Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP appears to be going on a hiring spree by adding two more to its Houston office. Michael Cash and Wade Howard are joining the firm’s litigation practice group as partners. Senior Attorney Robert Montoya will be joining them. This is a very talented group with much legal experience. Prior to taking their new positions at Gardere, the group practice with Winstead, P.C.
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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has acquired a new partner. Hoang Quan Vu joins the firm’s Banking group in Houston. Vu received his JD from Harvard Law School in 1995. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard’s undergraduate program in 1992.
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Haynes and Boone has taken on John Podvin in Dallas. He is to join the finance group as of counsel. Podvin was previously deputy general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief privacy officer with a subsidiary of Guaranty Financial Group Inc. Prior to that position, Podvin was a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani (then Bracewell Patterson, LLP).
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Hunton & Williams has recruited Edward Fernandes from Akin Gump. Fernades will continue to practice in Austin, but will also work out of the Houston office. A major aim of his will be to grow Hunton’s litigation office, particularly in the Austin group. Fernades has much experience representing very large companies, such as Ernst & Young and Bank of America.
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Pirkey Barber LLP has hired Shannon T. Vale. Vale worked with the firm’s co-founders, Lou Pirkey and Bill Barber at Austin firm, Arnold White & Durkee. Pirkey & Barber left in 2006 to start their own firm. Vale has over 25 years of experience in trademark law. Pirkey Barber has also hired Alison Davis Frey, who has over 10 years of trademark experience.
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Baker Botts has added two notable attorneys to its intellectual property group. Ann Hurwitz and Will K. Wood are now partners in the firm’s Dallas office. They both join from DLA Piper where they were partners.
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Jones Day has welcomed Karen Gren Johnson to its Dallas office as partner. Johnson, a litigation attorney, was previously a state district judge for eight years. She also has 18 years of experience in private practice in the field of civil litigation.
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Steven Tyndall has joined law firm Baker Botts today, January 1, 2009. Tyndall has vast experience in the following: corporate law, sercurities and mergers and acquisitions. He joins Baker’s Austin office from Fish & Richardson, where he was partner.
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