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Brown Sims Attorneys selected to the 2024 Louisiana Rising Stars list

Brown Sims ranked in 2024 "Best Law Firms"

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2023 Texas Super Lawyers

Seven Brown Sims Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients

Four Brown Sims Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Brown Sims Congratulates its 2023 Texas Rising Stars

Brown Sims Attorneys selected to the 2023 Louisiana Rising Stars list

Kenneth G. Engerrand, Casey A. Armstrong, and John G. H. Davis were recognized as among Houston's top lawyers

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2022 Texas Super Lawyers

Brown Sims lawyers named to 2023 Best Lawyers® list

Brown Sims Attorneys selected to the 2022 Louisiana Rising Stars list

Should an Insurer be satisfied with favorable, yet adverse, jury verdict even though the Trial Court erred in a way that precluded directed verdict in favor of the Insurance Carrier?

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2021 Texas Super Lawyers

Brown Sims lawyers named to 2022 Best Lawyers® list

Supplement to monthly Update on Sanchez en banc decision

Brown Sims Attorneys selected to the 2021 Louisiana Rising Stars list

Houstonia Magazine has recognized Shareholder Kenneth G. Engerrand as a top lawyer in Houston

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2020 Texas Super Lawyers

The Department of Labor announced the National Average Weekly Wage, Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates, and Annual Adjustments under Section 10(f) of the LHWCA, Effective October 1, 2020.

Brown Sims lawyers named to 2021 Best Lawyers® list

Fifth Circuit judges suggest en banc consideration be given to the court’s precedents on seaman status as they are inconsistent with the teaching of the Supreme Court; Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, L.L.C., No. 19-20506 (5th Cir. Aug. 14, 2020) (Davis).

Citizens Property Ins. v. Manor House - July 2020

California court ruled that passengers quarantined on a cruise ship after an outbreak of COVID-19 could not recover for fear of contracting the virus while confined on the ship.

Kenneth G. Engerrand, Fourth Edition Casebook Update

Brown Sims wins defense verdict in $3M breach of contract case when jury finds unanimously for its client.

Florida Supreme Court Considers an Insurance Carrier’s Standing to Pursue Malpractice Claim Against Counsel Hired to Defend Insured; Arch Insurance v. Kubicki Draper, LLP, Case No. SC19-673

Fifth Circuit ruled that a welder, whose duties were performed on rigs that were jacked up, was not a seaman as a matter of law; Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, L.L.C., No. 19-20506 (5th Cir. Mar. 11, 2020).

Attorneys selected to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars list

Texas Supreme Court will decide whether the judge or jury decides if a worker is a borrowed servant under the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

Subsidiary of contracting party was required to be named as an additional insured because of interchangeable references to the contracting party and its subsidiaries in the master service agreement; Mays v. C-Dive, L.L.C., No. 19-30106 (5th Cir. Feb. 5, 2020) (Costa)

Attorney Taylor Lambert selected to the 2020 Louisiana Rising Stars list

Five Brown Sims lawyers named to 2020 Best Lawyers® list

Brown Sims ranked in 2019 "Best Law Firms"

TEXAS TRUCKING DEFENSE VERDICT

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2019 Texas Super Lawyers

Houstonia Magazine has recognized six Brown Sims shareholders as top lawyers in Houston

Brown Sims Expanding to New York

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers

Ninth circuit joins with the Fourth Circuit in opening up avenues for post-retirement disability claims

U.S. Fifth Circuit’s New Maritime Contract Analysis

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers as Rising Stars 2018

Results for the 2017 Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers 2017

Shareholders Michael D. Williams, G. Byron Sims, John Davis, and H. Miles Klaff have been recognized as 2017 Houston Top Lawyers in H-Texas Magazine

Shareholders Kenneth G. Engerrand and Allen D. Hemphill have been recognized as 2017 Houstonia magazine Top Lawyers

Shareholders Michael D. Williams, G. Byron Sims, and H. Miles Klaff named as 2016 Houston Top Lawyers

Shareholders Michael D. Williams and John G. H. Davis have been recognized as 2016 Houstonia magazine Top Lawyers

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers 2016

Brown Sims New Orleans Office Relocation

Brown Sims Miami Office Relocation