Foley & Lardner LLP and Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP today announced the successful combination of the two firms, effective April 1, 2018. (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP continues to grow its Houston office with the addition of new partner Steven Tredennick. Tredennick will be part of the Firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Practice and will work closely with its Global Oil & Gas Industry Group. Tredennick was previously the chair of the Corporate Practice for Paul Hastings’ Houston office. (more…)
McGinnis Lochridge welcomes attorney Clarke Heidrick as a new partner in the firm, effective Friday, March 23. Heidrick brings over 40 years of expertise to the corporate section of McGinnis Lochridge, with extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities, commercial transactions and banking. (more…)
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added a team of four energy partners and one energy counsel in its Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston offices. The team comes to K&L Gates from Winstead PC, where one of the partners, Jeff King, served as chair of the energy law practice group. (more…)
The litigation, intellectual property, and transaction law firm of Klemchuk LLP is pleased to announce that Jim Chester has joined the firm as a Managing Principal. (more…)
Mayer Brown announced today that noted commercial litigator Jon C. Rice has joined the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice as a partner in Houston. Mr. Rice joins from Norton Rose Fulbright in Houston. (more…)
Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has added Charles H. Wilson as a shareholder in the Houston office. Wilson previously served as Vice Chair, Office Managing Partner at Cozen O’Connor’s Houston office and was a member of the labor and employment department.
“With deep roots in the region and more than 20 years of employment litigation experience, Charles is a fantastic addition to our talented team in Houston,” said Kelley Edwards, Littler’s Houston Office Managing Shareholder. “He brings an impressive track record defending clients in a range of employment-related matters and we are excited to welcome him to the firm.”
Wilson represents national and international companies in cases involving discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour violations, whistleblowing and retaliation, workplace injury, breaches of contract and misappropriation of trade secrets, among other issues. He also counsels employers on traditional labor law matters, including collective bargaining and grievance labor arbitrations. With experience that includes serving as an in-house lawyer at a hospitality company, Wilson provides clients with practical guidance on workplace issues while managing a range of complex litigation, trials and appeals.
“Littler is known as a progressive and innovative firm with unparalleled subject matter knowledge in every area of labor and employment law,” Wilson said. “I’ve had opportunities in the past to work with many of the accomplished attorneys in Littler’s Houston office that I’m now honored to call colleagues. I look forward to leveraging the firm’s resources and extensive global platform to further expand my practice.”
Wilson’s addition is the latest in a string of attorneys who have joined Littler since the beginning of the year, including William Foster (Greenville, South Carolina), Devjani Mishra (New York), Anne LaWer (San Jose) and Bradley Schwan (Los Angeles and Orange County).
Wilson received his J.D., cum laude, from Texas Southern University-Thurgood Marshall School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Connecticut. He is board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Bracewell LLP announced today that Nancy C. LeGros has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a healthcare partner in the public finance practice. LeGros comes to Bracewell from CHRISTUS Health, where she most recently served as senior vice president, legal services and chief legal officer. (more…)
Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd. is pleased to announce the opening of an office in Houston, Texas with the addition of shareholder Mark Willingham, who will manage the new office. With the Houston office, Segal McCambridge will have eight offices nationwide. New shareholder Mark Willingham comes to Segal McCambridge from Willingham, Fultz & Cougill LLP, where he served as the firm’s managing partner in Houston. (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is delighted to announce the opening of a new office in Austin – its first in Texas – with seven partners focusing on advising emerging growth companies in the technology, media and telecommunications, and life sciences industries. The new Austin-based corporate partners are Matthew Lyons, Carmelo Gordian, Alan Bickerstaff, Ted Gilman, Brian Dillavou and Russ Denton. They are joined by litigation partner David Whittlesey and investment funds counsel J.R. Morgan. They all join the firm from Andrews Kurth Kenyon. (more…)
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today the arrival of Sean S. Wooden, a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC Intellectual Property (IP) practice, who will work closely with the seven-member group of corporate attorneys that recently launched the firm’s Dallas office. (more…)
