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The firm is proud to announce that Danielle Hatchitt, James Hatchitt and John Runde have been named again to the list of Texas Rising Stars in the publication’s 2023 edition. Texas Rising Stars honorees are selected by Thomson Reuters’ legal division, recognizing the state’s best lawyers under the age of 40 and those who have… Read more »

Weisbart Springer Hayes is featured among Austin’s top firms in the area of Dispute Resolution by Chambers and Partners, one of the most respected and coveted guides to the legal profession. The firm is one of five from Austin honored in the category, which encompasses general business, intellectual property, and fraud disputes, as well as… Read more »

For the tenth consecutive year, the firm has earned a place on the annual list of The Best Law Firms published in association with U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America. In the 2023 edition the firm is ranked in the top tier in the Central Texas region for its commercial… Read more »

The firm’s Sherrard “Butch” Hayes and  Julie Springer have been recognized among the top 200 attorneys in the nation on the list of Lawdragon’s Leading Corporate Employment Lawyers. The guide honors the nation’s top advisors to businesses, universities, nonprofits and other organizations dealing with the mind-bending matrix of today’s global workforce, including employment litigation, defending… Read more »

The firm’s Julie Springer has been named to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America. Inclusion in the prestigious legal publication recognizes attorneys who excel in litigating claims involving Antitrust, Securities, Financial, M&A, Intellectual Property and Patents, Product Liability, Mass Tort, White Collar, Government Investigations and Energy disputes. Attorneys on this year’s list come… Read more »

Three of the firm’s young attorneys have been named again to the list of Texas Rising Stars for 2022.   This is the eighth year that firm partner Matt Wood has been recognized for his work in business disputes related to corporate governance, real estate, intellectual property, employment, and various business contracts.  His clients have included… Read more »

Weisbart Springer Hayes LLP is pleased to announce that trial lawyer Danielle Hatchitt has been named a partner in the firm.   Ms. Hatchitt represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial disputes involving real estate, entitlement and municipal law issues, partnership disputes, fiduciary litigation, breach of contract, intellectual property protection, breach of non-competition and non-solicitation… Read more »

For the ninth consecutive year, the firm has earned a place on the annual list of The Best Law Firms published in association with U.S. News & World Report and The Best Lawyers in America  In the 2022 edition of the prestigious guide to the legal profession the firm is ranked in the top tier in the Central Texas region for its commercial litigation practice, its service as counsel to management clients in employment law, and in the representation of plaintiffs… Read more »

A Harris County jury has found that Baylor University and two former student-athletes were not liable in the alleged sexual assault of a student in 2017. Julie Springer was co-lead counsel for Baylor and the firm’s Sara Janes and Colleen Murphey were key members of the defense team in the trial, which began on May… Read more »

Four of the firm’s young attorneys have been named to the list of Texas Rising Stars for 2021, the largest number of honorees in the firm’s nine-year history. This is the seventh year that firm partner Matt Wood has been recognized for his work in complex business disputes and high stakes appeals. He recently represented… Read more »