Nominations will be accepted April 20th - June 7th, 2026. Click here to nominate!
Who is eligible to make the list?
Only licensed lawyers practicing in the Southlake and surrounding cities, including Keller, Colleyville, Roanoke, Trophy Club, Westlake, Grapevine, Irving or Bedford are allowed to nominate or to make the list. We also check to make sure candidates do not have disciplinary actions filed with the state.
How are nominations obtained?
Southlake Style takes a multifaceted approach to reach out to area law firms and practices, encouraging them to distribute the ballot to their associated lawyers. We will also reach out to many lawyers directly through an email campaign linking them directly to the online ballot. Finally, we will conduct calling many smaller practices in order to reach as many lawyers as possible for a robust list. Our contact database is large and growing but not comprehensive. We encourage lawyers who want to ensure they are in our system to send an email to our office so that we can conduct a search and add their information if needed.
What information is required to make a nomination?
Lawyers are required to provide a valid, active license number and basic contact information identifying themselves. This helps us ensure fairness in the voting process by ensuring that each of the lawyers complete only one ballot. The final results are aggregated, so lawyers' ballot choices remain confidential.
What happens once nominations are received?
We review each individual ballot to ensure fair nomination, isolating and potentially eliminating invalid ballots. The final list is tallied based on the most-frequently nominated lawyers.
How are the practice areas determined?
Although the categories are very broad, they are intended to reflect relevant practice areas in the region. We recognize that there are many specialty areas but cannot accommodate them all. If there is a strong and consistent request for additional practice areas, they will be considered for possible inclusion in next year's nomination.
What happens after the winners are selected?
We will publish a complete list of winners in the September print edition of Southlake Style magazine, reaching more than 85,000+ readers. In addition, all nominated lawyers’ who choose to market their practice in our Top Lawyers advertising section will receive prominent digital exposure in the Sponsored Guide of our perpetually growing monthly web users.
Final Note
We recognize there are many skilled lawyers who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals in the legal field within Southlake and surrounding areas. Inclusion of a physician in the list is based on the opinions of his or her fellow doctors. We take time and energy to ensure fair voting and believe that the results of this survey are a good indicator of reputable lawyers within the community. However, we certainly do not discount the fact that many, many effective lawyers may not appear on the list.
Disclaimers
Southlake Style exercises great care in assembling content for this list. We do not warrant that the data contained within the list are complete or accurate. Southlake Style does not assume, and hereby disclaims, any liability to any person for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions herein whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.