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Ones To Watch – JCairns 2020

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LAWDRAGON NAMES FIVE REID COLLINS PARTNERS LEADING GLOBAL BANKRUPTCY & RESTRUCTING LAWYERS IN AMERICA

Following a string of recent awards and industry recognitions, Lawdragon has named five Reid Collins partners to its 2025 list of the 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers in America. The prominent legal publication profiles the work of the top lawyers and law firms across the country.

In its exclusive look at practitioners who “get the Mayday call when companies and other major entities face crises that imperil their existence…[and] help organizations move forward,” Lawdragon named partners Craig A. Boneau, Joshua J. Bruckerhoff, Eric D. Madden, Nathaniel J. Palmer, and William T. Reid IV. Their continued inclusion on this list reflects their long-established position among the nation’s most experienced and decorated commercial trial lawyers focused on bankruptcy and insolvency related issues.

These most recent Lawdragon selections cap off a year which has seen the firm, and its partners, win multiple industry honors, including Eric Madden being named U.S. Bankruptcy Litigator of the Year and the firm being named a finalist for Bankruptcy Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. Reid Collins won the firm award in 2024, besting a collection of prominent Big Law bankruptcy teams and becoming the only plaintiff firm and only pure litigation team to ever receive that honor.

Click here to view the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Bankruptcy & Restructuring Lawyers in America.

LAWDRAGON NAMES EIGHTEEN REID COLLINS PARTNERS TO THE 2025 EDITION OF THE 500 LEADING PLAINTIFF FINANCIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA

Prominent legal periodical Lawdragon profiles the work of the top lawyers and law firms across the country. In its exclusive look at practitioners representing plaintiffs in business litigation, Lawdragon has named 18 partners of Reid Collins to its 2025 list of The 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America: Craig A. Boneau; Joshua J. Bruckerhoff; Keith Y. Cohan; Rachel S. Fleishman; Ryan M. Goldstein; Jeffrey E. Gross; Yonah Jaffe; J. Benjamin King; Brandon V. Lewis; Eric D. Madden; Nathaniel J. Palmer; William T. “Bill” Reid IV; Scott D. Saldaña; Gregory S. Schwegmann; Angela J. Somers; Lisa S. Tsai; Jeremy H. Wells; and Michael J. Yoder.

These Lawdragon selections continue a run which has seen the firm win multiple industry awards, including being named one of the leading U.S. plaintiff commercial litigation teams (The National Law Journal).

Click here to view the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America.

CHAMBERS USA AGAIN RECOGNIZES REID, TSAI, AND MADDEN AS TOP TEXAS LITIGATORS

In its 2025 guide to leading law firms and lawyers, Chambers USA has again recognized three Reid Collins partners as among the top commercial litigators in Texas and the nation: William T. Reid, IV; Lisa S. Tsai; and Eric D. Madden.

Their Chambers profiles feature numerous highlights:

Reid is described as “exceptional… cerebral and analytical as a courtroom lawyer…. incredibly committed in an impressive way…. always available, active and gets involved in driving strategy. He is incredibly smart, knows how to get results and is a great writer and creative thinker.”
Tsai is praised for her “broad-based commercial litigation practice …. she advises clients on everything from shareholder disputes to professional liability claims and class actions…. Lisa is empathetic, driven and strategic. She is prepared to go the distance, she formulates long-range winning strategies and always plans many steps ahead.”
Madden is noted by clients as being “a dynamic lawyer…. organized and thoughtful. His advice is always presented so all the components and thoughts are laid out. He is incredibly skilled and unbelievably thorough.”

Click here to view Chambers’ full 2025 profile of the firm and its leading lawyers.

REID COLLINS AGAIN RECEIVES TOP COMMERCIAL LITIGATION RANKING FROM CHAMBERS USA

In its 2025 guide to leading law firms and lawyers, Chambers USA has once again recognized Reid Collins as one of the nation’s top trial boutiques, ranking the firm as Band 1 (Chambers’ highest ranking) for general commercial litigation in Texas.

Reid Collins is known, Chambers writes, as a “preeminent litigation boutique respected for its impressive track record in trials. It regularly handles high-stakes disputes across the USA in addition to Texas. The team is a particularly strong choice to litigate complex fraud claims and bankruptcy-related litigation.”

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LISA TSAI NAMED 2025 TITAN OF THE PLAINTIFFS BAR BY LAW360

Reid Collins Co-Founder and Managing Partner Lisa S. Tsai has been named a 2025 Titan of the Plaintiff Bar, Law360’s exclusive list honoring the accomplishments of a handful of the nation’s leading commercial trial lawyers

Lisa is among just 11 attorneys recognized for prosecuting high-stakes plaintiff litigation across the country and for “secur[ing] billions of dollars in settlements and judgments for both classes and individual plaintiffs against massive companies and organizations.”

Law360’s profile documents Lisa’s meteoric rise in the industry. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she was initially set on a career in broadcast journalism before turning her innate desire to seek out the truth and achieve justice to a career in law. After a stint in Big Law, she co-founded Reid Collins & Tsai LLP and over the past 15 years has led its ascension, along with Bill Reid, into one of the nation’s leading plaintiffs litigation firms.

Speaking about why she became a plaintiffs attorney, Lisa says:

“While my message isn’t that everyone should be a plaintiffs lawyer, you can find joy, happiness and a lasting career in the law. But you need to find the thing that really motivates you. And for me, that’s helping people right their wrongs.”

Click here to view Law360’s 2025 Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar profile of Lisa S. Tsai.

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