Best Law Firms in Austin, TX for Commercial Litigation

Founded in 1959, Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson, LLP enjoys a strong reputation for high quality legal representation. We specialize in serious and complex personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice and business litigation cases.

Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson traces its roots to Tony Byrd, who founded our law firm with the goal of representing injured clients. Mr. Byrd believed that the clients’ best interests could be served by taking their cases before a jury of their peers where they could be fully compensated for the injuries sustained.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s when only a few national firms had the competency to handle product liability, aviation and complex medical litigation, our firm stood at the forefront of developing personal injury law. In the course of our history, our attorneys have successfully represented injured plaintiffs against almost every major manufacturer in the United States, foreign corporations and nearly all the major aircraft and helicopter manufacturers in the world. The firm has obtained recoveries for victims of government, local public entities, hospitals and drug manufacturers’ wrongdoing.

Beginning in the 1990s, Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson expanded its practice into commercial litigation, representing clients in breach of contract actions in various contexts. We served as class counsel in oil royalty litigation against the eight largest unified petroleum producing companies and recovered over $19 million on behalf of our clients. Since then, we have continued to expand our practice into business disputes over breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, partnership and fiduciary liability, real estate disputes, and class actions.

Today Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson carries on our founder’s goals. Throughout our history we have remained dedicated to serving our clients with honesty, integrity and excellence in legal services.

After more than half a century, we remain among the top trial firms in the United States. Our lawyers continue to be recognized as speakers, faculty members and leaders in professional organizations. Our skills continually develop, our technology is cutting edge, and our research and investigation skills are unmatched for successfully pursuing recoveries for our clients.

CM Law, formerly known as Culhane Meadows, was founded in 2013 through a visionary alliance of four attorneys who came together to build a different kind of law firm. The founding attorneys had collaborated for more than 15 years at several prominent national firms and shared a common vision: create a firm built around exceptional legal talent, strong client relationships, and a more efficient approach to delivering legal services.

From the beginning, CM Law was designed to challenge the traditional law firm model and focus resources where they matter most—on clients and their legal needs.

How is CM Law different from the traditional law firm model?

CM Law was founded on the belief that clients should not have to pay for the high overhead and inefficiencies traditionally associated with large law firms.

We leverage emerging technology and innovative ways of working to deliver sophisticated legal services efficiently, while avoiding unnecessary expenses such as extravagant office space, excessive support staff, elaborate artwork, marble columns, and other overhead that does not add value to the client experience.

Our approach allows us to remain focused on what matters most: providing high-quality legal counsel, responsive service, and meaningful value to our clients.

What does it mean to be a Client Minded Advocate® at CM Law?

At CM Law, we recognize that every legal matter exists within a larger business context. Whether a client is a growing business or a sophisticated in-house legal department, legal issues are often connected to broader objectives—including market demands, financial considerations, regulatory requirements, organizational culture, diversity and inclusion, and social or marketing goals.

That is why our attorneys approach each matter with an understanding of the client’s bigger picture. Rather than viewing a legal issue in isolation, we work to understand the business objectives behind it and develop practical strategies that help our clients achieve those goals.

How does CM Law bring together the right legal talent for its clients?

We cultivate cross-disciplinary, client-centered teams of attorneys with extensive legal experience and real-world business knowledge. By drawing on the collective capabilities of attorneys across practices and industries, we can assemble teams that are tailored to the specific needs of each client and matter.

This collaborative approach allows our clients to benefit from the depth and breadth of a full-service national law firm while maintaining the personalized attention and responsiveness they expect from their trusted legal advisors.

What role does inclusion play at CM Law?

Inclusion is fundamental to who we are—not simply concepts we discuss, but principles reflected in the way our firm is structured and operated.

As the largest national, full-service, women-owned and managed law firm in the United States, CM Law is proud to demonstrate its commitment through action. Our demographics and growth tell an important part of that story, as does our unique, objective, and fully transparent compensation system.

We believe meaningful inclusion requires more than statements or initiatives. It requires creating an environment where talented attorneys have opportunities to succeed, contribute, lead, and be recognized for the value they bring to the firm and our clients.

What makes CM Law’s approach successful?

Ultimately, our success is driven by our people and our commitment to our clients. We are privileged that so many business owners and in-house legal departments trust CM Law with their legal needs. That trust is a reflection of the exceptional legal work, responsiveness, business-minded perspective, and personal commitment of our attorneys.

Our model is intentionally designed to put those qualities at the center of the client experience—combining sophisticated legal counsel with efficiency, collaboration, transparency, and a genuine understanding of what our clients are trying to accomplish.

Well known for leadership and undisputed construction expertise since 1989, Cokinos | Young offers a broad array of legal services that are delivered with a commitment to efficiency, value and client service.

In today’s complex and constantly changing business environment, Cokinos | Young continues to use practical experience and pragmatic approaches to manage serious legal challenges. As we have expanded our capabilities over the years to a true full-service law firm, Cokinos | Young’s commitment to the construction industry has never wavered. Clients benefit from our extensive experience on a wide range of construction projects in both the public and private sectors.

Our commitment to the construction industry includes extensive involvement with many industry related associations. These relationships provide us with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing evolution of issues impacting both the construction industry at large and the clients we represent, making Cokinos | Young the most innovative and influential firm in the business.

Cokinos | Young has multiple Chambers USA and AV rated attorneys and handles matters throughout the State of Texas as well as on a national and global level. When we first opened our doors 30 years ago, Gregory Cokinos and Marc Young committed to providing our clients the highest level of legal knowledge, value, attentive service, excellence, and a full commitment to obtaining the best possible outcomes. Today, our firm continues to embody that strong foundation of core values and is why we are proud to continue servicing clients that started on the journey with us in 1989.

At Howry Breen & Herman, we have a simple mission: to fight and win the biggest and best possible results for our clients through aggressive legal action. For nearly 25 years, we’ve deployed this strategy for individuals and businesses and have obtained full and fair settlements. Our experienced team of trial attorneys has successfully tried of cases across a wide range of practice areas, including personal injury, commercial litigation, product liability, construction litigation, and more. We have extensive courtroom experience, and our Austin attorneys are not afraid to take your case to trial if necessary. Clients come to us for help because they want experienced, aggressive, fearless trial attorneys who will go to court if needed to secure full and fair compensation for real and serious injuries.

Practice Areas

Bicycle Accidents & Injury Litigation

Business & Commercial Litigation

Catastrophic Injury Litigation

Insurance Litigation

Oil & Gas Litigation

Real Estate Litigation

Spinal Cord Injury Litigation

Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation

When it comes to resolving disputes, results count.

Richardson Firm PLLC is ranked Tier 1 in Commercial Litigation by Best Law Firms®, Division of BL Rankings, an elite honor limited to top American law firms. We plan strategically and take decisive action. Combining focus and efficiency, we strive to meet or exceed our client's objectives.

As experienced trial lawyers, we handle high-stakes litigation ranging from claims for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty to disputes regarding significant contracts, trusts and estates, real estate, partnerships, arbitration, and construction contracts.

The attorneys of Thomas Williams McConnell PLLC have made careers going toe-to-toe with some of the country’s largest law firms and some of the bar’s biggest names and coming out on top. We do it for a fraction of the cost of our competition or on a contingent fee when appropriate.

Most business disputes, even significant ones, just don’t need two or more lawyers showing up at every meeting, every hearing, and every deposition. Only one person can argue a motion or take a deposition. Clients in litigation are usually better served by a single, guided missile rather than an army. That focused, direct – and unique – approach is what Thomas Williams McConnell PLLC offers.

What is also unique about Thomas Williams McConnell PLLC is we will try any case, anywhere, at any time.  We have tried almost every kind of case, tried them all over Texas and tried cases from California to Maine.

And when a case cannot be resolved short of trial, Thomas Williams McConnell PLLC helps clients tell their stories when it’s their day in court. We do this by creating compelling narratives that are consistent with the natural inclinations and life experiences of the jury. Our deep experience helps our clients achieve impressive results.

The market for legal services is changing. There is a better way to approach litigation. We formed Weisbart Springer Storm Hatchitt LLP to address this change, and create a law firm model for the next generation of client.

The Firm capitalizes on our founding partners’ collective 70 years of commercial litigation experience at some of the best-known firms in Texas. We focus on high-stakes, complex matters.

We saw the opportunity to take the best aspects of that experience and bring together a team of attorneys who are passionate about the law, who are trial-forged over decades, whose negotiation skills are backed up by significant courtroom victories, and who are committed to the highest standards of service for our clients. We offer the full resources and superior legal talent of a large law firm, but do so in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

We represent plaintiffs and defendants, corporations and individuals, in the most challenging and complex legal disputes. We are always prepared for a contentious battle if necessary to protect a client’s interest, but know that seeking a reasonable resolution outside the courtroom often provides the best way to reduce the burden of legal fees and expenses.

We also recognize the realities of business litigation by our willingness to offer and consider fee arrangements that meet the individual needs of our clients. Our ability to do so is further enhanced by being among the first law firms in the nation to use cutting-edge Caelus technology, which offers a number of advantages for the firm and our clients in managing information, expenses and other aspects of the practice.

Weisbart Springer Storm Hatchitt – founded on ethics and integrity; focused on success and excellence.

Practice Areas

• Commercial and Business Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Technology Litigation
• Complex Marital Estate Litigation
• Aviation Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation
• Higher Education Litigation
• Fixing Sensitive Problems