Kelly Hart is pleased to announce that 57 lawyers have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers has earned respect from the profession, media, and public as a reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are grouped by geographic region and practice area. They are evaluated by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo a verification process to ensure they are actively practicing and in good standing. Kelly Hart congratulates the following lawyers named to the 2026 The Best Lawyers in America list:
Wayne B. Whitham – Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Derek Anderson – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Insurance
Michael D. Anderson – Litigation – Intellectual Property and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
J. Chad Arnette – Litigation – Antitrust and Litigation – Labor and Employment
Marianne M. Auld – Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation
Lars L. Berg – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
Mark E. Bishop – Real Estate Law
Anna Brandl – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Sean A. Bryan – Tax Law
William B. Burford – Natural Resources Law and Oil and Gas Law
Russell D. Cawyer – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, and Litigation – Labor and Employment
John H. Cayce, Jr. – Appellate Practice
Brenda L. Clayton – Environmental Law and Oil and Gas Law
Hugh G. Connor II – Commercial Litigation
Nicholas S. Davis – Oil and Gas Law
DeMarcus J. Gordon – Energy Law and Litigation – Environmental
Lesli D. Harris – Advertising Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Law, and Trademark Law
Aimee W. Hebert – Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, and Oil and Gas Law
Alan Hegi – Real Estate Law
Harold L. Hensley, Jr. – Oil and Gas Law and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Donald E. Herrmann – Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Construction
Brandon M. Hill – Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law
Ruth Ruggero Hughs – Administrative / Regulatory Law and Government Relations Practice
Amelia L. Hurt – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
Jane A. Jackson – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
Monica M. Jacobs – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
E. Glen Johnson – Commercial Litigation
Dee J. Kelly, Jr. – Administrative / Regulatory Law and Commercial Litigation
David E. Keltner – Appellate Practice, Arbitration, and Bet-the-Company Litigation
William M. Kerr, Jr. – Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
Chad A. Key – Real Estate Law
David R. Keyes – Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law
Daniel L. Lowry – Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law
Matthew W. Luensmann – Banking and Finance Law
Phil McCrury – Elder Law and Trusts and Estates
Patricia F. Meadows – Real Estate Law
Sharon S. Millians – Real Estate Law
Derek L. Montgomery – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Preston R. Mundt – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Ray Oujesky – Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law
Louis M. Phillips – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
Loulan J. Pitre, Jr. – Energy Regulatory Law, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law, and Oil and Gas Law
Kelly Ransom – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
Henry H. Robinson – Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Labor Law – Union, and Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
J. Andrew Rogers – Real Estate Law
Clark H. Rucker – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
Bart Rue – Oil and Gas Law
Jody S. Sanders – Appellate Practice
R. Daniel Settle, Jr. – Banking and Finance Law and Public Finance Law
Patrick M. Shelby – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy
Todd W. Spake – Oil and Gas Law
Dulaney G. Steer – Nonprofit / Charities Law and Trusts and Estates
Robert T. Stewart – Environmental Law and Litigation – Environmental
Kenneth Stogdill – Real Estate Law
John Thompson III – Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law
William N. Warren – Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Jeff Whitfield – Commercial Litigation