An internationally-recognized appellate boutique.
We tackle legal issues in trial and appellate courts.
We employ unique strategies to offer clients:
We tackle legal issues in trial and appellate courts.
We employ unique strategies to offer clients:
VALUE »
AD&T maximizes value for clients.
- No pyramid. We operate without a traditional pyramid structure.
- Low overhead. Our boutique environment allows us to reduce costs by customizing our overhead.
- Client-focused staffing. We staff each case with attorneys whose experience, expertise and client relationships make them the right fit for handling that case.
- Alternative fees. We offer a wide array of alternative billing arrangements, some of which share with our clients the financial risk of success or failure.
- Fewer expenses. We do not charge for expenses routinely charged by other firms, including Westlaw, long distance, faxes, postage, and routine copying.
EXCELLENCE »
AD&T's lawyers are consistently recognized for their excellence.
- More board-certified appellate specialists. 10 AD&T attorneys are Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization -- more than any other firm.
- American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. 3 AD&T attorneys are Fellows in the by-invitation-only American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
- Texas Super Lawyers. 8 AD&T attorneys are listed in appellate law in the 2012 edition of Texas Super Lawyers and 1 in Texas Rising Stars. LaDawn Conway is listed among the “Top 50 Women,” Charlie Frazier among the “Top 100” in Dallas/Fort Worth, Doug Alexander among the “Top 50” in Central Texas, and Kevin Dubose and Roger Townsend among the “Top 100” Super Lawyers in Houston (2012).
- The Best Lawyers in America. 9 AD&T attorneys are listed in the Best Lawyers in America (2013) under appellate law. Additionally, Best Lawyers listed Doug Alexander as Austin Appellate Lawyer of the Year and Kevin Dubose as Houston Appellate Lawyer of the Year for 2013. Best Lawyers listed Roger Townsend as Houston Appellate Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
- Top 100 Lawyers in Texas. 2 AD&T attorneys were listed among the “Top 100” lawyers in Texas in the 2012 edition of Texas Super Lawyers.
COLLABORATION »
- Teams of experienced lawyers. AD&T customizes a team of experienced lawyers to collaborate on each case. Our attorneys have an average of 20 years experience and a wide variety of appellate expertise.
- Collaboration throughout the case. Our teams collaborate on issue identification, analysis, drafts of briefs, and oral argument.
- Collaboration beyond our firm. We collaborate extensively with clients, in-house counsel, and trial lawyers.


