Founded in 1866, Kemp Smith has over 140 years of experience serving our clients, communities and profession. Kemp Smith is the second-oldest law firm in Texas. It is the largest law firm in El Paso and the only El Paso-based firm with offices in Austin.
The firm boasts 15 partners who have been selected to the 2012 Texas Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, the 2012 Texas Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, to the 2013 Best Lawyers in America by Woodward/White publishers, or listed in Chambers USA. The following were selected for inclusion into
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Super Lawyers: Richard Bonner,
Clara C.B. Burns,
Milton Colia,
Allan Goldfarb,
Charlie High,
Michael McQueen,
Ken Slavin and
Gene Wolf.
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Charles High and
Milton Colia were named one of the Top 50 Lawyers (Central and West Texas Region) in Texas Super Lawyers 2011.
Milton Colia was named "2012 El Paso Commercial Litigation Law Lawyer of the Year",
Charlie High was named "2012 El Paso Employement Law Lawyer of the Year", Chris Paul was named "2012 El Paso Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year",
Gene Wolf was named "2012 El Paso Tax Lawyer of the Year",
Carl Ryan was named "2012 El Paso Trust and Estates Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers.
Jim Curtis and
Milton Colia are the only two El Paso lawyers who are Fellows in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Mr. Colia was selected for inclusion in the Top 50 Lawyers (Central and West Texas Region) by Texas Super Lawyers 2011, and along with Richard Bonner was selected as the top attorneys in civil litigation by Texas Super Lawyers- Corporate Counsel Edition 2010.
The firm is active in the American Bar Association, the State Bars of Texas and New Mexico, the El Paso Bar Association and the Austin Bar Association. Kemp Smith was acknowledged with eight Tier 1 rankings in the following practice areas: Corporate Law; Employment Law- Management; Medical Malpractice Law- Defendants; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates Law; and recognized with three Tier 2 rankings: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Government Relations Practice; Water Law by Best Lawyers.
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