Joel S. Allen has brought his successful, nationwide employment litigation practice to McGuireWoods as a new partner in the firm’s rapidly growing Dallas office, which has quadrupled in size since it opened 14 months ago (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Jeffrey Whittle has joined its Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology practice (IPMT) as a partner in the Houston office (more…)
Leading Texas-based design professionals attorney Mitchell S. Milby has joined Wilson Elser’s Dallas office as a partner.
The founder and sole shareholder of his former firm, Milby PLLC in Dallas, Milby says he has moved his practice to Wilson Elser because of its national, full-service platform and its high-caliber lawyers. (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Duston K. McFaul has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in both its Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy, and Energy practices. Mr. McFaul is an experienced restructuring lawyer with a concentrated practice built around complex business restructurings, negotiated workouts and contested proceedings.
Mr. McFaul takes a solutions-oriented approach to financial restructuring matters in his representation of clients, which include debtors, secured lenders, bondholder committees, other unsecured creditors, and equity sponsors. He also has deep experience representing clients through an array of trials, adversary proceedings and arbitrations resulting from actions, including alleged business torts, contested sales/divestitures, valuation, fraudulent transfer and transactional issues. (more…)
Continuing its strategic growth in Texas, the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has recently added a top-tier team of nine attorneys across various practice areas including real estate, labor and employment, intellectual property, litigation, and health care. The attorneys, whose experience further enhances the firm’s highly regarded multi-practice capabilities, include shareholders John J. Tucker and Shira R. Yoshor, along with associates Janis E. Clements, Hampton D. Crow, Jr., Alan W. Hersh, Banee Pachuca, Amy E. Simcox, David A. Walker, and Theresa M. Wanat. (more…)
Dykema, a leading national law firm, has combined with Texas-based Cox Smith. The combination gives Dykema a significantly expanded presence in Texas, where Cox Smith has been a leading firm with deep history. The additional depth in key practices, coupled with the combined firm’s broader geographic reach, enhances the range of services available to firm clients. With the addition of Cox Smith’s more than 100 lawyers, the combined firm consists of more than 425 attorneys in 15 offices. In Texas, the firm is operating under the name Dykema Cox Smith. (more…)
We are pleased to announce the expansion of our practice as Michael F. Vitris has joined the Firm as an Associate in our Austin, Texas office. Mr. Vitris brings experience with a wide range of environmental matters, with a focus on enforcement and litigation, from his service as a Litigation Attorney at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). While at TCEQ, Michael’s responsibilities included: (more…)
Sean A. Bryan rejoins Kelly Hart as a partner in the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Bryan has handled complex tax matters for 25 years representing individuals, private business interests, and passive investors seeking limited liability (more…)
David Heidenreich has joined Carrington Coleman as a Partner focusing on oil and gas and real estate development and investment, with continuing industry interest in the multifamily and hospitality sectors (more…)
Akin Gump advised the conflicts committee of the board of directors of Summit Midstream Partners, LP (SMLP) in a $255 million “drop-down” acquisition by its subsidiary Bison Midstream, LLC of the equity interests of certain SMLP subsidiaries (more…)
McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Monica S. Thompson as Of Counsel in its Consumer Financial Services group in the firm’s Dallas office (more…)
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce Marianne Carroll has rejoined the firm as Senior Counsel. She will once again enhance the firm’s Energy & Natural Resources industry team, primarily advising clients on electricity regulation matters. (more…)
