Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt), a commercial law firm with more than 110 attorneys and offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, announce Michael W. Huddleston has joined as Shareholder, within the commercial litigation practice group. His addition to the Dallas office demonstrates the Firm’s continual commitment to attract top-level talent and offer clients expertise in a broad range of commercial legal areas (more…)
Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the addition of Litigation partner Suzanna Bonham to the firm’s Houston office. Bonham joins Seyfarth from Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout, LLP (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $500,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Elevation Resources LLC (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Megan Dredla Hoyt as Counsel in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the Firm’s Dallas office (more…)
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Jimmy Vallee has joined the firm as a partner with the M&A practice in Houston. Mr. Vallee joins from Jones Day, where he was a partner. He is a highly regarded M&A lawyer with a diverse energy client base (more…)

Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted primarily to the oil and gas industry, announced today that Brandy Manning has joined the firm as a partner in its Midland office. The addition further strengthens Burleson’s Litigation Practice Group and reinforces its regional strategy of delivering a comprehensive range of energy-specific legal services to companies with interests in the Permian Basin (more…)
Jeff Weems has joined Porter Hedges as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. After years of working on rigs and as a landman, he has practiced energy law for over 23 years, concentrating on litigation. Mr. Weems primarily represents working interest owners in a variety of energy-related disputes. He also represents service companies, midstream companies and royalty owners (more…)
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced that it is expanding its platform with a new office in Austin, the firm’s second in the state. The office will be in the Chase Bank Tower, 221 West Sixth Street, in downtown Austin (more…)
Burleson LLP announced today that it has completed a move into its new offices in Midland Tower, the latest step in the energy law firm’s ongoing commitment to serving clients in the Permian Basin.
Burleson now occupies the fourth floor of the building at 223 West Wall St. The firm’s attorneys in Midland focus almost exclusively on all aspects of oil and gas law, including litigation, condemnations, title examinations, acquisitions, divestitures, environmental issues, water issues, and ad valorem taxation disputes (more…)

Andrews Myers PC today announced its expansion in Texas with the opening of an office in San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 300, Austin. The new office is the culmination of a longstanding desire by Andrews Myers to enter the capital city’s progressive and entrepreneurial market and the Central Texas region. Many of the firm’s Texas corporate law clients have operations in the Central Texas region, and this office will allow Andrews Myers to improve service to those clients and develop new relationships. The Austin office opens with Jason Spencer, new firm Shareholder and Texas construction law attorney. He is formerly a Shareholder of the local office of Ford Nassen & Baldwin, leading the initial group of Austin-based attorneys.
McGuireWoods LLP today announced that Kevin Duddlesten has joined the firm’s Labor and Employment Department as a partner in Austin, where he will represent employers in all areas of labor and employment law (more…)
Holland & Knight announced the opening today of its 18th U.S. office in Dallas, Texas. The office will initially include 12 partners who practice in the areas of corporate and commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and bankruptcy: James C. Chadwick, M. Matthew Fontane, Michelle White Suarez, Robert W. Jones, Scott C. Wallace, Kenneth M. Vesledahl, Fred S. Stovall, James L. Baker, Eric W. Kimball, Anthony J. Herrera, Brent R. McIlwain, and Eric M. Pfeifle. The firm also has hired 10 associate lawyers and a senior counsel to practice in the new office, and expects to make additional hires in the future (more…)

