructuring, and Tax, Executive Compensation & Benefits, and more than two dozen practice groups are consistently recognized as leaders in their respective fields.
