What Others Say

• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2010 singled out 45 Haynes and Boone lawyers as leaders in their field and 15 Haynes and Boone practices at the state and national levels.
  
  
• Chambers Global 2010 recognized Haynes and Boone across three of the firm’s geographic bases, including the United States, Mexico and Latin America, ranking the firm’s Franchise and Distribution, Bankruptcy and Latin America-wide Corporate/M&A practices.
  
  
• Best Lawyers in America listed 92 Haynes and Boone attorneys in its 2011 ranking of the nation’s top legal talent.
  
  
• Best Lawyers in America’s 2011 “Best Law Firms” rankings earned Haynes and Boone a national first-tier ranking for project finance law. In practices ranked by metropolitan regions, the firm took first-tier honors in 27 practices across Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.
  
  
• Super Lawyers included 90 Haynes and Boone lawyers in its 2009 list recognizing the nation’s top legal talent. Only five percent of nominated lawyers in each state are selected for inclusion.
  
  
• Texas Super Lawyers designated 52 Haynes and Boone lawyers as Rising Stars in 2009, up-and-coming attorneys in their field under the age of 40 or who have been practicing for 10 years or less.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone was named a 2009 Top Corporate Law Firm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by Corporate Board Member. Haynes and Boone has earned the top spot in DFW seven out of the past eight years.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone was named by clients and peers as a Go-To Law Firm for the country’s top corporations by Corporate Counsel in 2008. The firm was cited for its representations in intellectual property, litigation, corporate transactions, securities, and labor and employment matters.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone was named by clients and peers as a Go-To Law Firm for Technology by Corporate Counsel in 2008, in the magazine’s first-ever survey of in-house counsel teams at the world’s largest technology companies.  
  
  
• The Dallas office of Haynes and Boone was named one of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Best Places to Work by the Dallas Business Journal in 2009 and 2010.
  
  
• The Houston office of Haynes and Boone was named one of that city’s Best Places to Work by the Houston Chronicle in 2010.
  
  
• The local legal community recognized 26 Dallas-based Haynes and Boone lawyers practicing in 12 specialty areas of law in D Magazine’s 2009 Best Lawyers in Dallas listing.
  
  
• Ten women partners from Haynes and Boone, LLP have been ranked among the 126 attorneys recognized in D Magazine’s Best Women Lawyers in Dallas for 2010. The number of honorees was the most of any law firm.
  

• Haynes and Boone was awarded two prestigious national awards for their role representing Rise Energy Partners, LP in a series of 2009 distressed debt transactions, including the M&A Advisor Energy Deal of the Year and the Global M&A Network 2009 Energy and Services Turnaround Atlas award.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone and AMR Corporation were awarded Airfinance Journal’s 2009 Editors Award for three deals that helped American Airlines raise $2.9 billion in liquidity.
  
  
• Private Equity Real Estate magazine named Haynes and Boone one of the top three law firms in the categories of Global Law Firm of the Year and North American Law Firm of the Year for 2008, based largely on the firm’s work in capital commitment subscription financings for real estate private equity funds. In 2007, PERE voted Haynes and Boone the No. 1 North American Law Firm for transactions.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone’s Energy and Power Practice Group played a critical role in four out of the five deals selected by Oil and Gas Investor as winners in the 2007 Oil and Gas Investor Excellence Awards which honor significant deals and executives in the industry.
  
  
• Trade Finance magazine's 2007 Deals of the Year recognized Haynes and Boone for its role in the Amapá Mineração transaction, which involved the financing of an integrated iron-ore mining and infrastructure logistics project in Brazil relating to MMX's Amapá mining facility.
  
  
• The Dallas Business Journal’s 2007 M&A Awards honored two significant financial transactions led by Haynes and Boone, including the $1.7 billion merger of Boeing Co. and Aviall Inc. and the $1.8 billion merger of ClubCorp and KSL Capital Partners. The firm also served as local counsel for the lenders in the $45 billion buyout of TXU Corp, which the Dallas Business Journal named the 2007 Deal of the Year.

• The National Law Journal ranked Haynes and Boone as the 89th largest firm in the nation in its 2009 listing of the nation’s largest law firms based on number of lawyers.
  
  
• American Lawyer’s AmLaw 100 listed Haynes and Boone at No. 94 in its 2009 ranking of the top-grossing law firms. Haynes and Boone improved its ranking by seven spots over the previous year, rejoining the AmLaw 100 after holding steady in the top of the AmLaw 200 since 2004.
  
  
• General counsel staffs of Fortune 1000 companies ranked Haynes and Boone among the best U.S. law firms for client service in 2008 and 2009 in BTI’s annual Client Service A-Team rankings.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone was listed No. 117 out of 200 firms on the American Lawyer A-List in 2009, a ranking of the law firms that are best at balancing a thriving business with their obligations to the profession.
  
  
• Latin Lawyer listed Haynes and Boone as a recommended firm for Latin American legal work in its 2009 edition of the Latin Lawyer 250, a ranking that tracks leading law firms working throughout Latin America. The publication recognized individual lawyers in the firm’s Mexico City, New York, Houston and Dallas offices.

• Minority Law Journal The Vault Top 100 annual survey elevated Haynes and Boone’s rankings in six categories, ranking the firm No. 17 for its overall commitment to diversity out of 100 of the nation’s largest law firms. Specialized categories included No. 14 in diversity with respect to women, No. 10 in diversity with respect to minorities and No. 19 in regard to firm culture, No. 12 in regard to hours and No. 15 in regard to office space.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone jumped up eight spots in MultiCultural Law magazine’s annual ranking of the top 100 law firms for diversity, coming in at No. 38 among all American Bar Association firms.
  
  
• MultiCultural Law also ranked Haynes and Boone highly in several specialized categories, including No. 11 in the “Top 25 Law Firms for Hispanics”, No. 15 in the “Top 25 Law Firms for Native-Americans”, No. 80 in the “Top 100 Law Firms for Women”, No. 21 in the “Top 50 Law Firms for Partners” and No. 47 in the “Top 50 Law Firms for Associates”.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone ranked No. 54 out of more than 200 law firms in American Lawyer’s annual Diversity Scorecard, jumping 15 spots over last year.
  
  
• For the second consecutive year, Haynes and Boone earned the top rating of 100 percent in the Corporate Equality Index administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The firm received top marks for its treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees and consumers. (2009-2010)
  
  
• Haynes and Boone was awarded the Corporate Equality Award from Lambda Legal’s South Central Regional Office for its long-standing support of Lambda Legal and that organization’s efforts to protect the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people (LGBT) and those with HIV.
  
  
• The Houston office of Haynes and Boone was named a Community of Respect™ by the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Southwest Region in 2010.
  
  
• In American Lawyer’s 2009 Mid-Level Associate Survey, Haynes and Boone associates scored the firm at 4.22 out of 5 for its dedication to diversity.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone received the prestigious Thomas L. Sager Award in 2002, presented by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association in recognition of the firm’s commitment to diversity.

• Haynes and Boone was awarded the 2008 W. Frank Newton Award for outstanding pro bono efforts, one of the highest honors given by the State Bar of Texas. The firm was selected in recognition of its seven-year effort that freed two Mexican nationals wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
  
  
• Latin Lawyer listed Haynes and Boone’s Mexico City office among the leaders in Latin American-based law firms for their time commitment to pro bono matters, ranking the firm No. 11 in Latin America and No. 4 in Mexico.
  
  
• Haynes and Boone is believed to be the only firm to have three of its partners bestowed the Dallas Lawyers Auxiliary’s prestigious Justinian Award honoring dedication to community service. Founding partner Richard Haynes was honored in 1989, founding partner Mike Boone was selected in 2004, and most recently senior partner George Bramblett received the award in 2009.

• ClientConnect® is a Web-based, client-centric software application that was designed and developed by ClientCentric Solutions, a subsidiary of Haynes and Boone, to enhance communication and collaboration between the firm’s lawyers and clients. The software solution has earned the firm several technology-related accolades over the years. 
  
  
• The Muzeview Law Firm Web Presence Index ranked Haynes and Boone’s firm website No. 56 on its 2009 list of the Top 100 Law Firm Websites. The index ranks law firms’ sites according to the strength of their presence on the web. 
  
  
• The Web Marketing Association selected Haynes and Boone’s website for the Legal Standard of Excellence Award in its 2009 WebAward Competition. The annual awards program highlights sites that excel within seven criteria and set the standard for which all websites in the industry should strive. 
  
  
• The Legal Marketing Association honored Haynes and Boone with a Your Honor Award at the 2009 LMA Annual Conference in recognition of its electronic email and video announcing its Dallas office relocation.

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