August proved to be another busy month for the Houston legal jobs market–here are some of the highlights:

Baker Hostetler recruited Dennis Duffy, former chair of the labor and employment practice at Baker Botts, LLP.  Mr. Duffy joins the firm as a partner.

The Houston office of Jones Day announced the legal recruitment of William Prescott Mills Schwind as a partner in the firm’s energy practice.  Mr. Schwind was previously a partner in the Houston office of Thompson & Knight, LLP.

Daniel Nossa has been recruited as a partner to the energy practice and derivatives group at Jackson Walker in Houston.

King & Spalding continued the expansion of the firm’s Houston office this month with the hiring of Erika Serran Toussaint as a partner in the firm’s global disputes practice. Ms. Serran Toussaint joins the firm as a counsel.