Best Law Firms in Dallas, TX for Appellate Practice

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United States 2026
 7  Regional Awards

Our clients come first. We are dedicated to client satisfaction. Since our founding in 1993, Cooper & Scully has grown into a formidable trial and appellate team of over thirty lawyers with skills that are second to none. Through effective and cost-efficient services, our dedicated team enjoys a stellar reputation for success and excellence.

We deliver top-notch litigation services in matters throughout the country from our offices in Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Francisco.

Our firm has the flexibility to address the needs of small and large business concerns alike. We represent business entities, business owners and health care providers in a broad range of litigation and other legal matters, including complex multiparty and class-action lawsuits before federal and state courts. We have extensive experience litigating a wide spectrum of legal areas including appellate, business transactions, construction, employment, energy, health care, insurance, intellectual property, medical malpractice, products liability, professional liability and transportation.

In addition to litigating complex cases from inception, our firm is frequently retained to try cases prepared by other lawyers and to handle the post-verdict or appellate phases of cases tried by other counsel. We also handle federal and state regulatory and agency proceedings and alternative dispute resolution matters, such as arbitration and mediation.

Our mission is to resolve your litigation effectively, quickly and cost-efficiently. We provide exceptionally responsive and proactive service to our clients. Where appropriate and in the interests of our clients, we can consider alternative billing structures including contingent fee and project based arrangements.

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Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 39  National Awards
 150  Regional Awards

McDermott Will & Schulte is a leading law firm with 413 lawyers recognized by Best Lawyers across 73 practice areas. The firm's tenure with Best Lawyers began in 1983. Having lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers' purely peer review process emphasizes the lawyers credibility and reputation for their practice amongst their peers in their practice area and region. It displays professional validation of the legal talent that McDermott Will & Schulte has on their team. The firm has lawyers recognized in practice areas including: Commercial Finance Law, Litigation - Bankruptcy, Financial Services Regulation Law, Oil and Gas Law and Insurance Law.

McDermott Will & Schulte is also ranked by Best Law Firms in 56 practice areas. The Best Law Firms rankings are founded on a time-tested and transparent research process that has remained consistent since Best Lawyers launched it in 2010. McDermott Will & Schulte has 189 rankings in 56 practices. Echoing their Best Lawyers awards and team of top legal talent.

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Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Client Endorsed
 Dallas, Texas
United States 2026
 5  Regional Awards

There’s a reason why clients choose Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel to fight their tough fights again and again. 

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel is a national plaintiffs’ law firm dedicated to helping families in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving asbestos exposure, dangerous pharmaceuticals and defective medical devices, as well as toxic chemical exposure from commercial farming pesticides like Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based products, and semiconductor chip, aerospace and industrial manufacturing.

The firm’s hard earned reputation for advocacy includes:

  • Qui tam whistleblower litigation exposing fraud, waste and abuse of government programs and spending under the False Claims Act. 

  • Sexual abuse litigation holding institutions accountable when they fail to protect children from sexual abuse.

  • Mesothelioma litigation against suppliers and manufacturers that fail to protect workers, consumers and their families from exposure to cancer-causing asbestos.

  • Toxic exposure litigation on behalf of individuals exposed to benzene and other harmful chemicals in the workplace and by other means.

  • Birth defect litigation on behalf of children born with serious medical conditions caused by their parents’ exposure to toxic chemicals at work, including employees of Boeing manufacturing plants.

  • Catastrophic personal injury litigation on behalf of individuals harmed by negligent trucking and transportation companies, dangerous worksites and others.

Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel trial lawyers are committed to using the firm’s resources and collective legal firepower to achieve justice for individuals against powerful corporate interests. The firm is a leader in contingent fee litigation, assuming all risks and expenses so clients pay nothing unless they win.

With a high partner-to-associate ratio, clients know their cases are handled by experienced litigators. Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel attorneys have recovered over $1.3 billion for their clients and are renowned for their advocacy on behalf of individuals and families affected by hazardous exposures and defective products.

Based in Dallas and with offices in Los Angeles and Moline, Illinois, Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel has represented families from all fifty states and many foreign countries, as well as foreign governments. Learn more about our practice and how we can help you at www.waterskraus.com.

 

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Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
 1  National Award
 7  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 1  Regional Award
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 2  Law Firm of the Year Awards
 43  National Awards
 167  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 8  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 6  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 56  National Awards
 441  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 8  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 40  National Awards
 122  Regional Awards
National Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 6  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 1  National Award
 5  Regional Awards
National Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 2  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 40  National Awards
 115  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 36  National Awards
 104  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 42  National Awards
 171  Regional Awards
National Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 11  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 1  National Award
 12  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 2  National Awards
 25  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 22  National Awards
 235  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 12  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 6  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 10  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 14  National Awards
 158  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 47  National Awards
 217  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 24  National Awards
 191  Regional Awards
National Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 8  National Awards
 41  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 5  National Awards
 25  Regional Awards
National Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 32  National Awards
 117  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 27  National Awards
 142  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 41  National Awards
 252  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 1  Regional Award
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
 1  Regional Award
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
 8  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 7  National Awards
 47  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 1  Law Firm of the Year Award
 48  National Awards
 187  Regional Awards
National Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 2  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 16  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
 15  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 3 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 1  Regional Award
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 47  National Awards
 308  Regional Awards
National Tier 2 in Appellate Practice
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 3  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
United States 2026
 18  Regional Awards
Dallas/Fort Worth Tier 1 in Appellate Practice
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