King & Spalding adds healthcare expertise to its Austin office with the addition of Kathy L. Poppitt as partner and Catherine M. Greaves as counsel. Poppitt and Greaves join King & Spalding from Cox Smith.
“King & Spalding is committed to growing its healthcare practice in Texas and across the country,” said Richard L. Shackelford, leader of King & Spalding’s healthcare practice group. “We are excited to add talent in Austin which expands our ability to serve all of the firm’s healthcare clients, especially in the State of Texas.” (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to welcome Arcie I. Jordan as a corporate partner in the Firm’s Austin office. Ms. Jordan joins Gardere from Jackson Walker LLP and brings more than 20 years’ experience in counseling a broad spectrum of companies expanding internationally to and from the United States.
“Arcie’s international practice expertise is consistent with our strategic focus in Mexico and Latin America,” says Gardere Chair Holland N. O’Neil. “Arcie likewise compliments our burgeoning International Trade Group, which advises clients related to FCPA compliance, anti-trust compliance, import/export and other supply chain regulations around the world. She is well-known in this area of practice, and our clients will be well-served by her acumen in this complicated, but critically important, area of the law.” (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Rex D. VanMiddlesworth and Phillip G. Oldham as Partners and Katie Coleman and Benjamin B. Hallmark as Associates in the Government/Regulatory Practice Group of the Firm’s Austin office.
“These attorneys offer expertise that adds a new dimension to our Austin office and to the Firm,” said James C. Morriss III, the Firm’s Government/ Regulatory Practice Group Leader and Austin Office Leader. “Their practice will complement our service to existing clients, many of which we have in common, and will expand the Firm’s client base. While we have a longstanding involvement in the energy industry and have served an industrial and manufacturing client base for many years, this group of attorneys brings these two elements together with their unparalleled experience in electricity-related regulatory matters, power market and electric project development issues, and in other related energy matters.” (more…)
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) assets in North Louisiana and East Texas for a purchase price of $278 million from Hunt Oil Company. The properties consist of approximately 23,000 net acres that are currently producing approximately 17.5 MMcfe per day, with approximately 67% natural gas and 33% oil and NGLs. The effective date of the acquisition is June 1, 2014, and the anticipated closing of the acquisition is on or before October 1, 2014. (more…)
Fenimore, Kay, Harrison & Ford, LLP, is pleased to announce that veteran bank attorney, Stephanie E. Kalahurka, has rejoined the firm as a Partner effective July 1, 2014. Ms. Kalahurka is reuniting with long‐time partners, Chet A. Fenimore, Geoffrey S. Kay and Lowell W. Harrison, after a one‐year absence prompted by her relocation to Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to her departure, Ms. Kalahurka had worked with the firm since its formation in July 2010. (more…)
In response to client demand for expanded insurance litigation services across the country, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. announces the addition of veteran trial attorney Patrick M. Kemp, who joins the firm’s Austin, Texas, office as a shareholder. (more…)
April 30, 2014 ‒ EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced that EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) (Partnership) has agreed to acquire EQT’s Jupiter natural gas gathering system (Jupiter) for $1.18 billion. EQT will receive $1.12 billion of cash and $59 million of common and general partner units. The Jupiter system gathers EQT’s Marcellus production in portions of Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, and consists of approximately 35 miles of natural gas gathering pipeline and approximately 21,300 horsepower of compression. Jupiter has a total of 970 MMcf per day of pipeline capacity and six interconnects with the Partnership’s transmission and storage systems. (more…)
Jackson Walker LLP is pleased to welcome Wes Strickland to the firm as a partner in the Environmental and Legislative practice group. Mr. Strickland will work in the firm’s Austin office and focus on permitting, development and financing of water and other infrastructure projects across the United States. (more…)
Pillsbury is pleased to announce the opening of our Austin office as the next step in our firm’s strategic focus and our unwavering commitment to our clients throughout the state of Texas and the Gulf Coast. (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. is pleased to welcome Drew Darby to the firm as of counsel in the Real Estate and Energy practice groups. A San Angelo native, Mr. Darby will work with the firm’s San Angelo and Austin offices (more…)
Having recently added a top-flight patent litigation team from Weil Gotshal in Washington D.C., the international law firm Greenberg Traurig grew both its international technology practice and its Texas platform with the addition of Weil Gotshal senior patent litigators Kevin Kudlac and Amber Lee Hagy as shareholders and attorney Rene Anthony Treviño as of counsel. Kudlac joins the firm today; Hagy and Treviño have announced they will join on December 30. The three had worked closely together and will continue to do so at Greenberg Traurig. The move comes shortly after the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary in Texas, where it maintains a strong presence in Houston, Dallas and Austin. (more…)
Locke Lord LLP is proud to announce that Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed attorney Nandita Berry as the 109th Texas Secretary of State, effective Jan. 7, 2014. The first Indian-American to fill the post, Berry will serve as the state’s chief elections officer, the governor’s liaison on border and Mexican affairs, and Texas’ chief protocol officer for state and international matters. The Secretary of State’s Office also serves as the formal repository for official and business records, publishes government rules and regulations, keeps the state seal and attests to the governor’s signature on official documents
“Nandita Berry personifies what is possible through hard work and dedication in the State of Texas,” Gov. Perry said. “Arriving from India at the age of 21 with nothing but $200 to her name, she worked diligently to earn her law degree and has since become one of the most accomplished attorneys in the state. Her work ethic, intelligence and wide array of experiences will serve her capably in her new duties as Secretary of State, and I look forward to working with her to keep Texas the best place in the country to live, work and raise a family.”
Berry joined Locke Lord in 2005. As an attorney at Locke Lord (a position she will resign) Berry has represented clients in a wide variety of corporate and technology transactions. Her clients are in diverse industries and range from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups.
“I am truly humbled to follow in the footsteps of Stephen F. Austin, Texas’ first Secretary of State,” Berry said.” “Like him, I came to Texas in search of a better life and the limitless opportunities to be found across our great state. Every day, I see Austin’s pioneering spirit alive in Texas, and this great honor proves once again Texas is the land of opportunity, both in the private sector and public service.”
“This is great news for Nandy and for the citizens of Texas,” said Ken Simon, Managing Partner of Locke Lord’s Houston office. “Nandy is skilled, experienced and a natural leader. Her colleagues and clients at Locke Lord will greatly miss her – but we know she will be a dedicated and respected Secretary of State and she will do an outstanding job representing the State of Texas. We couldn’t be more proud.”
Berry is a former member of the University of Houston System (UHS) Board of Regents, a position Perry appointed her to in 2009. She also served as Vice Chair of the UHS Board.
Berry is active in the Houston community and has been on the boards of the Houston Zoo, the Houston Area Women’s Center, the South Asian Chamber of Commerce and The Community Family Center. During the past two fiscal years, she chaired the University of Houston System Board’s Audit and Compliance Committee. She has been a member of the Finance and Administration Committee and the Academic and Student Success Committee.
She and her husband, Michael Berry, have two children.
