Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce the addition of six leading energy partners as founders of the firm’s newly opened Houston office. They join the two renowned oil and gas transactional partners who are also founders of the Houston office and joined earlier this year. Gibson Dunn’s new Texas-based energy team has the full range of transactional experience and abilities to serve energy clients in their most important and complex transactions. They were all former partners with Baker Botts L.L.P. (more…)
Morgan Lewis today welcomes energy transactions lawyer Carl von Merz as a partner in its corporate and business transactions practice. He will be based in Houston. (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm, announces the addition of two highly regarded attorneys to its partner ranks. W. Brian Memory joins as a partner in the firm’s banking and finance practice group, while Jason S. Luter joins as a partner in the tax practice group. Both hires were made to support significant client growth in these two areas. (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm, announces the addition of two highly regarded attorneys to its partner ranks. W. Brian Memory joins as a partner in the firm’s banking and finance practice group, while Jason S. Luter joins as a partner in the tax practice group. Both hires were made to support significant client growth in these two areas. (more…)
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth E. Klingensmith has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Litigation group and member of the Energy industry team. She is based in the Firm’s Houston office and comes to Blank Rome from Haynes and Boone, LLP. (more…)
King & Spalding today announced that Lana Varney, Lisa Horvath Shub and Stephen Huffaker have joined as partners in the Life Sciences practice in the firm’s Austin office. Varney, Shub and Huffaker were previously partners at Norton Rose Fulbright where all three had spent their entire legal careers. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to welcome three more partners as part of an impressive litigation team joining the firm’s recently opened Dallas office. Geoffrey Harper, Michael Bittner, and Chad Walker, who join the firm from Fish & Richardson, are a talented addition to the group that will handle complex commercial, business, and intellectual property litigation matters. (more…)
Baker Donelson is pleased to announce the arrival of Phillip Sharp to the Firm’s Business Litigation Group. He was previously a partner at Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom and also practiced for more than 20 years as a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani. (more…)
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has added five attorneys to its office in The Woodlands, Texas. The additions include Lyle R. Rathwell, Ed Wallison, Jason R. Grill, Lonald C. “Lonnie” Hobbs, and Merris A. Washington. Their additions are part of the firm’s growth to better serve clients looking for experienced counsel in litigation and energy. (more…)
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Will Russ to its Dallas office as a partner in the Real Estate Department. (more…)
John D. Smart has joined Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP as a partner in its Labor, Employment and Benefits; Immigration; and Litigation practice areas. Smart comes to the firm from Winstead PC’s Dallas office, where he was a shareholder. His experience also includes four years as a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, including two years as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. (more…)
