Four McKool Smith principals have been named to to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America list – McKool Smith co-founder Mike McKool, and Samuel F. Baxter, Douglas Cawley and Robert A. Cote.
All handle intellectual property litigation and complex commercial litigation for both plaintiff and defense clients.
The Lawdragon 500 list is the result of a research effort conducted by Lawdragon’s editorial staff that identified 30,000 nominees and 3,000 finalists. The final list of 500 Leading Lawyers represents 0.04 percent of the nation’s attorneys.
Mr. McKool, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, is consistently included in D Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Dallas” list, the Texas Super Lawyers list published in Texas Monthly, and The Best Lawyers in America® based on his work in commercial litigation.
Mr. Baxter is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is regularly featured in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and the Texas Super Lawyers list based on his intellectual property and commercial litigation track record.
Mr. Cawley has been included in the Texas Super Lawyers list every year since 2003, and also is listed in The Best Lawyers in America based on his background in intellectual property litigation.
Mr. Cote, who leads McKool Smith’s New York office, has earned selection in the New York Super Lawyers list every year since 2006 based on his work in intellectual property cases for wide spectrum clients.
McKool Smith is one of the nation’s leading pure trial firms. The firm’s practice encompasses a broad range of legal matters for companies and individuals, including antitrust, bankruptcy, intellectual property, white collar litigation, securities, class action, and business torts. The firm has over 120 attorneys.