Texas Lawyer turned 25 this year. To mark the anniversary, the editorial department selected the 25 greatest lawyers of the past quarter-century — a group of practicing counsel whose legal work and outstanding success have contributed to law and lawyering in the Lone Star State. Texas Lawyer published profiles of the 25 greatest lawyers in its June 28 issue.

On Oct. 1, Texas Lawyer held a luncheon to honor these incredible attorneys. Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht and gubernatorial candidate Bill White, former mayor of Houston, were the keynote speakers at the luncheon, which was held at the Belo Mansion & Pavilion in downtown Dallas.


Keynote speaker Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht (far left) and honorees.

From left to right: honorees Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, partner, Rodriguez & Nicolas, Brownsville; Joe Jamail, partner, Jamail & Kolius, Houston; Ricardo G. Cedillo, founding shareholder, Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, San Antonio; and Harry Reasoner, partner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston.
From left to right: Olga Garza Kauffman; honoree Albert H. Kauffman, associate professor, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio; and Dean Charles Cantú, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio.

From left to right: honorees Michael M. Boone, partner, Haynes and Boone, Dallas; Dallas solo Charles W. Matthews, former vice president and general counsel of Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving; and Michael D. Wortley, partner, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas.
From left to right: K&L Gates partners Vester T. Hughes, honoree Kim J. Askew and Robert H. Mow Jr., all of Dallas.

From left to right: honorees James Coleman Jr., Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas; Walter Umphrey, Provost * Umphrey Law Firm, Beaumont; and Michael M. Boone, Haynes and Boone, Dallas.
From left to right: honoree Rusty Hardin, founder, Rusty Hardin & Associates, Houston, and keynote speaker Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht.

Honoree David J. Beck, founding partner, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, and Cathy Collins, publisher, Texas Lawyer.
From left to right: honoree A. Martin Wickliff Jr., Houston managing shareholder, Epstein, Becker, Green, Wickliff & Hall, with Sue, Erin and Edward Wickliff.

From left to right: Cathy Collins, publisher, Texas Lawyer, and First Assistant District Attorney Terri Moore, Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
From left to right: keynote speaker Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan L. Hecht; Tracey Nettell, executive assistant, Fullenweider Wilhite, Houston; honoree Donn C. Fullenweider, partner, Fullenweider Wilhite, Houston; and Larry Boswell, Boswell International, Fort Worth.