Elizabeth Cuneo joins Kelly Hart as an associate in the Fort Worth office’s Litigation Section. (more…)

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Robert Castle and Jamie Welton, two experienced commercial litigators, have joined Barnes & Thornburg as partners in the firm’s Litigation Department. The two litigators primarily focus on complex disputes, particularly in the areas of healthcare, finance, and media, among other industries. (more…)

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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (formerly Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth Kenyon) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Dallas office and its highly ranked energy practice with the arrival of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke, as partners on the firm’s energy and infrastructure team. (more…)

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SBBO announced that Kevin T. Schutte has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner. Mr. Schutte’s practice focuses on general commercial and business litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels, as well as arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. (more…)

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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic growth in Texas with the addition of Tanya Goins in its Dallas office Corporate Practice as of counsel. Greenberg Traurig has more than 125 attorneys in Texas and continues to grow in the state; serving clients from offices in Austin and Houston, in addition to Dallas. Previously, Goins was with Holland and Knight. (more…)

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Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the addition of Larry Glasgow and Richard Waggoner to the Corporate and Securities practice in Dallas. Larry and Richard each bring to the Firm over 30 years of experience in sophisticated transactions involving mergers and acquisitions and private equity. (more…)

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The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes partner Robert H. George and counsel Edmundo de la Fuente to its power practice. Both lawyers join K&L Gates from Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, where George served as the Houston office’s managing partner. (more…)

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Christopher D. Porter has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner. Mr. Porter is an experienced business trial lawyer representing both plaintiffs and defendants. He litigates a broad spectrum of business disputes, ranging from breach of contract and trade secret claims to business torts and antitrust disputes. Mr. Porter received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude. He earned his B.A. in Business Administration from University of Texas at El Paso, where he belonged to Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Philip R. Martinez in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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King & Spalding today announced that Carol Burke, Susan Berry and Kimberlee Cagle have joined the firm as partners in the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the Houston office to advise on a broad range of complex finance matters, including oil and gas financings, project financings, real estate acquisition, development financings and corporate matters. (more…)

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Kelly D. Hine has joined its Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Hine is the latest attorney that is part of Katten’s substantial investment in Texas with the opening of its Dallas office in February. (more…)

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Akin Gump is pleased to announce that Jocelyn D. Tau has joined the firm as a tax partner in its Houston office. Ms. Tau has extensive experience working on matters pertaining to the taxation of master limited partnerships (MLPs), private equity transactions and structures, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and capital market transactions, particularly within the energy industry. She comes to Akin Gump from Hunton Andrews Kurth. (more…)

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