International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that three lawyers in the Firm’s Dallas, Texas office have been named to the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers® list, and two lawyers have been named to the 2019 Texas Rising Stars® list, published by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters.

Super Lawyers Honorees

  • G. Michael Gruber*
    Business Litigation
  • Jay Madrid
    Business/Corp
  • Laura Kalesnik**
    Business/Corp

Rising Stars Honorees

  • Brian Mason
    Business Litigation
  • Josh Pleitz
    Securities & Corporate Finance

*In addition to being named a Texas Super Lawyers honoree, G. Michael Gruber was named to the Top 100: 2019 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers list.

** This is the tenth year Laura Kalesnik has been named a Texas Super Lawyers honoree, and was also named to the Top Women Attorneys in Texas 2020 list. She will be included in the forthcoming Super Lawyers Women’s edition.

Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only a small percentage of attorneys in each state are named each year to these annual lists – no more than 5 percent to the Super Lawyers list, and no more than 2.5 percent to the Rising Stars list. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.