Thompson & Knight
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Thompson & Knight LLP is a firm of approximately 420 attorneys with domestic offices in Texas and New York, and global offices in Brazil, Europe, and Mexico. The Firm provides traditional legal services to clients in many industries, with a particular emphasis on energy, corporate, finance, business transactions, and dispute resolution. The Firm provides services to all areas of the energy industry - domestic and international, as well as upstream, midstream, and downstream.
History
Thompson & Knight was founded in 1887 by William Thompson and R.E.L. Knight, who were among the earliest law graduates of The University of Texas.
Nearly one hundred years ago, Thompson & Knight aided in the removal of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company tracks in downtown Dallas, eliminating a barrier considered detrimental to the development of the city. The Firm’s arguments to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1930 led to the landmark decision that income belonged one-half to the husband and one-half to the wife, and could be reported separately for income tax purposes. The Firm’s assistance to another client in 1958 led to the development and successful testing of the integrated circuit, ushering in the semiconductor and electronics age.
In 2004, Emily Parker, a tax attorney who had previously won one of the largest income tax cases tried in U.S. history, returned to the Firm after serving two and a half years as Deputy Chief Counsel (including ten months as Acting Chief Counsel) of the Internal Revenue Service.
Recognitions:
-79 attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America (2008), 71 attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America (2007), and 64 attorneys selected for The Best Lawyers in America (2006).
-18 attorneys selected as “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in 2007; 18 attorneys selected as “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in 2006; 15 attorneys selected as America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” in 2005 (Chambers USA: Leaders in the Field, 2005, 2006, 2007).
-Ranked among Texas’ top firms in the fields of Antitrust, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Tax Law and Litigation, and Technology (Chambers USA 2007).
-5 attorneys selected as the “Who’s Who of Oil and Gas Attorneys” in 2007 (International Who’s Who, 2007).
-18 attorneys selected as “Leading Lawyers” in Texas (Who’s Who Legal: Texas)
-74 attorneys named “Texas Super Lawyer” in 2007, 76 attorneys named “Texas Super Lawyer” in 2006, and 60 attorneys named “Texas Super Lawyer” in 2005 (Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006, 2005).
-29 attorneys selected as “Rising Stars” in 2007 and 31 attorneys selected as “Rising Stars” in 2006 (Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006, 2007).
-Listed as a recommended firm in Latin America in 2006 and 2007 (Latin Lawyer 250 Directory, 2006, 2007).
-Ranked as on the “Top 40 Law Firms” based on growth in three key financial performance measures (American Lawyer, 2007)
-Selected as a 2007 Top Law Firm for Diversity (MultiCultural Law, 2007)
Select Clients:
Cimarex
Neiman Marcus
Diversity Efforts:
The firm was recently selected for the Chevron Law Firm Diversity Recognition Award, MultiCultural Law’s Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity, and as a “Best Place to Work” by the Dallas Business Journal.
Subsidiary Company:
Thompson & Knight Global Energy Services
