Stephen Benesh, a seasoned commercial litigator at Bracewell LLP, draws on nearly 40 years of experience representing clients in securities, business torts, fraud, fiduciary duty, class actions, and contract disputes. Benesh regularly advises on high-stakes, complex disputes valued at the upper end of the nine-figure range. Furthermore, Benesh has extensive first-chair trial experience in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation. He currently serves on the Texas Board of Law Examiners by Supreme Court appointment.

Craig A. Boneau has been a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP in Austin since its origin. Boneau specializes in complex cross-border commercial litigation, insolvency-related claims, and financial-fraud litigation on behalf of trustees, receivers, and creditors. He has negotiated high-value settlements for clients from bankruptcy and litigation trustees to minority shareholders and defrauded companies. Boneau is currently representing North American Sugar Industries, Inc. in a lawsuit alleging that Chinese, American, and Singaporean companies violated the Helms-Burton Act by unlawfully trafficking in its confiscated Cuban property.

Kyle Hawkins, chair of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP’s appellate practice, handles complex commercial disputes with a strong appellate focus. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court, and Fifth Circuit. Hawkins maintains a national practice, representing clients through all litigation phases from pre-complaint advice to trial and post-trial and manages arbitrations, jury instructions, key motions, trial strategy, and appellate issue preservation.

Scott Keller, founding partner of Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, is a leading appellate litigator with 12 cases before both the U.S. Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court. He handles high-stake appeals nationwide, representing Fortune 100 and 500 companies, including major tech companies. Keller led the landmark NetChoice LLC v. Paxton case, securing a 6–3 Supreme Court victory protecting platforms’ First Amendment rights. He is known for challenging government overreach, including a successful case against a federal COVID mandate. Keller is currently representing Harvard in a First Amendment and administrative law case challenging the Trump Administration’s $2.2 billion funding freeze, raising significant issues of academic freedom and government overreach.

Jeff Oldman, chair of Jackson Walker, L.L.P.‘s appellate practice, is a distinguished appellate specialist. He has a proven track record before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Texas, the Fifth Circuit, and other appellate courts. He leads high-stakes appellate efforts across bankruptcy, IP, complex commercial litigation, trade secrets, and breach of contract matters, handling disputes for public and private companies and individuals. Oldham has secured victories involving billions of dollars in claims.

Nathaniel J. Palmer, a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, handles high-value commercial insolvency litigation, frequently acting for trustees and investor groups in multi-jurisdictional disputes. His practice spans financial fraud, audit and legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and D&O liability. Palmer regularly appears in state and federal courts across the U.S. and served as lead counsel in the derivative action on behalf of Renren, Inc., one of the largest recoveries of its kind, securing $300 million settlement involving offshore entities and complex securities issues.

William T. Reid IV, a founding partner of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, has a national practice that focuses on complex plaintiff-side financial litigation, including but not exclusive to insolvency, professional liability, fraud, fiduciary duty, D&O, accountancy malpractice and cross-border disputes. Reid appears regularly before trial and appellate courts, including the Texas Supreme Court and has secured recoveries in the billions. Reid has further led precedent-setting litigation and currently leads derivative actions against AT&T, seeking hundreds of millions in damages for alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment related to AT&T’s monetization of assets held by regional cellular partnerships.

Gregory Schwegmann, a partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP since its inception, is a seasoned financial litigator specializing in complex commercial disputes involving financial fraud, securities matters, and fiduciary misconduct. Schwegmann represents litigation trustees, bankruptcy trustees, distressed corporations, and investors in high stakes matters across state and federal courts, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. Focused almost exclusively on the plaintiff side, Schwegmann secured a landmark Seventh Circuit victory ruling on the scope of §546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, later affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting. Most recently, Schwegmann has been lead counsel in multiple derivative suits against AT&T, alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment related to the misuse of control over regional cellular partnerships.

Kevin Terrazas, a founding partner of Terrazas PLLC, is a highly experienced trial and appellate lawyer. He handles complex commercial disputes, representing clients in jury trials, arbitrations, and appeals up to the U.S. Supreme Court. Terrazas demonstrates a depth of legal expertise as he practices across a board range of practice areas including contracts, real estate, IP, employment, civil litigation and torts.

Lisa Tsai, co-founder and managing partner of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, is a highly experienced trial lawyer with over 20 years of success in high-stakes plaintiff-side commercial litigation. Tsai represents Fortune 100 companies, investment managers, bankruptcy trustees, and individuals in complex matters that involve financial injury, including but not exclusive to: financial fraud, malpractice, and breaches of fiduciary duty. Tsai regularly secures nine and ten figure recoveries.

William Christian, a shareholder at Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody PC, is a seasoned trial lawyer with a specialty in appellate law with over 25 years experience. His practice focuses on commercial and energy litigation across Texas, with emphasis on property disputes, and oil and gas mineral interests. Representing land and mineral owners, Christian advocates for clients at trial and appellate levels, and has handled cases in both state and federal court - including appearances before the Texas Supreme Court.

Jennifer Freel, partner at Jackson Walker, L.L.P. maintains a broad practice spanning white-collar defense, federal tax and securities litigation, employment matters, government investigations, and complex civil disputes. Freel has argued 25 cases before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and represents both businesses and individuals at every stage from pre-trial through trial and appeal in both the state and federal courts. Freel also advises on energy-related litigation and regulatory matters, recently securing two contested mining permits from the Texas Railroad Commission over objections from neighboring landowners.

Ryan Goldstein, a commercial litigator at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP, represents plaintiffs in high-stakes business torts, legal malpractice, professional liability and complex financial transactions. As a trial lawyer, Goldstein sees cases through from inception and handles disputes both across the U.S and in cross-border settings, with claims reaching the eight-figure range.

Christopher Mugica, a partner at Jackson Walker, L.L.P., focuses his practice on fiduciary litigation, regularly defending officers, directors, and trustees. Mugica is highly experienced in both fiduciary matters and conflict resolution, advising individuals as well as major national and multinational companies on governance issues, particularly in disputes involving the separation or expulsion of corporate members and partners. Mugica’s broader commercial litigation work spans trade secrets, real estate and land disputes, with experience before both the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Sal Subasinghe, partner at Duane Morris LLP, handles complex commercial disputes with a focus on cross-border litigation, international arbitration, securities matters, and insolvency-related claims. Subasinghe has acted in ICC and SIAC arbitrations and regularly appears in U.S. federal courts. His work includes enforcement actions, shareholder disputes, and fraud claims, often involving foreign parties and multi-jurisdictional issues.

William Thompson, partner at Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, specializes in complex litigation including commercial, constitutional and administrative matters. He has first-chaired trials and handled litigation in state and federal courts, led trial teams through evidentiary hearings on preliminary injunctions and has argued cases in the Fourth and Fifth Circuits. Thompson’s recent work has included representing companies such as Meta in arbitration, and contract disputes that have ended in a federal trial and a $185m settlement.

Tiffany Harrod, a partner at Peckar & Abramson P.C., specializes in construction and commercial litigation. Harrod manages complex disputes involving commercial construction, tunneling, infrastructure, and renewable energy projects, including those valued up to nine figures. Her experience spans sectors such as onshore and offshore oil and gas, as well as solar developments for owner-side clients. In addition to her construction work, Harrod handles a broad range of commercial disputes and has trial experience in state and federal courts across Texas, as well as in multiple arbitration forums.