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EIGHT REID COLLINS ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED BY BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®

The Best Lawyers in America®, the “oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession,” has recognized eight Reid Collins partners in its new edition.

Partners Craig A. Boneau, Marc T.G. Dworsky, J. Benjamin King, Eric D. Madden, William T. Reid, IV, Lisa S. Tsai, and Michael J. Yoder have been selected by their peers for inclusion as 2026 Best Lawyers® and Morgan M. Menchaca was named to the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® recognizing practitioners who, early in their careers, have developed outstanding reputations for professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Selection by Best Lawyers® is based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation methodology designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within their geographical and legal practice areas.

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MANAGING PARTNER LISA TSAI AGAIN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP WOMEN LITIGATORS IN THE NATION BY BENCHMARK

In its 2025 rankings, Benchmark Litigation has again profiled Reid Collins Managing Partner Lisa S. Tsai as one of the top commercial trial lawyers in the country, having named her to its list of the Top 250 Women in Litigation for the fourth consecutive year.

Benchmark Litigation surveys the landscape and honors the leading litigators and firms across the United States for their achievements. The annual rankings and lists are the culmination of months of research, surveying thousands of referees, and interviewing hundreds of lawyers.

Click here to see Benchmark Litigation’s profile and editorial analysis of Tsai.

FOUR REID COLLINS PARTNERS NAMED TO BENCHMARK’S “40 & UNDER” GUIDE

In recognition of their impressive client work and growing reputation for excellence, four Reid Collins partners – Ryan Goldstein, Dylan Jones, Morgan Menchaca, and Scott Saldaña – have been selected by Benchmark Litigation to its “40 and Under: The Guide” for 2025.

Benchmark surveys the legal landscape to honor the leading practitioners across the United States for their achievements. Its rankings of the top emerging litigators in the U.S. are the culmination of months of research, surveying thousands of referees and interviewing hundreds of lawyers.

Click here to see the Reid Collins “40 & Under: The Guide” practitioners honored by Benchmark.

TEXAS LEGAL AWARDS: REID COLLINS FINALIST FOR LITIGATION DEPARTMENT OF YEAR, TSAI FOR INFLUENTIAL WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Texas Lawyer magazine and Law.com have named Reid Collins & Tsai LLP and its Managing Partner Lisa S. Tsai as finalists in two categories for the 2025 Texas Legal Awards.

The firm has been recognized as a finalist in the “Litigation Department of the Year” category, while Tsai has been named a finalist for “Influential Woman of the Year.” This is the second consecutive year that both Tsai and the Firm have made both lists.

The editors and reporters of Texas Lawyer and Law.com research the field to highlight professional excellence and identify the firms and practitioners in the State of Texas with the most impressive wins and track records of success in recent years.

The winners and finalists will be honored at the Texas Legal Awards dinner in Dallas on September 25, 2025.

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FIFTH CIRCUIT AFFIRMS CIVIL RIGHTS TRIAL VERDICT OBTAINED BY REID COLLINS RELATED TO POLICING INCIDENT

After a long road that included a trial and two separate appeals, Reid Collins has once again prevailed for client De’Shaun Johnson.

On July 17, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Louisiana jury’s $185,000 damages award for De’Shaun’s cruel treatment at the hands of the St. Tammany Parrish Sheriff’s Office.
Mr. Johnson is the son of Teliah Perkins, who was violently arrested at her own home in Slidell, Louisiana in May 2020 in response to a minor traffic violation she did not commit. Reid Collins represents Mr. Johnson and Ms. Perkins pro bono in partnership with the ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab initiative.

On May 5, 2020, officers Kyle Hart and Ryan Moring arrested Ms. Perkins while her son and nephew watched and tried to record the incident on their phones. Hart and Moring tackled Ms. Perkins to the ground and held their body weight on her as she told officers “You’re choking me!” As Johnson started to record the incident on his phone, Deputy Moring stepped in front of him to prevent him from capturing the incident. Moring pushed Mr. Johnson (14 years old at the time) in the chest and aimed his Taser directly at him. When Mr. Johnson objected “You can’t Tase a child,” Deputy Moring responded: “Watch me.”

Since the incident, Mr. Johnson was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and received treatment as a result.

In May 2024, an Eastern District of Louisiana jury, composed of citizens of the greater New Orleans area, awarded Mr. Johnson $185,000 for the intentional infliction of emotional distress by Moring. This marked the first jury trial-to-verdict victory for the ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab (https://aclujusticelab.org/). Reid Collins is proud to be a part of the Justice Lab’s litigation campaign to challenge racially discriminatory policing practices and combat police violence against people of color. Congratulations to our trial team, Partners Keith Cohan and Ryan Goldstein and Associate Emma Culotta, on their ongoing success representing Mr. Johnson.

The case is captioned Teliah C. Perkins et al. v. Kyle Hart et al., U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Louisiana, Civil Action No. 2:21-CV-00879.

Press coverage of the 2024 trial verdict:

Reid Collins Helps Score Verdict For Teen In La. Policing Case | Law360
Pro Bono: Austin Lawyers Get Civil Rights Win in Louisiana Police Abuse Trial | Texas Lawyer – Law.com
A teen said a deputy threatened him as he filmed his mom’s arrest. A jury awarded him $185,000 | Associated Press

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