Hicks Thomas Partners Named Among the Nation’s Best by Their Peers

Honors by The Best Lawyers in America reflect firm’s range of services

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thirteen Hicks Thomas LLP firm partners have been included in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, which since 1983 has recognized the top legal talent in the United States.

Partners were recognized for excellence in more than a dozen practice areas, reflecting the firm’s wide-ranging talents. Practice areas cited include appellate practice, arbitration, commercial litigation, construction litigation, energy law, healthcare litigation, insurance law, insurance litigation, intellectual property litigation, oil and gas law, labor and employment litigation, management employment law, and management labor law.

The firm’s Best Lawyers honorees are:

• John B. Thomas – Commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation
• J. Stephen Barrick – Appellate practice, commercial litigation, insurance litigation
• John J. Deis – Commercial litigation, insurance law, construction litigation
• Courtney E. Ervin – Commercial litigation, energy law
• Robin L. Harrison – Arbitration, commercial litigation, construction litigation, oil and gas law
• Stewart E. Hoffer – Commercial litigation, employment law – management, labor law – management, labor and employment litigation
• Gregg C. Laswell – Oil and gas law
• Stephen M. Loftin – Commercial litigation, insurance law
• Paul L. Mitchell – Commercial litigation, construction litigation, energy law
• Cameron P. Pope – Appellate practice
• Allen H. Rustay – Commercial litigation, construction litigation
• John B. Shely – Healthcare litigation, insurance litigation
• M. Katherine Strahan – Commercial litigation

“We are proud that our efforts and talents have once again been recognized by Best Lawyers,” said Hicks Thomas partner John B. Thomas.

Best Lawyers uses nominations, peer voting, attorney feedback and verification review to spotlight the nation’s outstanding attorneys. The full list is here: https://www.bestlawyers.com/.

About Hicks Thomas
Founded in 1997, Texas-based Hicks Thomas LLP is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants across the nation. With offices in Houston, Austin, Beaumont, Amarillo, and Sacramento, California, the firm provides in-depth experience in cases involving oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), construction, environmental, complex commercial, toxic tort, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation, trade secrets and general business litigation. Learn more: http://www.hicks-thomas.com.