Houston, Lubbock Lawyers at Eggleston & Briscoe Named Among Best in Texas

HOUSTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eggleston & Briscoe, LLP, attorneys Erin Eggleston Salisbury of Houston and Otto Jackie-Don "J-D" Schacht of Lubbock have earned selection to the 2013 Texas Rising Stars list, which honors the best Texas lawyers under age 40 and those who have been in practice for no more than 10 years.

"We're proud to have two of the best young lawyers in Texas in our civil trial practice," says William J. Eggleston III, a founding partner of the firm and a member of the exclusive Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Mr. Eggleston and several other lawyers at Eggleston & Briscoe have earned Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Ratings, which resulted in the firm's listing in Texas' Top Ranked Firms in 2012.

The Texas Rising Stars list appears in the April 2013 editions of Texas Monthly and Texas Rising Stars magazines. The annual listing of the state's top young lawyers includes less than 2.5 percent of eligible Texas attorneys each year.

Ms. Salisbury has been listed in Texas Rising Stars since 2008. Her extensive legal experience includes a prior appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Plan Administration for DuPont Savings Investment Plan, et al. She is a civil and probate litigation attorney who provides expertise in insurance coverage, guardianship disputes, will contests and fiduciary litigation. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Ms. Salisbury has represented individuals in the appointment and service as guardians and estate administrators, and has personally served as a court-appointed guardian and estate administrator.

Mr. Schacht is a trial lawyer and managing partner in Eggleston & Briscoe's West Texas office. He was first recognized in the Texas Rising Stars list in 2012. Mr. Schacht concentrates on first- and third-party insurance litigation, civil business litigation and complex subrogation claims. He represents clients in a wide variety of litigation involving property, bad faith, wrongful death, dram shop, premises liability, subrogation and significant personal injuries. A former member of the South Texas College of Law's renowned advocacy program, he served as an adjunct professor of advocacy in addition to coaching the school's champion advocacy teams.

Eggleston & Briscoe, LLP, serves the needs of corporate, institutional and individual clients from around the world. Our lawyers have a broad base of trial and appellate experience in contract and business disputes, insurance coverage and first-party claims, employment and employer liability issues, construction and construction defect cases, dram shop claims, professional liability, products liability, premises liability, environmental matters, fiduciary and surety litigation, school law, cargo and warehouseman's liability cases, and energy law. More information about the firm can be found at www.egglestonbriscoe.com.

For more information on the firm's recent honors, please contact Alan Bentrup at 800-559-4534 or [email protected].

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