The Texas Center for Legal Ethics selected Kevin Dubose to be its 2012 appellate-lawyer recipient of the Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award. Each year the Center presents this award to one appellate judge and one appellate lawyer "who epitomize the highest level of professionalism and integrity."
Dana Livingston is the editor of the recently published Appellate Practice Compendium. This two-volume set is an exhaustive insider’s guide to appellate practice, rules, and procedures for all 50 states, Washington D.C., and all federal circuit courts. Dana also wrote the Fifth Circuit Chapter. The Texas Chapter is co-authored by Robert Dubose.
The 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in America lists 9 lawyers from AD&T in appellate law: Doug Alexander, Dana Livingston, LaDawn Conway, Kevin Dubose, Robert Dubose, Charlie Frazier, Roger Townsend, Susan Vance, and Amy Warr. In addition, Best Lawyers listed Doug Alexander as Austin Appellate Lawyer of the Year and Kevin Dubose as Houston Appellate Lawyer of the Year. Roger Townsend was listed as Houston Appellate Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
Susan Vance was selected by Texas Lawyer as one of twenty “Winning Women” attorneys in Texas for 2012. Click here for more.
The 2012 edition of Texas Super Lawyers lists 8 lawyers from AD&T in appellate law: Doug Alexander, LaDawn Conway, Kevin Dubose, Robert Dubose, Charlie Frazier, Dana Livingston, Roger Townsend, and Amy Warr. Susan Vance was listed in appellate law in the 2012 edition of Texas Rising Stars.
Additionally, LaDawn Conway was listed among the “Top 50 Women,” and Doug Alexander and Kevin Dubose were listed among the “Top 100” Lawyers.
La Dawn Conway was named by D Magazine to its Best Women Lawyers in Dallas 2010 list. Click here for details.
The Chambers USA 2011 Client’s Guide features Doug Alexander, Kevin Dubose, and Roger Townsend as “Leading Individuals” in appellate litigation in Texas.
In 2010, the legal website lawdragon.com published a list of the Top 3,000 lawyers in the U.S., and the list includes Doug Alexander and Kevin Dubose. With 1.2 million lawyers in the U.S., this group represents the top .0025 of lawyers in the country.
Roger Townsend is President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
Doug Alexander, LaDawn Conway, and Robert Dubose currently hold positions on the State Bar Appellate Section Council.
Alex Albright is serving as co-vice chair of the State Bar Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee (2012-13) and has been reappointed to the Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, on which she has served since 1993. Alex has also recently authored (with Charles F. Herring, Jr.) a new edition of the Handbook on Texas Discovery Practice, a comprehensive analysis of the Texas discovery rules and the summary judgment rule and a part of West’s Texas Practice Series.
LaDawn Conway is currently serving as an appointed member of the State Bar Pattern Jury Charge Committee, Business, Consumer and Employment Volume.
Susan Vance is currently serving as an appointed member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization Examination Commission for Civil Appellate Law. Kevin Dubose is currently serving as Chair of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization Civil Appellate Advisory Commission.
Amy Warr is currently serving as Chair of the Pro Bono Pilot Project, Third Court of Appeals at Austin.
Dana Livingston is a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of Appellate Lawyers of the ABA’s Judicial Division and is the Program Chair for that organization.