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HO&P Partners Selected as 2012 Super Lawyers

ByHeygood Orr and Pearson

Texas Monthly magazine recently selected Heygood, Orr & Pearson name partners Michael Heygood, Jim Orr and Eric D. Pearson as 2012 “Texas Super Lawyers.”

In compiling their list of outstanding attorneys, Texas Monthly magazine use a rigorous multi-step process combining peer nominations and evaluations with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 separate indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.

This marks the ninth straight year that one or more of the Heygood, Orr & Pearson’s name partners has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer and the second straight year that all three name partners have been selected by their peers to receive this prestigious honor.

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