Four Fanning Harper Lawyers Named to Texas Rising Stars List
Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., members Rebecca Raper, Joshua A. Skinner, and Francisco J. Valenzuela, and associate John D. Husted were included in the 2010 Texas Rising Stars list published in Texas Monthly magazine.
- Dallas, TX (1888PressRelease) August 18, 2010 - Four attorneys from the Dallas law firm of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C., have been named to the list of Texas Rising Stars, which recognizes the top young attorneys in the state. No more than 2.5 percent all Texas lawyers are named to the exclusive listing.
Fanning Harper members Rebecca Raper, Joshua A. Skinner, and Francisco J. Valenzuela, and associate John D. Husted were included in the 2010 Texas Rising Stars list published in Texas Monthly magazine. The list also appears in Texas Rising Stars magazine, a standalone publication from Thomson Reuters, Legal division based in Eagan, Minn.
"We pride ourselves on bringing in the most talented, skillful attorneys we can," says Fanning Harper Director Don D. Martinson. "These lawyers have always been stars to us."
Ms. Raper, who practices in insurance coverage and appellate law, joined Fanning Harper in 2002. Before joining the firm, she worked as a briefing attorney for the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth. This is the fourth year Ms. Raper has been named to the Rising Stars list.
Mr. Skinner, whose practice focuses on school litigation, employment litigation, local government defense and appellate advocacy, joined the firm in 2003. He also serves as assistant general counsel and employment law counsel to various public and private entities.
Mr. Valenzuela, who handles school litigation, employment litigation, and local government defense, joined the firm in 2007. Prior to joining Fanning Harper, he worked as Associate Corporate Counsel for the Morgan Management Corporation.
Mr. Husted, whose practice focuses on local government defense, employment litigation, school litigation, and appellate advocacy, joined the firm in 2007. Before his work as an attorney, Mr. Husted was a high school teacher and coach.
To compile the Rising Stars list, nominations are solicited from attorneys across the state from lawyers who are asked to identify the best practicing attorneys in Texas age 40 or younger, as well as those who have been practicing for 10 years or less. Nominators are instructed to nominate lawyers they have personally observed in action - whether as opposing counsel or co-counsel, or through other firsthand courtroom observation.
Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. is a Dallas-based law firm serving clients inside and outside the insurance industry, with legal expertise in areas including contract disputes, labor and employment, governmental entities, construction, business and commercial disputes, professional liability, premises liability, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, products liability, toxic tort, school issues, appellate law, arbitration, and estate planning.
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