Dallas Business Journal Honors Lew LeClair As Top Corporate Defender

LeClair recognized among Dallas/Fort Worth’s leading business defense attorneys

DALLAS — Attorney Lew LeClair of Dallas’ McKool Smith, P.C., is well known as a lawyer’s lawyer, an attorney who always gives his best to his clients in the business world. Now, Dallas’ top business newspaper is also taking note of Mr. LeClair’s exceptional reputation.

In an inaugural special section titled “The Defenders,” the Dallas Business Journal is recognizing Mr. LeClair as one of the top 15 business defense attorneys in Dallas/Fort Worth.

The newspaper’s reporters and editors conducted a poll of general counsels, judges and other attorneys across the city to determine which lawyers companies call on in high-stakes legal disputes. Based on these interviews, Mr. LeClair was ranked among an elite group of attorneys who businesses want on their side when they walk into a courtroom.

“I am truly honored to be mentioned along with such superb attorneys,” says Mr. LeClair. “But what is really meaningful to me, day to day, is the trust our clients place in me and my fellow firm members. To me, that’s what the practice of law is all about.”

Mr. LeClair is a veteran trial lawyer who has practice for more than 30 years. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of commercial and intellectual property litigation. His clients include the Enron Creditors Committee in litigation arising from one of the largest bankruptcies in history, the Texas Rangers Baseball Club in a case involving a trade secret claim, and Excel Communications in landmark software patent litigation, among many others.

Mr. LeClair twice has been named to the Dallas Business Journal’s list of top litigators. Additionally, in 2004 and 2005 he earned selections as a Texas Super Lawyer in Texas Monthly.

McKool Smith has approximately 85 attorneys in Dallas, Austin and Marshall, Texas, handling commercial and intellectual property litigation for national and international clients. The firm is recognized as one of the premier litigation law firms in the United States, having earned significant courtroom victories for clients such as Electronic Data Systems,