Fresh off its move to Frost Tower, the Dallas office of Polsinelli makes way for five more attorneys, adding to the firm’s significant growth as it continues to expand its client service capabilities. The firm now occupies six floors of Frost Tower spanning 77,000 square feet of space in the building and has reached 41 attorneys in Dallas.
The five most recent additions include shareholder Allen J. Dickey and attorneys William B. Farnsworth and John Turnage, who focus on real estate finance matters. Shareholder David E. Olesky and Laurie Pierce, of counsel, will provide strategic guidance to health care professionals with complex health care litigation needs. (more…)
Husch Blackwell welcomes two partners to its Dallas office who are experts in product liability, toxic tort, mass tort and catastrophic injury litigation: Michael John Ramirez and James A. Lowery. Ramirez and Lowery both recently joined the firm’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation industry team.
Over the past 20 years, Ramirez’s reputation has been built as a relentless advocate for his clients.
His unique experience ranges from serving as a prosecutor, in-house counsel and as a civil trial attorney.
As a prosecutor, Ramirez successfully prosecuted many criminal cases. As in-house counsel, he obtained cost-effective resolution of insurance coverage and professional liability disputes. He also spoke nationally on ethics and legal malpractice. (more…)
The Austin office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Brian Graham as a partner in its labor, employment & workplace safety practice and Global Employer Solutions offering. An internationally recognized business immigration lawyer, Graham joins K&L Gates from Strasburger & Price, LLP, where he was chair of that firm’s immigration law team and EB-5 Task Force.
Board certified in immigration & nationality law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Graham has extensive experience in corporate immigration and investment-based immigration for high net worth immigrants. He works with lawyers in the labor & employment, tax, estate planning, securities, and corporate law areas to develop comprehensive strategies for clients. (more…)
The Dallas-based law firm Gruber Hurst Elrod Johansen Hail Shank LLP has added two respected, high-profile attorneys as partners in one of the largest litigation-focused boutique practices in Texas.
Samuel M. Stricklin and Tricia R. DeLeon together offer more than 40 years of combined legal experience, enhancing the firm’s growing practice representing bankruptcy plan trustees and others in major bankruptcy litigation. Ms. DeLeon and Mr. Stricklin previously were partners in the Dallas office of Bracewell & Giuliani. (more…)
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Lea Courington and R. Chris Harvey, both as senior counsel, to its Dallas office at Comerica Bank Tower. Prior to joining Dykema, both Courington and Harvey practiced at the Dallas firm of Stewart Courington Dugger Dean, PLLC. (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP today announced that leading environmental attorney Daniella Landers has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in its Environmental and Workplace Safety practice. Landers’ national and international practice includes environmental compliance and transactional and litigation matters, along with crisis management and rapid response, including government investigations of environmental matters, enforcement defense, responses to citizen suits, cost recovery claims and Superfund litigation.
“Daniella brings a wealth of experience and skill in environmental law and is a strong addition to the extraordinary group of environmental professionals that our firm has brought together in just a few years,” said Katten Chairman Vincent A.F. Sergi. (more…)
Attorney Mitchell Moses has joined Underwood Law Firm’s Fort Worth office, which has grown to six attorneys in just over a year. Moses’ practice focus is commercial transactions and business litigation, mostly related to Real Estate, Energy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate law — structuring partnerships and operating entities. He also devotes a significant amount of his practice to school and education law. (more…)
King & Spalding has hired Richard Groos, former head of Norton Rose Fulbright’s U.S. technology and innovation practice, as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice, focusing on managing global trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies. Groos, who was also global co-head of Norton Rose’s consumer markets international business group, will reside in King & Spalding’s Austin office.
“Richard is a prominent and well-respected practitioner in the area of trademark and copyright portfolio management, and we are delighted to have him as part of our IP team,” said Holmes Hawkins, head of King & Spalding’s intellectual property practice. “His strong reputation and focus in this highly sophisticated area of IP practice significantly boosts the capabilities of our existing team to offer even more specialized services for many of our longtime clients with global brands.” (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP welcomes prominent attorney and Texas State Representative Jason Villalba as a corporate partner in the Firm’s Dallas office.
Mr. Villalba, who joins Gardere from Haynes and Boone LLP, brings over a decade of experience representing clients in a wide array of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of public, private and middle-market companies; venture capital and private equity financing transactions; and transactions involving emerging growth and technology companies. In addition, Mr. Villalba has experience representing clients in public and private securities offerings under the Securities Act of 1933, as well as public company corporate compliance under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (more…)
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Stacy Smith Brown has joined the Firm’s Houston office as Partner in the Oil and Gas Practice Group.
“Stacy is a seasoned lawyer whose in-depth offshore oil and gas experience and comprehensive understanding of the energy industry as a whole will enable the Firm to better serve our clients,” said Richard B. Hemingway, Jr., the Firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group Leader. “We look forward to partnering with her to continue to take advantage of dynamic business opportunities in Houston and across the country.” (more…)
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Jon B. Hyland and Thomas Haskins have joined the firm as partners in the Intellectual Property and Litigation departments, respectively. They are the most recent additions to Barnes & Thornburg’s Dallas office, joining prominent litigator Mark Bayer, who launched the office in early June.
Resident in the Dallas office are Bayer, who is the office managing partner; Hyland, who was a shareholder at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr P.C.; and Haskins, who will be reunited with former Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP colleague Bayer. (more…)
Hogan Lovells announced today that Maria Boyce, Jennifer Smith, and Cristina Rodriguez will be joining the Litigation and Arbitration practice group as partners in the firm’s Houston office.
“As Houstonians with global practices and perspectives, Maria, Jennifer, and Cristina are the kind of market leaders who will add to our diverse, collaborative, and client-centered team,” said Stephen Immelt, CEO of Hogan Lovells. “Houston is critical for many of our energy clients in Texas and international clients in Latin America and beyond. We welcome Maria, Jennifer, and Cristina and the ability they bring to serve clients in this important market.” (more…)
