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My name is Todd Smith, and I head a boutique law firm focusing on civil appeals and litigation support in cases throughout Texas. I struck out on my own in 2006 after almost a decade at one of the nation's largest firms. My experience since then has been very gratifying, as I am able to take a wider variety of cases for clients from across the spectrum. I represent individuals and businesses on both sides of the docket, and much of my work comes from other lawyers.. For more about me, please view my firm website profile. For a description of my firm's representative cases, please click here.

Mr. Knisely is a partner of Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, LLP.   His practice primarily involves representing individuals and institutions in litigation, controversies, and appeals arising from and involving trusts, estates, wills, probate matters, and guardianships.  Mr. Knisely also handles appeals of all types of civil matters in both state and federal courts, and he has significant experience in insurance matters, general commercial litigation, and in representing charitable organizations in a variety of controversies.  After law school, Mr. Knisely served as a law clerk to both the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the Honorable Felix Recio, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Mr. Jacks's practice focuses on seeking resolutions for complex business problems facing emerging and established businesses. Mr. Jacks represents individuals and businesses in partnership and shareholder disputes, protection of trade secrets, unfair competition, landlord-tenant issues, fiduciary duties, and breach of contractual obligations. Mr. Jacks also represents individuals and businesses in disputes arising under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Mike Hatchell heads the Firm's appellate practice group. During his fifty-year legal career, he has been lead counsel in over 400 appeals. He has argued 47 appeals or original proceedings in the Supreme Court of Texas, has argued en banc to the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals twice, and has appeared in all fourteen courts of appeal in Texas. Mike has been recognized for 14 years by theTexas Lawyer "Go-To Guide" as one of the top five appellate lawyers in Texas and numerous times by Texas Monthly as a "Texas Super Lawyer." He is also one of 300 elected members of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Mike serves on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee and is a highly-rated lecturer on a variety of appellate issues and developing Texas law.

Michael Eady has the unique experience of representing clients during the most challenging litigation environments.  Over the last two decades, he has been in the role of appellate counsel at trial (embedded appellate counsel) in dozens of high profile automotive product liability cases in Texas, Mississippi, Illinois, Nevada, Georgia, and Louisiana.  Since 2005, he and other members of his team have logged over 500 days in trial in over 50 cases.

Mark Farris maintains a broad civil litigation practice, and has represented a wide array of clients in state and federal courts across Texas for over 23 years. He has extensive experience in a variety of litigation matters, including cases involving personal injury, construction defects, product liability, engineering liability, business and commercial disputes, premises defects, electrical and gas utility liability, wrongful death and brain injury.. Mark is a trial lawyer with a broad base of trial and litigation experience acquired over decades of practice. During that time, he has represented clients ranging from individual personal injury clients to Fortune 500 companies.. Mark originally hails from the Texas Rio Grande Valley, but has lived and worked in Austin since 2003. He and his wife, Kellie, have three children. Mark enjoys spending time woodworking, hunting, fishing, and running at Lady Bird Lake with his wife.

Lee Parsley is a Board Certified civil appellate lawyer practicing in Austin, Texas, with the firm E. Lee Parsley, P.C.. Parsley focuses his practice on civil appellate law and on legislative representation (principally in the area of civil justice reform), but also has substantial experience representing clients in all kinds of civil litigation and in divorce cases.. Parsley is a member of the prestigious, nine-member Texas Board of Law Examiners, having been appointed to that position in 2007 by the Supreme Court of Texas.  Among other things, the Board of Law Examiners writes the examination lawyers must take to be licensed to practice law in Texas.. From 2000-2004, Mr. Parsley was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law, where he taught a seminar on Texas appellate practice.. Lee Parsley literally "wrote the book" on Texas appellate law.  He is a co-author of eleven chapters of the Texas Litigation Guide, Texas's most renowned legal treatise covering all aspects of Texas civil law.  Parsley co-authored Chapters 147-154 on appellate practice and procedure, and Chapters 90 to 92 on pretrial discovery of the Texas Litigation Guide.. Lee Parsley was the first Rules Staff Attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas, serving in that position from 1993 to 1997.. In addition to being an accomplished appellate lawyer, Parsley, for almost a decade, has been deeply involved in persuading the Texas Legislature to pass meaningful "tort reform" legislation.  Legislation on which Lee Parsley worked since 2003 has helped Texas become the Nation's premier state for conducting business.. Mr. Parsley obtained an undergraduate degree and an MBA from Texas Tech University, and graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1989.. Because of his experience and knowledge, Lee Parsley is a sought-after speaker and writer on appellate, legislative, and litigation matters.

Jimmy Vaught is passionate about family law!  In his more than 30 year career, he has always been active in appellate law, but in 1999, he made a conscious decision to become a highly regarded, well qualified family lawyer, and he has more than achieved both.  Besides representing clients in traditional family law, Jimmy is also an arbitrator, mediator and is trained in collaborative family law.   He works hard to settle and resolve disputes and takes a balanced and creative approach in all of his cases, whether in collaborative law, traditional family law, family law appeals or as a mediator or arbitrator for other attorneys and their clients.  He is well liked and respected by almost every opposing counsel that he has worked with, and though he settles most cases, he is a formidable litigator when the circumstances require going to the courthouse.  His reputation with the judiciary in venues where he practices is stellar.. Jimmy is board certified in both family law as well as civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  He is one of a handful of attorneys in Texas that are family law appellate specialists. He is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, one of only 1,600 attorneys nationwide who qualify for membership.  The Academy’s website touts “To be represented by a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is to be represented by a leading practitioner in the field of family law.”. Jimmy is also a member of many of the policy making committees of the family law section of the State Bar as well as a member of the Texas Family Law Foundation and the State Bar Family Law Section’s Legislative Committee, whose goal is to write and review new legislation in Texas.. Jimmy’s unique qualifications, as well as his excellent character and experiences as a husband and father make him a highly skilled, compassionate and problem-solving family law attorney.  His goal is to provide excellent representation and first class service to all of his clients.

I've represented newspapers, magazines, book publishers, authors, and television and cable networks, in libel, privacy and copyright litigation for more than 27 years. My clients have included HBO, CBS, NBC, Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, The Texas Tribune, Simon & Schuster, Capital Records and Perseus Books Group.. I have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of First Amendment Law since 2007. I am also listed in Best Lawyers® for Litigation - First Amendment. In addition to First Amendment and media defense, my trial and appellate practice also includes trademark and unfair business practices, water rights, real estate, general business and contract disputes.

I currently represent clients in a range of litigation matters, including complex aviation-related business litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as products liability and catastrophic personal injury litigation, through both trial and appeal. I was named "Best of the Best" in the area of Civil Litigation by the Texas Lawyers Group in 2012 and selected for Rising Star Super Lawyers for the past two years.. Prior to attending law school, I ran a successful translation practice (Spanish/English), principally focusing on legal and commercial transactions. This gave me a unique opportunity to address legal issues and concerns frequently raised in commercial transactions—with an international twist. This experience renewed my interest in the law and ultimately inspired me to attend law school.

Daniel Wannamaker is a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist and Board Certified Criminal Appeals Specialist. His office is located in Austin.. He has won numerous federal and state jury trials and has secured a presidential pardon for a client. He has recently won a not guilty in an aggravated robbery jury trial, and has represented a number of high profile clients in the news.

Dale L. Roberts is a trial lawyer representing individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, and large institutional clients involving products liability, toxic tort, premises liability, commercial litigation and general litigation, at the trial court level and on appeal.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.

Experienced Appellate attorney serving clients in Austin and surrounding areas.