In the reversal of a directed judgment by the trial court, an LPHS team has secured a major win for the firm’s client Sunoco Partners before the Dallas Court of Appeals. 

The Dallas Bar Association is recognizing decades of professional excellence and service to the legal profession in naming LPHS founding partner Mike Lynn as the group’s 2026 Trial Lawyer of the Year. 

Two LPHS partners have been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” for North Texas in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Mary Goodrich Nix is honored in the practice area of Trade Secrets Law and Eric Pinker for Bet-the-Company Litigation. The two are among the 18 firm attorneys named this year’s prestigious list.

For the 2027 edition, 18 LPHS attorneys have been named to the prestigious list of The Best Lawyers in America and Best Lawyers Ones to Watch.  The Best Lawyers publication has set the standard for legal recognition nationwide for the past 44 years and continues to provide valuable insights into the legal profession. 

The Dallas Morning News has featured a profile of LPHS partner Mary Goodrich Nix and her career as a nationally recognized trial lawyer for complex commercial, employment, and trade secrets litigation. 

LPHS partners Britta Stanton and Eric Pinker were selected by Chambers and Partners to draft an in-depth overview on general commercial litigation in DFW, exploring how the evolution of the Texas Business Court is reshaping complex commercial litigation and why the structure of a trial team has become a strategic advantage.

LPHS partner Mary Goodrich Nix has been named to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers for 2026. 

LPHS managing partner Chris Schwegmann has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates, an exclusive group of the nation’s leading trial lawyers and judges.

An LPHS trial team has scored a major appellate win for clients Disney and Hulu against claims brought by multiple Texas cities that accused the companies of evading a state franchise tax. 

LPHS attorneys Michael K. Hurst and Jamie Drillette recently served as speakers for a session of the Women’s Mentoring Circles, a jointly-sponsored program of The Dallas Women Lawyers Association and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. 

Backed with a family legacy in the law and motivated by the success of influential women attorneys such as Catherine Crier and Barbara Lynn, the firm’s Mary Goodrich Nix has forged a career as a nationally recognized trial lawyer for complex commercial, employment, and trade secret litigation. 

The Lawdragon guide to the legal profession has selected three firm partners to the list of the Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy for 2026. 

In an article written for the Dallas Bar Association Headnotes publication, the firm’s Michael K. Hurst and Chelsea A. Till reflect on the pressures and stress that trial lawyers endure, and approaches to maintain mental wellness, both personally and professionally.

LPHS partner Chris Schwegmann has been named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers 2026 list, which Lawdragon describes as “lawyers protecting innovation, defending brand integrity and leveraging the assets at the heart of their clients' businesses.”

The Lynn Pinker team of Jessica Cox and Kristopher Ruiz emerged as one of three champions in the inaugural Young Lawyers Moot Court Competition sponsored by the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.

A Dallas County jury returned a defense verdict for a Houston real estate developer accused by certain limited partners in a real estate investment of costing them millions of dollars.

In a major appellate win for LPHS, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that the City of Hutto and related entities must repay $17 million borrowed from the firm’s client and used to fund public works projects. 

The National Speech & Debate Association has named LPHS partner David Coale to the organization’s board of directors for the 2026-2027 academic year. 

Two students from the Dallas ISD’s Judge Barefoot Sanders Law Magnet have received scholarships from the firm to further their college education. 

LPHS’s team of John Volney and Chelsea A. Till recently secured victory in an arbitration where LPHS’s client sought more than $1 million in cost overruns incurred in developing a North Texas residential subdivision.

After a 10-year pro bono battle, an LPHS team has secured asylum for a Venezuelan national in a case that the immigration judge called a “very straightforward case” of persecution.

Eighteen months after the Texas Business Courts began hearing cases, litigators such as LPHS partner Eric Pinker say the specialized court is delivering faster rulings and more thorough opinions even as the system works through growing pains.

Four of the firm’s attorneys have been selected to the prestigious Lawdragon X – The Next Generation 2026 guide, which recognizes lawyers across the nation who are shaping the future of the legal profession through exceptional advocacy, leadership, and results.

For the tenth consecutive year, LPHS has been named in the top tier of Commercial Litigation practices in North Texas by the prestigious Chambers USA guide to the legal profession.