Awards

Carrington Coleman Partner Charles Jordan has been selected for a second consecutive year to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Environmental Lawyers — The Green 500 in recognition of his Environmental Compliance work.

Charles represents clients in enforcement and compliance matters involving regulatory agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He is the former Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section.

The Green 500 honors the country’s top private practice, nonprofit, and academia attorneys focused on environmental law. The full list can be found at https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2025-01-31-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-environmental-lawyers-the-green-500.

Carrington Coleman Partner Christie Newkirk was inducted as a Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a non-profit association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide in the practice of Labor and Employment Law. Election to be a Fellow is the highest recognition by ones’ colleagues of continued outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication, and merit. Fellows are recognized as distinguished members of the labor and employment community who promote achievement, advancement, and excellence in the practice by setting standards of professionalism and civility, by sharing their experience and knowledge and by acting as a resource for academia, the government, the judiciary and the community at large.

To learn more about The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, click here: https://theclel.org/

Carrington Coleman managing partner Monica Latin and partner Cathy Altman have been selected among the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

Lawdragon’s flagship legal guide, Leading Lawyers recognizes the top 500 attorneys across all practice areas. The 2025 selection is Monica’s second for her Commercial Litigation work. It is the first for Cathy in the area of Construction and Real Estate.

One of the nation’s most respected attorneys, Monica’s practice focuses on a broad range of commercial litigation, including trials, arbitrations, and appeals. Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, she is a frequent lecturer on litigation issues and is a longtime leader in the litigation section of the American Bar Association.

She has earned Chambers USA and D CEO Dallas 500 selection as well as recognition as The Best Lawyers in America’s 2025 bet-the-company litigation Lawyer of the Year. She has also been honored among the Top 100 Lawyers in DFW and Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas by Texas Super Lawyers.

Cathy represents both public and private entities in connection with the construction of large commercial or infrastructure projects, such as highways, bridges, airport and rail facilities, energy projects, manufacturing facilities, and commercial buildings.

Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Construction Law, her work has earned numerous professional recognitions including National Diversity Council’s Top Women Lawyers in Dallas, The Best Lawyers in America’s construction litigation Lawyer of the Year in 2024, Chambers USA, and Top 100 Lawyers in DFW and Top 50 Women Lawyers in Texas by Texas Super Lawyers.

First published in 2005, Leading Lawyers is Lawdragon’s first and remains its most exclusive legal guide. Selection is based on year-round editorial research, supplemented by peer nominations and third-party evaluation. The full listing can be found at https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2025-01-10-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-lawyers-in-america.

Partners Chris Anaya, Marisa O’Sullivan, and Brent Rubin have been named among 2025’s Best Lawyers Under 40 by D Magazine.

This is Chris’ third selection to the prestigious listing based upon his Construction Litigation work. In addition to Best Lawyers Under 40, his work has received Texas Rising Stars, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, and Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators recognition. He is also a Construction Lawyers Society of America Associate Fellow.

Among the top Insurance Law attorneys in Texas, this marks Marisa’s seventh selection to the D Magazine listing. Her work has also earned recognition among the Up-and-Coming 50: Women Texas Rising Stars, Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators, and Texas Super Lawyers. She was also named a Texas Legal Awards’ Influential Women of the Year Finalist in 2024.

An advocate for individuals, businesses, and government entities, this is the second selection for Brent based upon his Appellate practice. His work has also earned Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, and Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators honors.

Best Lawyers Under 40 selection is based on peer nominations, followed by review from an independent panel of distinguished attorneys working in conjunction with D Magazine’s editors.   

Carrington Coleman has received Best Law Firms® recognition across 26 unique practice areas, including again earning a place among the top firms in the nation for both its Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Litigation and Securities Litigation practices.

Best Law Firms recognition is considered a trusted indicator of a firm’s standout performance and excellence within the legal industry. In addition to its national rankings, the firm earned the following Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan recognition:

Appellate Practice

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Business Organizations, including LLCs and Partnerships

Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law

Commercial Litigation

Construction Law

Construction Litigation

Corporate Law

Employment Law/Individuals

Employment Law/Management

Environmental Law

Family Law

Family Law Mediation

Financial Services Regulation Law

Intellectual Property Litigation

Labor & Employment Litigation

Labor Law /Management

Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law

Patent Law

Patent Litigation

Product Liability Litigation Defense

Real Estate Law

Regulatory (SEC, Telecom, Energy) Enforcement Litigation

Securities Litigation

Trusts & Estates Law

A firm must have at least one attorney recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® to be eligible for inclusion in Best Law Firms. More than half of Carrington Coleman attorneys, 24 in total, were featured in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers, spotlighting the firm’s depth of talent and practice expertise. An additional 14 attorneys were selected to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list.

Three Carrington Coleman attorneys have been selected to the 2025 edition of Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers legal guide. Whitney Keltch Green, Carmen Eiker and Monique Sneed were recognized for their Family Law work focusing on divorce, custody, and complex property matters.

This is the second selection for Whitney. Her practice focuses on complex disputes involving children, including custody, parental alienation, addiction concerns, grandparents’ rights, special needs children, and situations involving mental health issues. She also represents clients in matters involving complex property division disputes.

Carmen represents clients in all aspects of family law, including divorce, child custody, visitation, and support, as well as complex property division issues, and both premarital and post marital agreements. Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in both Family Law and Civil Trial Law, she is also trained in collaborative family law. This is her second Leading Family Lawyers selection.

This is the first selection for Monique who represents clients in divorce and child custody disputes. She also assists with adoptions and in Child Protective Services cases.

The full 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers list can be found at https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-10-11-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-family-lawyers.

For a third consecutive year, Carrington Coleman partners Mike Birrer and Christie Newkirk have been selected among the Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers. They were selected based on their broad-based Labor & Employment Law practices.

Mike Birrer’s national practice touches on every aspect of the employer/employee relationship, from drafting hiring policies to structuring mass layoffs and providing counsel on workplace issues including employment policies, wage/hour compliance, safety rules, termination risks, and protection of trade secrets.

Christie Newkirk’s practice focuses on management-side employment law, advising clients on a far-reaching variety of critical human resources matters including the planning and implementing of reductions in force, managing employee and executive performance issues, making high-risk employment decisions, and drafting confidentiality, noncompetition, and executive employment agreements.

The annual Lawdragon 500 Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers guide honors the nation’s top advisors on diverse workplace issues including mobility, benefits, and executive compensation as well as wage and hour class actions, discrimination, and non-compete agreement disputes. The full 2025 list can be found at: https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-09-20-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-corporate-employment-lawyers.

Twenty-one Carrington Coleman attorneys have been selected for the 2024 edition of Texas Super Lawyers.

Additionally, Managing Partner Monica Latin and Construction Litigation Partner Cathy Altman each earned recognition among the Top 100 attorneys in Texas, Top 100 attorneys in Dallas-Fort Worth, and the state’s Top 50 female attorneys.

Carrington Coleman attorneys included in the 2024 Texas Super Lawyers legal guide are:

Cathy Altman, Construction Litigation

Katie Anderson, Schools & Education

Mike Birrer, Employment & Labor

Neil Burger, Business Litigation

Ken Carroll, Appellate

Mark Castillo, Bankruptcy: Business

Bruce Collins, Business Litigation

Lance Currie, Construction Litigation

Carmen Eiker, Family Law

Kelli Hinson, Business Litigation

Mark Howland, IP Litigation

Jason Katz, Business Litigation

Whitney Keltch Green, Family Law

Monica Latin, Business Litigation

Rodney Lawson, Personal Injury: General, Defense

Alex More, Securities Litigation

Christie Newkirk, Employment & Labor

Debrán O’Neil, Business Litigation

Marisa O’Sullivan, Insurance Coverage

Jennifer Ryback, Business Litigation

J. Michael Sutherland, Bankruptcy: Business

Texas Super Lawyers recognizes the top 5% of attorneys each year. Selection is determined through a multiphase process that combines peer nominations, evaluations, and independent research.

A total of 25 Carrington Coleman attorneys are included on the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America legal guide.

The prestigious legal guide honors the attorneys most trusted by corporations and other entities to handle their most important commercial, construction, labor and employment, antitrust, securities, intellectual property, product liability, insurance coverage, bankruptcy and financial litigation, as well as appellate, professional liability and white collar investigation matters. Selection is based on peer submissions and editorial research.

The Carrington Coleman attorneys selected to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America listing are:

Cathy Altman, Construction Litigation

Chris Anaya, Commercial Litigation, Construction

Katie Anderson, Commercial Litigation

Mike Birrer, Labor and Employment Litigation

Neil R. Burger, Commercial Litigation

Ken Carroll, Appellate, Antitrust

Bruce W. Collins, White Collar & Investigations, Securities Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Lance Currie, Securities Litigation

Monica Gaudioso, Commercial Litigation

John B. Gessner, Commercial Litigation

Parker Graham, Commercial Litigation

Kelli M. Hinson, Accounting & Other Professional Liability

Mark C. Howland, IP

Jason M. Katz, Commercial Litigation

Monica W. Latin, Business/Financial Litigation, Commercial Litigation

Rodney H. Lawson, Product Liability, Class Action

Steven L. Levine, IP Litigation, esp. Trademark

Alex More, Business/Financial Litigation

Debrán O’Neil, Accounting & Other Professional Liability, Product Liability

Marisa O’Sullivan, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Coverage Litigation

LaCrecia Perkins, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate

Brent Rubin, Appeals, Financial Services

Jennifer Ryback, Commercial Litigation, Employment

Brian Shaw, Business/Financial Litigation

Mike Sutherland, Bankruptcy Litigation

The full Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America listing can be found at https://www.lawdragon.com/guides/2024-09-06-the-2025-lawdragon-500-leading-litigators-in-america.

Overview: Carrington Coleman Attorney Haley Ablon recently received the 2024 Rising Raggio Award from the Dallas Women Lawyers Association. DWLA established the Rising Raggio Award to recognize an outstanding woman lawyer who has been practicing for less than six years, has achieved significant professional accomplishments, and demonstrated leadership within the Dallas community. Join DWLA at the 2024 Awards Reception for the annual presentation of the prestigious awards that celebrate the outstanding achievements of women in the legal community.

Event Details: October 22, 2024 | 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM | The Empire Room – Design District

The 2024 Award Recipients can be found here.