Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (“Tallgrass”), announced today that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) to buy Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, the Casper-Douglas natural gas processing and West Frenchie Draw treating facilities in Wyoming, and KMP’s 50 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline (“REX”) (more…)

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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Erika D. Benson as a partner in the Firm’s Austin office, where she will continue her work representing a variety of clients in matters involving government affairs (more…)

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Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP Partner Donnie W. Wisenbaker and co-counsel Andrew Shoemaker of Shoemaker Ghiselli + Schwartz LLC in Boulder, Colo. obtained a successful, unanimous jury verdict in favor of client HEI Resources, Inc., a Texas corporation with its primary place of business in Colorado Springs, and its president Charles Reed Cagle in a securities matter before Colorado’s 4th Judicial District Court (more…)

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Tesoro Corp. will spend $2.5 billion to purchase a Southern California refinery and more than 800 gas stations in California, Nevada and Arizona. In addition, Tesoro will also acquire the ARCO brand (more…)

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Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the world’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, has added Jarrett R. Andrews as a shareholder in its Dallas office (more…)

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Adam Dougherty has joined Winstead PC as a shareholder in the Labor, Employment and Immigration Practice Group. Dougherty’s practice focuses on employment law and commercial litigation. He has over 10 years experience representing clients in complex employment-related disputes and advising them on a broad range of employment law issues. He joins Winstead from the Dallas office of Baker and McKenzie, LLP, where he was a partner (more…)

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Jackson Walker recently obtained dismissal of breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, and Texas Insurance Code claims seeking as much as $2 million from firm clients Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Stewart Title Company d/b/a Central Texas Title (more…)

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Jeffrey Ansley was recruited by Bell Nunnally’s Dallas office to join the firm’s white collar group.  The partner brings significant experience in criminal litigation, fraud, and securities cases.  He joins from Curran Tomko and was formerly an AUSA.  Ansley received his J.D. in 1994 from SMU.

“Jeff is a great addition to the firm. Our clients will benefit from his expertise and his experience as a former federal criminal prosecutor and enforcement attorney,” said managing partner James Skochdopole.

More information on the move can be found in the firm’s press release.

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Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has added Jeffrey J. Ansley as a partner and member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practices. Ansley joins the firm from Curran Tomko Tarski LLP in Dallas (more…)

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Award-winning investigative journalist Valeri C. Williams has joined national law firm Wilson Elser as of counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Ms. Williams is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation and Employment & Labor practices (more…)

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) in the sale of 100 percent of Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and a 50 percent interest in El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG) pipeline to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) for approximately $6.22 billion. The total includes about $1.8 billion in assumed debt at TGP and approximately $560 million of proportional debt at EPNG (more…)

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully defended its client Standard Renewable Energy, LP (SRE) in a three-day jury trial involving claims brought against the Dallas-based green energy company by a consumer over a geothermal HVAC and solar panel installation (more…)

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