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…)
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Elizabeth E. Klingensmith has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Corporate Litigation group and member of the Energy industry team. She is based in the Firm’s Houston office and comes to Blank Rome from Haynes and Boone, LLP. (more…)
King & Spalding today announced that Lana Varney, Lisa Horvath Shub and Stephen Huffaker have joined as partners in the Life Sciences practice in the firm’s Austin office. Varney, Shub and Huffaker were previously partners at Norton Rose Fulbright where all three had spent their entire legal careers. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to welcome three more partners as part of an impressive litigation team joining the firm’s recently opened Dallas office. Geoffrey Harper, Michael Bittner, and Chad Walker, who join the firm from Fish & Richardson, are a talented addition to the group that will handle complex commercial, business, and intellectual property litigation matters. (more…)
Baker Donelson is pleased to announce the arrival of Phillip Sharp to the Firm’s Business Litigation Group. He was previously a partner at Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom and also practiced for more than 20 years as a partner at Bracewell & Giuliani. (more…)
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that oil and
gas partner Cody Carper has joined the firm’s Houston office. Mr. Carper was formerly a
partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. (more…)
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has added five attorneys to its office in The Woodlands, Texas. The additions include Lyle R. Rathwell, Ed Wallison, Jason R. Grill, Lonald C. “Lonnie” Hobbs, and Merris A. Washington. Their additions are part of the firm’s growth to better serve clients looking for experienced counsel in litigation and energy. (more…)
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Will Russ to its Dallas office as a partner in the Real Estate Department. (more…)
John D. Smart has joined Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP as a partner in its Labor, Employment and Benefits; Immigration; and Litigation practice areas. Smart comes to the firm from Winstead PC’s Dallas office, where he was a shareholder. His experience also includes four years as a member of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps, including two years as a Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. (more…)
Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that it has welcomed six lawyers to its Global Insurance Department. All six lawyers bring substantial experience litigating complex insurance coverage and bad faith disputes. The six lawyers joining Cozen O’Connor’s Global Insurance Department include Stephen P. Pate, formerly of Norton Rose, who comes to the firm as a member in the Houston office, Lauren E. Figaro who joins as an associate in the Houston office from Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons; Michael R. Davisson and Valerie D. Rojas, who both join as members in the Los Angeles office; Patricia M. Parisi, who joins as of counsel in the Los Angeles office; and Andrea J. Giovannone, who joins as an associate in the Los Angeles office. Davisson, Rojas, Parisi, and Giovannone all join from Sedgwick. (more…)
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Shubi Arora has joined the Firm as a corporate partner in its Houston office.
“Shubi is a skilled lawyer whose experience working with private equity sponsors and energy companies perfectly complements the lawyers in our Houston office,” said Jeffrey C. Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “He provides additional strength to our energy transactional practice at a time when our energy lawyers are in high demand.” (more…)
Reed Smith has welcomed veteran attorney William W. Russell to its International Arbitration practice and Latin America Business team. Russell joins from Houston law firm Schirrmeister, Diaz-Arrastia, Brem LLP, where he was senior counsel, and which he had joined from King & Spalding in 2006. (more…)
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