National law firm Polsinelli is expanding its footprint in Texas with the addition of Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring shareholder Trey A. Monsour. An accomplished attorney representing clients in industries such as energy, manufacturing, retail, restaurants and healthcare, Monsour will jointly office in Dallas and Houston. (more…)

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DLA Piper announced today that Gislar Donnenberg has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Houston. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Donnenberg was a partner with Paul Hastings LLP. (more…)

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Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP is pleased to announce that Malissa Wilson joins the firm as a Partner in our Jackson, Mississippi office. Malissa is a proven litigator bringing over 15 years of diverse litigation experience. Prior to joining Forman Watkins, Malissa served as a Senior Assistant City Attorney for the City of Houston (Texas) followed by her role as in-house counsel for a national insurance company overseeing cases in Texas, Oklahoma and Mississippi. Malissa was also a senior associate with an area defense firm and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Mississippi Attorney General. Malissa’s long litigation experience has given her an extensive trial resume including numerous cases involving labor and employment, premises liability, civil rights and personal injury matters. (more…)

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Jason R. Regas has joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. He is a member of the Employment Law and Commercial Litigation practice groups. (more…)

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today that Kip Brar has joined the firm’s Litigation department as a partner in Seyfarth’s Houston office. Kip comes from Strasburger & Price, LLP, where he served as a partner in Houston. (more…)

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BakerHostetler is proud to announce that Steven Spears has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group. A member of the more than 60-attorney patent litigation team, Spears is the first patent litigator to reside in the firm’s Houston office. He comes to BakerHostetler from McDermott Will & Emery. (more…)

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Mandisa (Mandy) S. Price to the Dallas office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Price was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. (more…)

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Sean Hill and Stephanie Berdik have joined the Firm’s Boston office, which opened earlier this month, as partners in the Investment Funds Group. (more…)

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Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Robert D. Eickenroht has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a Partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Immediately prior to joining Thompson & Knight, he was a Partner in the Houston office of Locke Lord LLP. (more…)

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King & Spalding continues to expand its energy practice with the addition of transactional oil and gas lawyer Peter Hays who joins the firm today as partner in Houston. Hays represents companies and entrepreneurs in upstream, midstream and downstream transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and project development. Mr. Hays was previously a partner at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. (more…)

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Bracewell LLP is pleased to announce that Douglas W. Rommelmann has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the intellectual property practice. Rommelmann was previously a partner at Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP. (more…)

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Robert M. Schick, a commercial trial attorney with more than 35 years of experience representing clients across a broad spectrum of industries, has rejoined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. From 2014 to 2017, Schick was a partner in Houston-based litigation boutique Schick & Copeland. (more…)