The Dallas and Houston offices of global law firm Jones Day announced that 28 of their lawyers have been named 2012 Texas Super Lawyers. No more than five percent of eligible Texas attorneys receive this honor. The lawyers, and the categories for which they were chosen, are:

Roy T. Atwood, General Litigation

Mark E. Betzen, Mergers & Acquisitions

R. Scott Cohen, Mergers & Acquisitions

Daniel T. Conrad, Intellectual Property Litigation

David E. Cowling, Tax

Sally L. Crawford, Securities & Corporate Finance

Katherine Ettredge, Banking

Thomas E. Fennell, Personal Injury Defense: Products

N. Scott Fletcher, Securities Litigation

Hilda C. Galvan, Intellectual Property Litigation

Gregory M. Gordon, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

C. Christopher Groves, Business Litigation

Charles T. Haag, Securities & Corporate Finance

James P. Karen, Business Litigation

Troy B. Lewis, Mergers & Acquisitions

Weston C. Loegering, Criminal Defense: White Collar

David J. Lowery, Real Estate

George T. Manning, Business Litigation

Sydney McDole, Business Litigation

James E. O'Bannon, Securities & Corporate Finance

Matthew D. Orwig, Criminal Defense: White Collar

Jeff Schlegel, Energy & Natural Resources

Karen Gren Scholer, Business Litigation

Gary G. Short, Employee Benefits/ERISA

Patricia J. Villareal, Securities Litigation

Todd Wallace, Tax

Michael O. Weinberg, Mergers & Acquisitions

Daniel P. Winikka, Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

The selections for this list are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters Legal division. The Super Lawyers research team undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Ranked among the world's best and most integrated law firms, and perennially ranked among the best in client service, Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, approximately half of the Fortune Global 500, the Fortune 500, and the FT Global 500.