(DALLAS) – Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) is pleased to announce that of its 24 attorneys were named to the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Munsch Hardt attorneys listed for the first time include CEO & Shareholder Phil Appenzeller, as well as Shareholders Angela Hunt, Davor Rukavina and Christopher D. Speer.

Additionally Jeff Dunn received the prestigious recognition of 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” for Financial Services Regulation Law. This honor is awarded to only one lawyer in a specific practice area and geographic region.

The complete list of Munsch Hardt attorneys featured in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America includes: 

Austin

• Ron Reneker – Commercial Litigation

Dallas

• Frederick Addison, III - Environmental Law - Litigation – Environmental 
• Phil Appenzeller – Litigation, Bankruptcy  
• Glenn Callison – Real Estate Law
• Chip Cavanaugh – Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
• Jeff Dunn – Banking and Finance Law – Financial Services Regulation Law
• Bill Finegan – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Charles Guerin – Banking and Finance Law
• Stephen Gibson – Insurance Law
• Michael Hainsfurther – Corporate Law
• Michael Huddleston – Insurance Law
• Angela Hunt – Land Use and Zoning Law
• Jim Jordan – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment 
• Rick Kopf – Real Estate Law
• Michael Krywucki – Real Estate Law
• Kevin Lippman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Davor Rukavina – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
• Chris Speer – Tax Law

Houston

• Mark Biskamp  – Real Estate Law
• Bob Hancock – Litigation – Construction
• Cliff Harrison  – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Mason Hester – Construction Law
• Mary Koks – Environmental Law - Litigation – Environmental 
• Richard Schwartz  – Arbitration – Commercial Litigation – Litigation – Labor and Employment – Mediation

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become widely regarded as a respectable reference guide for legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on detailed peer-review evaluations, and lawyers are neither required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed. The stand-alone Best Lawyers magazine will be distributed in more than 30 leading publications around the country, including The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.