On Thursday, May 24, 2012, more than 350 people attended the First Annual Top 50 Black Attorneys in Houston Awards at the Hess Club in the Galleria. Fox 26 news anchor Jose Grinan served as master of ceremony for the evening as the d-mars.com Business Journal honored 50 legal professionals for their service to the Houston community.
Sponsors of the awards ceremony included Porsche of West Houston, Mena Freeman Financial Services, UPS, Comerica Bank, Grey Goose, Prop Rocks Concepts & Production, Hess Club, TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Daniel & Company, Lane Staffing, PICC Health Institute, Houston Lawyers Association, Dr. Heather Brown Orthodontics, First Impression Custom Clothes, American Business Machines, Mayberry Homes, Sterling Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, NewsWireHouston.com and rolling out.