Jackson Walker proudly publicizes the choice of Chris Bankler, Amanda N. Crouch, Joshua R. Flores, Noah M. Galton, Joel R. Glover, Reagan M. Marble, and Zach Zurek to the “Up-and-Coming 100: 2023 Texas Rising Stars” checklist. The agency is very proud to announce that, along with being named to the “Up-and-Coming 100” checklist, Amanda was additionally acknowledged among the many “Up-and-Coming 50: 2023 Ladies Texas Rising Stars” checklist together with fellow Jackson Walker accomplice Veronica A. Polnick.
The “Up-and-Coming 100” checklist acknowledges excellent attorneys who’ve attained a excessive diploma of peer recognition {and professional} achievement, and choice relies on who obtained the very best level totals in the course of the patented multiphase course of used to establish the “Texas Rising Stars” of 2023.
Annually, Tremendous Attorneys acknowledges solely 5% of Texas attorneys who both are 40 years of age or youthful or have been in apply for 10 years or much less as “Rising Stars.” To be chosen for inclusion, candidates are evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition {and professional} achievement, together with expertise, outcomes for his or her purchasers, consultant purchasers, honors and awards, particular licenses and certifications, their place with the regulation agency, bar {and professional} exercise, professional bono and neighborhood service, scholarly lectures and writings, and their schooling and employment background. After the patented choice course of is full, outcomes are validated by a third-party group, leading to a reputable, complete, and various itemizing of excellent attorneys. For extra info, go to the Tremendous Attorneys web site.
To discover Jackson Walker’s checklist of 2023 “Texas Rising Stars,” view the announcement.
Meet Chris
Chris Bankler counsels purchasers by the method of advanced enterprise litigation, together with normal enterprise disputes, fraud claims, breach of fiduciary responsibility instances, and complicated enterprise chapter litigation. An skilled litigator, Chris has served as litigation counsel in additional than 100 instances in state and federal courts, in addition to FINRA and AAA arbitrations. Chris has been named a “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2018 and was additionally acknowledged within the “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars” checklist in 2022.
Chris beforehand served on the North Texas Meals Financial institution Advisory Council and the Cedars Union Arts Incubators Board of Administrators.
Meet Amanda
Amanda N. Crouch represents purchasers in a variety of industries in state and federal courts and arbitration. She has been important in securing favorable outcomes on a variety of issues, together with contract disputes, assortment issues, private damage protection, probate litigation, First Modification and media litigation and defending claims on behalf of cities and counties. Along with being named a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2019, Amanda has been acknowledged as a “One to Watch” for her appellate apply by Finest Attorneys since 2022 and a “Finest S.A. Lawyer” by San Antonio Scene since 2015. This marks the third 12 months in a row that Amanda has rated among the many “Up-and-Coming 100” and “Up-and-Coming 50: Ladies” lists.
Exterior of her apply, Amanda serves as a director of the North East Training Basis and the President of the Junior League of San Antonio. She can also be a member of Management San Antonio Class 47. Amanda is a former board member and officer of the Bexar County Ladies’s Bar Affiliation, a Previous President of Protection Counsel of San Antonio, and a founding member of the Hemisfair Coalition.
Meet Josh
Joshua R. Flores focuses on fiduciary litigation and normal enterprise litigation. He primarily counsels purchasers on varied fiduciary issues, together with will contests, will and belief interpretation points, probate and belief administration, and guardianship proceedings. Josh additionally handles enterprise and fiduciary disputes between companions, firm members, and shareholders, in addition to different civil litigation issues.
Josh has been named among the many Finest Attorneys: Ones to Watch since 2021 within the areas of Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Business Litigation, and Elder Legislation. He has additionally been acknowledged as a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2017. This marks the second consecutive 12 months that Josh has been named to the “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars” checklist.
Meet Noah
Noah M. Galton concentrates on business litigation, together with eminent area, actual property litigation, power litigation, litigating points surrounding governmental/sovereign immunity, and normal enterprise litigation. Noah has prosecuted quite a few lawsuits to jury verdict, together with in each state and federal courtroom, and has appeared in dozens of administrative hearings. Noah has a very statewide apply, with expertise in over 40 Texas counties.
Noah has been acknowledged as a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2019, a “High Legal professional” in Eminent Area by Austin Month-to-month since 2021, and a Finalist for the Austin Underneath 40 Award in 2020 and 2023. He has additionally been named a fellow of the Texas Bar Basis. That is the second 12 months in a row that Noah has been named to the “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars” checklist.
Exterior of his apply, Noah serves as Chair of the Austin Bar Affiliation’s Eminent Area Part and is a member of the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy Growth Committee.
Meet Joel
Joel R. Glover is an advocate for purchasers all through america, working extensively within the areas of monetary providers, power and pure assets, media, mental property, and leisure. Joel represents purchasers in state and federal courts, earlier than administrative businesses, and lengthy earlier than disputes come up. Joel spent a number of years as an Military officer at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, and served two fight excursions in Iraq earlier than turning into a lawyer.
He has been named a “Texas Rising Star” since 2018, and this 12 months marks the third consecutive time he was named among the many “Up-and-Coming 100” checklist. Along with his “Texas Rising Star” recognition, Joel was listed amongst Lawdragon‘s 500 Main Litigators in America in 2022.
Exterior of his apply, Joel volunteers his time with the American Bar Affiliation Discussion board on Communications Legislation, the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance coverage Apply Part’s Media, Privateness, and Promoting Legislation Committee, Alley Theatre, and the West Level Society of Larger Houston.
Meet Reagan
Reagan M. Marble represents giant land and mineral house owners, excessive web price households, and traders in advanced typical and renewable power litigation and transactions all through Texas and New Mexico. Reagan has been acknowledged amongst The Finest Attorneys in America within the space of Oil and Fuel Legislation since 2022, as a “Texas Rising Star” within the space of Power & Pure Assets since 2018, and as a “Finest S.A. Lawyer” and “Rising Star Lawyer” by San Antonio Scene in 2022. That is the second consecutive 12 months he has ranked among the many “Up-and-Coming 100: Texas Rising Stars.”
Exterior of his apply, Reagan serves on the boards of the Younger Professionals in Power – San Antonio and the Landman and Attorneys Clays Shoot. He’s a past-board member of the Nationwide Affiliation of Royalty Homeowners (NARO) and stays energetic in his household’s multigenerational cattle enterprise.
Meet Veronica
Veronica A. Polnick represents shoppers and companies in chapter together with illustration in closely contested issues. Veronica additionally has expertise litigating claims for discharge injunction violations, automated keep violations, dischargeability actions, and different varied client claims in chapter courtroom. In recognition of her work, Veronica has been named among the many Finest Attorneys: Ones to Watch since 2021-2023 and as a “Texas Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2018. She is Board Licensed in Shopper Chapter Legislation by the Texas Board of Authorized Specialization.
Exterior of her apply, Veronica is the Instant Previous Chair and Board Member of the Houston Bar Affiliation Chapter Part, a Board Member of the Houston Affiliation of Younger Chapter Attorneys, and a member of the Houston Affiliation of Shopper Chapter Attorneys, the Worldwide Womens’ Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, and the Texas Bar School.
Meet Zach
Zach Zurek represents companies, banks, development corporations, households and people, fiduciaries, and healthcare professionals by litigation in each state and federal courts. Zach has additionally represented purchasers in FINRA, AHLA, AAA, JWA, JAMS, and personal arbitrations. In recognition of his apply, he has been honored as a “Texas Rising Star” for Enterprise Litigation by Thomson Reuters’ Tremendous Attorneys since 2019 and as a “Finest S.A. Lawyer” by San Antonio Scene journal since 2018. He was additionally invited as a Fellow of each the Texas Bar Basis and the San Antonio Bar Basis in 2020.
Along with his apply, Zach volunteers his time as a Director of the Federal Bar Affiliation, President of the San Antonio Younger Attorneys Affiliation, and a Barrister of the William S. Periods American Inns of Courtroom. He obtained his B.A. from the College of Texas at Austin and his J.D. from St. Mary’s College College of Legislation.
Meet JW
Since Jackson Walker’s founding in 1887, our attorneys have represented a few of the most influential corporations and enterprise leaders on this planet. As we speak, we stay firmly rooted in Texas whereas serving purchasers across the globe. With greater than 450 attorneys, we’re the most important agency in Texas and have been acknowledged by Law360 as a “Texas Powerhouse” and an “elite regulation agency” that recurrently gives counsel to industry-leading purchasers on extremely advanced transactions starting from hundreds of thousands to billions.
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