Coats Rose's Thomas Barber selected "Lawyer of the Year" in Houston Construction Law by Best Lawyers'

HOUSTON, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas R. Barber was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 in the field Construction Law and being named the Best Lawyers' 2014 Houston Construction Law "Lawyer of the Year." (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

Thomas Barber has been a Director in the Construction/Surety section of Coats Rose since 1992. His previous legal experience includes work as Associate Surety Counsel with Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, and the Construction/Surety Section of Winstead, Sechrest & Minick. A registered professional engineer (licensed 1984, inactive currently) Barber has presented over eighty lectures and seminars to industry groups, Bar Associations and client groups. The topics range from suretyship, lien laws, construction contract provisions to sales taxation, dispute resolution and insurance issues. Barber has received an "AV" Peer Review rating by Martindale-Hubbell, has been named a construction Super Lawyer every year since the inception of this distinction, and has been recognized by Chambers USA and Texas Best Lawyers.

Barber's practice focuses on representing owners, sureties, general contractors, emphasizing contract document negotiation and preparation, the investigation and administration of construction contract and subcontract defaults on behalf of owners, sureties and general contractors, as well as complex construction case workouts and lien and bond claim preparation, prosecution and defense.

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become highly regarded because it is based on a peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas.

Coats Rose is a business transaction and litigation law firm based in Houston, Texas. For more than 25 years, Coats Rose attorneys have worked with clients in construction/surety law, real estate law, commercial litigation of all types, municipal law, public finance, affordable housing, insurance law, labor and employment law, and governmental relations.  Coats Rose is comprised of over 90 attorneys, with offices in Houston, Clear Lake, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and New Orleans.

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