McCathern, Shokouhi, Evans, Grinke is thrilled that 19 of its attorneys across 15 practice areas were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® . The 19 2024 honorees, who work from the firm’s Dallas, Frisco and Houston offices, represent a monumental leap from the eight honorees in 2023. The recognized lawyers for each category are:

The Best Lawyers in America® 

Stephanie Almeter:  Litigation – Labor and Employment
Scott Becker:  Family Law, Family Law Mediation
Rodney Drinnon:  Commercial Litigation
Paul Grinke:  Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Insurance
Levi McCathern:  Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Megan Rachel:  Family Law
Laura Roach: Family Law, Family Law Mediation
Joey Sampson:  Commercial Litigation
Ronald Wright:  Real Estate Law

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Danielle Chester:  Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
Erin Clegg:  Family Law, Family Law – Arbitration and Mediation
Jesse Cromwell:  Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction
Aaron Dekle:  Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Shane Eghbal:  Litigation – Labor and Employment, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Kristin Hecker:  Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Kylie Peebles:  Family Law, Family Law – Arbitration and Mediation
Michael Ricchi:  Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Family Law – Arbitration and Mediation
Jesse Showalter:  Litigation – Construction, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Eric Utermohlen:  Litigation – Real Estate

Best Lawyers in America© is an annual peer review recognition “designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.” The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch award is also based on peer review, but it awards “recognize extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States.”