National law firm Polsinelli has added shareholders Brian A. Bullard and George T. Lee III to its Dallas office and the firm’s growing Investment Funds practice. (more…)

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Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Michael Klein to its Litigation Department and Insurance Industry Group as a member in the firm’s Austin office. Klein joins Dykema after practicing at the Austin office of Sedgwick LLP. (more…)

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Prominent San Antonio business attorneys William McDonough, Peter Broderick and James McDonough have joined Jackson Walker as partners in the San Antonio office, as well as associate Art Cavazos. (more…)

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Craig J. Cox and Daniel A. Murray have joined the growing Dallas office of Frost Brown Todd (FBT) as a member and managing associate, respectively. Both attorneys join the firm’s Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Practice Group, which has had a strong presence in the IP arena for more than 35 years. The team is recognized as one of the world’s top trademark groups by the World Trademark Review 100, and as one of the top IP practices in Middle America by Chambers USA ®. (more…)

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Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Leiza Dolghih to its Dallas office as a partner in the Employment & Labor Practice. (more…)

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Morgan Lewis today welcomes veteran transactional lawyer Juan-Pablo “John” Crespo to the firm as a partner in Houston. His long-time colleague, Adrian Talamantes, will join the firm on May 30, also in Houston. Both new partners have deep backgrounds in corporate transactions, focusing on energy, life sciences, and investment funds transactions throughout the United States and Latin America. They join Morgan Lewis from the global transactions group of another global law firm. (more…)

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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan M. Harris has joined the Firm as Partner and David M. Wilson as Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property and Technology group in Houston. Both join from intellectual property boutique Conley Rose, P.C. (more…)

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Gray Reed & McGraw is proud to announce the addition of five attorneys to the firm. Partner Nancy Bostic has joined the firm’s corporate practice in the Houston office, Partner Barry Cannaday has joined the energy team in Dallas, Counsel Jennifer Perry has joined the healthcare team from the Houston office, Counsel Ricardo Rivera has joined the tax section in Dallas and Counsel Jeffrey Watters has joined the trusts and estates section in Houston. (more…)

Adams and Reese is growing its Houston presence with the addition of five lawyers who have substantial trial experience throughout the region, the law firm reported today. Staton Childers, Brianne Richardson, Benjamin Miller, Amanda Sanders and John Kovach have joined the firm’s regional Litigation Team. The Houston expansion comes on the heels of Adams and Reese’s recent announcement of new offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and South Florida. (more…)

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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…)

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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…)

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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…)