Cooper & Scully Founding Shareholders Brent Cooper and John Scully Named to 2026 Texas Super Lawyers "Top 100" Lists

DALLAS, TX - Texas Super Lawyers (Thompson Reuters) has selected Brent Cooper and John Scully as two of Dallas/Fort Worth's Top 100 attorneys for 2026.  The Top 100 list recognizes the metroplex’s leading attorneys, regardless of their primary area of practice. 

In addition to being named to the Top 100 attorneys in Dallas/Fort Worth list, John Scully (Business Litigation) has been recognized as one of Texas' Top 100 attorneys for 2026.  The Top 100 is a distinction held by fewer than one tenth of one percent (.1%) of attorneys in Texas.  The Top 100 lists will be included in the October issue of Texas Monthly.

Brent Cooper focuses his practice on insurance litigation, commercial litigation, and appellate practice.  Named to Texas Super Lawyers since its inception in 2003, Brent has tried over 100 cases in state and federal courts and has argued over 300 appeals in the intermediate and supreme courts of various states.  Brent is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Over the past 45 years, he has tried numerous cases covering areas of insurance, business, construction, catastrophic personal injuries, intellectual property, constitutional law and business tort litigation.  Brent has been honored by the State Bar of Texas as a “True Texas Legend” and was recently selected as a Dallas Bar Association Tort and Insurance Section Trial Legend.  Brent is also recognized in the current edition of the Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Insurance Law and Appellate Law, and has been recognized as a leading attorney in insurance law by Chambers USA since 2007. Brent is licensed to practice law in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

John Scully has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 Attorneys in Texas and Top 100 attorneys in Dallas/Fort Worth for nine consecutive years (2018-2026) and selected to the Super Lawyers list every year since 2003.  John is Board Certified in both Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates with the rank of Advocate. Over the past 40 years, John has developed a diverse civil trial practice involving an array of industries in state and federal courts throughout Texas and numerous other states.  He is routinely retained to try high-dollar exposure cases in the areas of business litigation, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, and professional liability. His professional liability practice includes representation of hospitals and other health care providers, attorneys, law firms, and other professionals. John has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for his work in both Commercial Litigation and Litigation-Health Care and Medical Malpractice Law-Defense.  John is licensed to practice law in Texas, Oklahoma, and Montana, and is regularly admitted for cases in other jurisdictions pro hac vice.

Super Lawyers® selects attorneys using a rigorous, multi-phase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third-party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievements. Selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis. The objective is to create a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Super Lawyers can be found online at http://www.superlawyers.com/.