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McKool Smith is formidable, strategic, and focused.
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Our Team Plays to Win

“For a bet-the-company, or a case you have to win, they’re unquestionably the firm to hire.”
- Chambers USA
"For McKool Smith, securing judgments in excess of $100 million are all part of a year's work."
- The National Law Journal
"Excellent legal strategy, substantive knowledge and a high level of technical expertise."
- The Legal 500

Press Release
McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that veteran bankruptcy lawyer John Sparacino has joined the firm as a principal in its Houston ...
News
The National Law Journal has recognized McKool Smith principals Mike McKool, Lewis LeClair and Keith McKenna as 2020 “Plaintiff Trailblazers” in the publication’s ...
Publications
McKool Smith principal Robert Manley, and associates Rudy Fink and Jonathan Powers published a white paper, titled “Reducing Your Odds of Catching/Spreading ...