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Eight Estes Thorne Ewing & Payne Attorneys Return to Texas Super Lawyers Ranks for 2026

Check out our “Super 8” attorneys who, as a group, have been named for the second year in a row to the Texas Super Lawyers legal guide.

The 2026 Super Lawyers guide honors the top 5% of lawyers in each state. Selections are based on nominations, staff research, peer recommendations and professional accomplishments.

Name partners Dawn Estes, Jessica Thorne, Abby Ewing and Carol Payne lead our Super Lawyers contingent, joined by partners Linda Moore, Jennifer Henry, and Stephanie Matherne, and of counsel Lori Carr.

Our honorees reflect our firm’s consistent dedication to client service.

Honored for their excellence in business litigation are Dawn, selected to her 24th consecutive Super Lawyers list; Linda, celebrating her 11th selection; and Jennifer, honored for a second year.

In family law, Jessica was honored for an 18th year, Abby for a 12th time, and Stephanie earned her second selection.

For a lucky 13th year, Carol was honored for alternate dispute resolution work, and Lori earned her sweet 16th selection for employment litigation defense practice.

If you’re counting, that’s 98 total career Super Lawyers citations for our team, which we think is, well, pretty super!

We thank our peers and clients for their support, and we congratulate our 2026 Super Lawyers!