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    Super Lawyers Names Five Phelps Lawyers to 2023 Texas Rising Stars List

    March 22, 2023

    DALLAS/FORT WORTH, Texas — March 22, 2023 — Lawyers from all three of Phelps’ Texas offices made the 2023 Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. More than half of this group of emerging leaders are women lawyers, and all ranked among the only 5% of nominated Texas lawyers chosen for the list.

    Five firm lawyers were recognized:

    Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

    • Jennifer Clewis Thomas – Business Litigation

    Fort Worth, Texas

    • Andrea W. Paris – Civil Litigation: Defense

    Houston, Texas

    • Andrew R. Nash – Transportation/Maritime
    • Michael A. Orlando Jr. – Civil Litigation: Defense
    • Elly A. Vecchio – Eminent Domain

    Super Lawyers ranks lawyers from more than 70 practice areas and weighs them on 12 different factors. Then their peers vote for them based on their professional achievements. To qualify for the Texas Rising Stars honor, lawyers must meet these requirements and either have 10 years or less in practice or be 40 years old or younger.

    A full list of the Phelps lawyers recognized by Super Lawyers can be found on the publication’s website.

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    Jennifer Clewis Thomas

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    Andy R. Nash

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    Michael A. Orlando, Jr.

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    Elly Austin Vecchio

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    Related Practices

    • Business
    • Litigation
    • Insurance
    • Admiralty
    • Eminent Domain

    Related Industries

    • Insurance
    • Maritime
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