McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce that three attorneys have joined the firm’s Dallas, Texas office: Lorin M. Subar, Brandon K. Bartee and Jason T. Little (more…)

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A new Houston Chronicle article detailing a recent Rice University study on population growth can be found here.

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Porter Hedges trial team representing Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) secured victory in a jury trial alleging rape, sexual harassment, and fraud. After hearing almost four weeks of testimony, jurors rejected claims by a former employee that she was drugged and raped by several KBR firefighters while working for the company in Iraq in 2005 (more…)

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Law firm Winstead PC has officially hired the 39th lateral attorney for 2011, surpassing their Texas lateral hiring total from 2010 by 18 lateral hires already, and the firm isn’t finished hiring yet. This week, Winstead welcomes shareholders Jay W. Brown, Hilary C. Borow, and Steve Wedemeyer to the commercial litigation practice group. The three shareholders were previously with Beirne, Maynard and Parsons, L.L.P, and are joined by eight associates and eight support staff (more…)

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In a move to expand the midstream and upstream energy deal-making capabilities of its preeminent Private Equity practice, international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has added Rodney L. Moore as a partner in the firm. He joins Weil from Vinson & Elkins LLP and will split his time between Weil’s Houston and Dallas offices (more…)

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Porter Hedges today announced that Jonathan M. Pierce — an intellectual property attorney who specializes in patent and trademark law, as well as intellectual property agreements — has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice. His clients include multinational corporations, domestic companies, and individuals in all aspects of intellectual property law (more…)

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Haynes and Boone, LLP recently represented Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions Inc. (TAOS), a leading optoelectronic solutions provider, in its $320 million combination with austriamicrosystems AG (more…)

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Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P. announces the opening of a San Antonio, Texas office. The firm now has offices in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and New Orleans (more…)

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Attorney Patrick Garcia, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Department of Justice in El Paso, Texas, has joined the Houston office of the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. He joins as an associate in the Litigation and White Collar Defense practice areas (more…)

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Dallas Partner Bob Bragalone represents three men wrongfully incarcerated by the State of Texas — Steven Phillips, James Giles and Patrick Waller — in their battles with their former attorney Kevin Glasheen (more…)

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The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announceBarbara-Ellen Gaffney has joined the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group in the Dallas office. She joins Thompson & Knight as an Attorney (more…)

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that on July 1, 2011, the Firm officially opened its Houston, Texas office, which resulted from the combination, announced last month, with Houston-based litigation boutique Abrams Scott & Bickley, L.L.P. In addition to the five partners and various other professionals from Abrams Scott & Bickley, including Barry Abrams, Robert Scott, Susan L. Bickley, Sue D. Rosenthal and Jack W. Higdon; Blank Rome Partner Joseph F. Speelman will also reside in the Houston office (more…)

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