DALLAS - Acclaimed trial lawyer Mark S. Werbner of Dallas' Sayles Werbner has been named as the 2011 recipient of the Dallas Bar Association's Trial Lawyer of the Year award.

Werbner will receive the award during the DBA's annual Bench Bar Conference in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, in September. The prestigious award is presented annually to a DBA member who best exemplifies the noble principles of the legal profession and who has achieved extraordinary success in the courtroom.

In the two decades since they opened Dallas' Sayles Werbner, Richard Sayles and Mark Werbner had never tried a case together until they represented Commil USA in federal court in Marshall, a collaboration that led to victory — twice.

On April 8, the retrial in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc. resulted in a $63.8 million verdict. The jury, which deliberated less than two hours, decided Cisco had induced infringement on a patent for wireless technology developed by three Israeli engineers; Commil had purchased that patent in 2006 for $400,000, Werbner says.

DALLAS - Three attorneys from the Dallas trial law firm Sayles Werbner have earned spots on the 2011 Texas Rising Stars listing of the state's top up-and-coming lawyers.

Shawn C. Long and Darren Nicholson are highlighted for their work in business litigation, and Sawyer Neely is recognized for his work in general courtroom litigation.

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Dallas trial law firm Sayles Werbner is announcing a lawsuit filed today against Fort Worth-based Gotta Go Express Trailways Inc. on behalf of nine church members who were injured following a Colorado bus crash in December 2010.

Noted trial lawyer Mark Werbner, co-founder of Sayles Werbner, filed the lawsuit in Tarrant County's 236th District Court on behalf of Patricia Davidson and her two minor children; Kenneth and Patricia Marko and their two children; and Aaron and Amy Logan. The case is Patricia Davidson, et al. v. Gotta Go Express Trailways Inc., et al., No. 236-251135-11.

DALLAS - The Dallas trial law firm Sayles Werbner PC has been recognized as one of the city's leading firms for white-collar criminal defense law and general commercial litigation in the first-ever "Best Law Firms" rankings published by U.S. News & World Report.

The exclusive listing of top U.S. law firms appears in the October 2010 edition of U.S. News & World Report and at USNews.com.

MARSHALL, Texas - The Dallas law firm of Sayles Werbner is announcing a $3.7 million patent infringement verdict handed down last night in favor of The Woodlands, Texas-based Commil USA LLC against San Jose, Calif.-based Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) in a legal dispute over wireless network technology.

Commil was represented at trial by Richard A. "Dick" Sayles and Mark S. Werbner, co-founders of Sayles Werbner.

DALLAS - Intellectual property trial lawyer Richard Sayles, co-founder of Sayles Werbner, is featured in a recent story published by The American Lawyer about a substantial, favorable verdict for Mr. Sayles' client Newegg Inc. following a weeklong patent infringement trial against Chicago-based Soverain Software.