Locke Liddell & Sapp Recognized for Excellence

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LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE BY CHAMBERS USA

August 8, 2005 – In its 2005 The Client’s Guide, Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Locke Liddell & Sapp as a leading law firm in Texas in the following practice areas: Environment; Employment; Energy & Natural Resources; Intellectual Property; Litigation: General Commercial; Real Estate; Tax; and Technology.

The Locke Liddell lawyers specifically singled out in Chambers USA as leading lawyers in their specific practice areas are: Gerald Pels of the Houston office for Environment; Edward Friedman of the Houston office and Lawrence McNamara of the Dallas office for Employment; David Patton of the Houston office for Energy & Natural Resources; Robert McAughan of the Houston office for Intellectual Property; Mike Hatchell of the Austin office for Litigation; Stephen Jacobs of the Houston office for Real Estate; Ronald Kalteyer and Christopher Allison, both of the Dallas office, for Tax; and Rick Bays of the Houston office for Technology.

The Chambers USA Guide, like Chambers UK and Chambers Global, is designed to reflect market opinion. Entry in the guide is based on market recommendations determined by researchers that canvass clients and lawyers across the United States to obtain a consistent market view of which firms and attorneys are considered leaders in the field. More than 10,000 interviews were conducted.

Established in 1891, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP is one of the leading law firms in Texas and throughout the nation. A full service law firm with offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Washington, D.C., Locke Liddell & Sapp has approximately 400 lawyers who represent a broad range of businesses and individual clients having extensive domestic and foreign business interests.

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