Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton today announced its merger with Dallas-based Crouch & Ramey LLP, a highly-regarded, 21-lawyer practice led by preeminent Texas litigation attorneys including named partner Cole Ramey. The merger will be effective as of November 2, 2015. With the merger, Kilpatrick Townsend enters the Texas legal market by making Dallas the home of its 18th office worldwide, including 15 in the United States. (more…)

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Haynes and Boone, LLP proudly welcomes Neal Kaminsky as a partner in the firm’s Finance Practice, where he will focus on a wide variety of financial transactions. (more…)

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Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international law firm, announced today that David B. Weaver will be joining the firm’s Austin office as a Partner. (more…)

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Douglas Haloftis has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department. Previously, Haloftis was a partner at Gardere Synne Sewell LLP. (more…)

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Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) recently welcomed Thomas R. Barber as shareholder in the firm’s Houston office. With more than 35 years of experience in the construction industry, Barber significantly bolsters Munsch Hardt’s construction practice from both a controversy and transactional perspective. (more…)

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Jackson Walker successfully represented Prophet Equity, a Southlake, Texas-based private equity firm, and its portfolio company, Hatch Stamping Company LLC, in its acquisition of the assets of Tennessee-based Metal Quest, Inc. The transaction closed on September 11, 2015. (more…)

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Wick Phillips is pleased to announce the expansion of the firm’s intellectual property practice with the addition of Amy LaValle and Jerry C. Harris, Jr. joining the firm as partners in the Dallas office. (more…)

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Craig A. Lackey has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Dallas office, where he will focus his work on consumer lending-based financial transactions and restructurings. (more…)

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Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Tracey R. Wallace has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment group. A versatile practitioner with experience spanning the spectrum of labor and employment law, Tracey joins the firm’s Dallas office from Jackson Walker LLP. (more…)

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John M. Elsley joined Phelps Dunbar’s Houston, Texas office as a partner in the firm’s admiralty and litigation practice. His addition further expands the firm’s ability to serve clients in Texas and throughout the Gulf South with admiralty, litigation and arbitration needs. (more…)

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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Jason S. Varnado, Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, will join its Houston Office in December as a partner in the Firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice. Mr. Varnado has focused on high-profile white collar prosecutions. (more…)

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, announced today that Tania S. Perez has joined the firm’s Energy and Commodities Practice and will be in the Houston office. (more…)

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