Cole Schotz Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Texas Super Lawyers and Rising Stars List

Cole Schotz P.C. is pleased to announce Brian A. Carpenter, Vishal H. Patel, Gary Sorden and Rajkumar Vinnakota have been recognized by Texas Super Lawyers for excellence in their field. In addition, Timothy J. H. Craddock, and Ian R. Phillips have been named Texas “Rising Stars”.

All six attorneys are based in the Dallas office and are members of the firm’s Intellectual Property and Litigation departments. Mr. Patel and Mr. Vinnakota are also members of the Life Sciences industry group. This is Mr. Carpenter and Mr. Vinnakota’s 11^th year being recognized as Super Lawyers.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The Super Lawyers selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. Attorneys who are 40 years old or younger in practice for 10 years or less are eligible to be named Rising Stars.

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