Decker, Jones, McMackin, McClane, Hall & Bates, P.C. has added four attorneys giving the downtown Fort Worth firm 24 attorneys.
Tim Malone and Frank Newman joined Decker Jones as Shareholders, Eric Camp joined as Of Counsel, and Sarah Powers joined as an Associate (more…)
Sadler Law Firm LLP, the Houston-based national law firm dedicated to the legal concerns of energy companies, launches an office in Fort Worth, its third national office and second in Texas (more…)
The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Rose L. Romero has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Dallas and Fort Worth offices, where she will focus her practice on white-collar criminal litigation, government investigations, SEC regulation and enforcement, and commercial litigation (more…)
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Winstead PC has rehired Dale Butler as a shareholder in the construction practice group. Formerly with Winstead from 1995 to 2008, Butler brings more than 15 years of legal experience in construction contract drafting, construction litigation and arbitration, and civil litigation to Winstead’s Fort Worth office (more…)
Jackson Walker has made a partner hire at its Fort Worth office. David Seidler has joined the firm’s litigation practice. He specifically practices commercial litigation, insurance defense and alternative dispute resolution.
Source: dallas.dbusinessnews.com
Law firm Thompson & Knight LLP has announced the opening of an office in San Antonio. Firm attorneys Jason Davis, Marina Garcia Marmolejo, and Michael McCrum will head the office, which focuses on complex litigation. This is Thompson & Knight’s fifth Texas office, with other locations in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.
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Fort Worth firm Kelly Hart & Hallman opened a Houston office this week. Partnering the new office ar James Derrick, David Hedges, Max Hendrick and J. Clark Martin, all of Vinson & Elkins. The office will hopefully grow to 21 attorneys, and the firm has an additional office in Austin. Kelly Hart & Hallman opened the Houston branch in order to optimize contact with large energy companies.
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Mary Keller has joined Winstead’s Austin office as a shareholder in the Corporate and Securities Group. Her work deals mostly with insurance regulation and regulatory litigation. Keller was formerly an Associate Commissioner of Insurance at the Texas Department of Insurance, as well as a former Texas First Assistant Attorney General. With offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, The Woodlands, TX, and Washington, D.C., Winstead is one of the largest business law firms in Texas.
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Merger talks have begun between Texas firm Hughes & Luce, and international powerhouse K&L Gates. Hughes & Luce has about 150 attorneys in offices in Dallas, Ft. Worth, and Austin, the majority working in Dallas. A combination of the two firms would create a firm of more than 1,500 lawyers in 24 offices the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Hughes & Luce is interested in the deal because the firm has increasingly seen a need to service clients outside of Texas. Additionally, the people and culture of K&L Gates seem like a good fit for the firm. For K&L Gates, having a stronger foothold in Texas is an attractive prospect considering that ten percent of Fortune 1,000 companies are located in Texas. The firms hope to come to an agreement and combine by the end of the year.
Source: www.dallasnews.com
