Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Ted D. Meyer has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Labor & Employment group in the Houston office. Ted, a seasoned labor and employment attorney with more than two decades of experience, represents large and small employers in litigation, administrative proceedings, and in defense of large class and collective actions. He also provides counsel on disputes in connection with departing employees, reductions in force, leadership training, and employee relationships. Ted joins Blank Rome from Ogletree Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (more…)

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DLA Piper announced today that Daniel Tobey has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Tobey joins from Vinson & Elkins LLP. (more…)

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that John Hardin has joined the firm’s Insurance Recovery practice as a partner in the Dallas office. John is joined by Skyler Howton, an associate in the Insurance Recovery practice. They both join Perkins Coie from K&L Gates, where John led the firm’s Global Real Estate Litigation Group. (more…)

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Cooper & Scully is pleased to announce the launch of its Austin office, signaling the depth of commitment to clients and to Texas. Joining the firm as Managing Shareholder is prominent trial attorney, Kevin Oncken. (more…)

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The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Alfredo Raúl Ramos has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a Partner in the Oil and Gas Practice Group. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Ramos was a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Houston. (more…)

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Paul Neufeld has joined Locke Lord’s Houston and London offices as a Partner in the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group. Neufeld, who is licensed to practice in the United States and the UK, brings to the Firm strong international arbitration and litigation experience representing clients in proceedings under many different types of arbitration rules in both commercial and treaty arbitration cases and will provide even greater depth to Locke Lord’s International Arbitration Practice Group. Neufeld comes to Locke Lord from Norton Rose Fulbright. (more…)

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Kyung S. Lee has joined Kasowitz as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Mr. Lee adds decades of deep restructuring experience to Kasowitz’s internationally recognized Bankruptcy and Restructuring Litigation practice. Prior to joining Kasowitz, Mr. Lee was a partner at Diamond McCarthy, leading that firm’s restructuring and reorganization matters for clients across the energy, real estate, communications, healthcare, distribution, manufacturing, and retail industries. (more…)

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McKool Smith, one of the nation’s leading trial firms, has announced that trial lawyer Anthony J. (“Tony”) Phillips has joined the firm as a Principal in its Houston office. Tony focuses on complex commercial litigation, white collar defense, and compliance matters. (more…)

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Accomplished deal lawyer Stuart Rasley has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Dallas, continuing the strategic expansion of the firm’s highly ranked private equity industry team. Rasley comes to McGuireWoods from Squire Patton Boggs. Before graduating with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, he was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas. (more…)

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has grown its leading International Arbitration Practice with the addition of a new partner, Jorge Mattamouros, a New York and Portugal qualified lawyer joining the Firm’s Houston office. Mattamouros will play an important role in the Firm’s international arbitration matters in the Latin America and Lusophone regions. Mattamouros comes to White & Case from King & Spalding, where he worked as a partner in their International Arbitration practice. (more…)

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David Ammons, a commercial litigator board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a litigation partner in the Houston office. (more…)

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Dickinson Wright PLLC is pleased to announce that attorney Stephen A. Mason has joined the firm’s rapidly growing Austin office as a Member. (more…)

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