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McKool Smith obtained an extremely favorable settlement on behalf of Creditors Trust in an action for recovery of a fraudulent transfer arising from a bankruptcy.  

DALLAS -- McKool Smith and 8 of the firm’s principals have been recognized in the 2014 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the leading law firms and attorneys in the United ...

On May 19, Credit Suisse AG pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to aiding U.S. taxpayers in the filing of false tax returns.  As part of the resolution between Credit Suisse ...

Federal investigators began probing Congressman Michael Grimm several years ago for allegedly taking illegal campaign contributions, but he was eventually indicted on ...

Federal prosecutors are reportedly nearing criminal charges against two of the world’s biggest banks, BNP and Credit Suisse, a development that could produce the first ...

With 10 bankruptcy lawyers operating out of the firm' s Houston office, McKool Smith's bankruptcy practice is ranked as the largest bankruptcy practice in Houston ...

Managing IP named McKool Smith the U.S. “Plaintiff IP Firm of the Year” and principal Douglas A. Cawley “Outstanding IP Litigator - Texas” at the 2014 Managing IP

McKool Smith has been recognized in The National Law Journal’s listing of the “Top 100 Verdicts” in 2013 for securing a $173 million verdict for ParkerVision, Inc. in a ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that two attorneys from the firm's Austin and Houston offices have been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers 2014 Texas Rising ...

McKool Smith received an extremely favorable (and highly confidential) decision in a matter involving entitlement to approximately $130 million arising out of a ...

Benchmark Litigation awarded McKool Smith “Texas Firm of the Year” at the second annual Benchmark Litigation US Awards ceremony held on January 29, 2014 at the Essex ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that four of the firm’s principals have been selected for inclusion in the 2013-2014 edition of the Lawdragon 500 listing of the

McKool Smith has been named an “Intellectual Property Group of the Year” by Law360. The firm was selected based on the significance, size, and complexity of its ...

Prosecutors in the case against a former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager have sought to present previously undisclosed evidence that the ex-employee obtained ...

The publishers of Acquisition International Magazine have named McKool Smith the U.S. “Energy Law Firm of the Year.”

Acquisition International’s annual legal ...

Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America's leading litigation firms and attorneys, has again ranked McKool Smith as a leading national intellectual ...

McKool Smith received numerous accolades in the 2014 "Best Law Firms" rankings recently released by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. The firm achieved "Tier 1 ...

In a recent Bloomberg articletitled, “Beanie Baby Billionaire Sentence Comes Amid Tax Leniency,” principal Daniel Levy discusses the difficulty in predicting the ...

McKool Smith has recently been recognized by both Law360 and The National Law Journal as one of the top plaintiffs’ firms in the country. 

In selecting honorees for its ...

Principal Daniel W. Levy participated in a podcast hosted by the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists and discussed the program announced recently by ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that two principals from the firm’s New York office have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of New York Super Lawyers. The ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that principals from the firm’s Austin, Dallas, and Houston offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of Texas ...

New York principal Daniel Levy  recently appeared on CNBC's "Closing Bell" hosted by Maria Bartiromo and Bill Griffeth. Mr. Levy was joined on a panel by banking ...

Law360 recently published a feature on former federal prosecutor Daniel Levy’s arrival to the firm.  Mr. Levy is joining McKool Smith's white collar ...

18 attorneys from McKool Smith’s Austin, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and Silicon Valley offices have been selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of Best ...

McKool Smith has been ranked as one of the nation’s leading IP litigation firms in Managing Intellectual Property’s inaugural edition of “IP Stars,” a legal ...

An attorney from the firm's Los Angeles office have been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers 2013 Southern California Rising Stars listing.

The Rising ...

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Sherry Klein Heitler recently ordered that all new residential mortgage-backed securities cases be assigned to a single Commercial ...

McKool Smith’s successes have earned The Legal 500’s recognition as a top tier U.S. firm for patent litigation.

According to the directory, McKool Smith “has a strong ...

DALLAS -- McKool Smith and six of the firm’s principals have earned places among the country’s top lawyers in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the leading law ...

McKool Smith principal Mike McKool was named “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer's Litigation Daily for work that resulted in the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

McKool Smith has secured a $15 million patent infringement verdict on behalf of Dallas, Texas-based Summit 6 LLC against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung ...

On April 4, 2013, Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio issued a final judgment award McKool Smith’s clients ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Managing IP has named McKool Smith the U.S. “Plaintiff IP Firm of the Year” and Principal Sam Baxter “Outstanding IP Litigator - Texas” at its ...

McKool Smith is pleased to announce that attorneys from the firm's Austin office have been selected for inclusion in the Super Lawyers 2013 Texas Rising Stars listing.

McKool Smith has been recognized in The National Law Journal and VerdictSearch listing of the “Top 100 Verdicts” of 2012 for securing a $368 million jury verdict for ...

Benchmark Litigation recognized McKool Smith principal Douglas A. Cawley as the “Litigator of the Year (South)” and the firm as the “IP Firm of the Year (South)” ...

McKool Smith Hennigan is pleased to announce that six principals from the firm’s Los Angeles office have been selected for inclusion in the 2013 edition of Southern ...

McKool Smith received top national and regional ranking for the second consecutive year in the 2013 edition of IAM Patent 1000:  The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners.

Benchmark Litigation has just announced the shortlist of nominees for the publication’s U.S. Benchmark Annual Awards ceremony, to be held on January 31, 2013 at the Essex ...

In the November 16, 2012 issue of Asset-Backed Alert, McKool Smith Principal Robert Scheef provides comments in an article about the anticipated volume of representations ...

McKool Smith has been named one of the “Top Workplaces in Dallas” by The Dallas Morning News, and one of the “Top Small Workplaces” in Austin by the Austin ...

Benchmark Litigation, the definitive guide to America's leading litigation firms and attorneys, has ranked McKool Smith as a leading national intellectual property firm ...

McKool Smith received numerous high marks in the 2013 "Best Law Firms" rankings recently released by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. The firm achieved ‘Tier 1’ ...