Patton Boggs today announced that Kenneth L. Betts and Laurie G. Lang have joined the firm in its Dallas office as of counsel and partner, respectively. The addition of Mr. Betts and Ms. Lang enhances the firm’s REIT and corporate finance capabilities and further deepens Patton Boggs’ bench of seasoned corporate finance attorneys. The move follows the recent addition of Gina E. Betts, former partner and chair of the private equity practice in the Dallas office of Locke Lord, as a partner (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that S. Scott Parel will join the firm in Dallas as a partner and member of Sidley’s global Private Equity and M&A practices. Mr. Parel is joining eight of his former colleagues from Weil Gotshal & Manges who have recently moved to Sidley, two of whom also are members of the firm’s Private Equity practice (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that John D. Penn has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice. He will also spend time as needed in the firm’s New York office working on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in that venue. He was most recently a partner with Haynes and Boone LLP in Fort Worth. Penn is the fourth partner (and eighth attorney) to join the Dallas office since March (more…)
Rebecca A. Cohenour has joined Husch Blackwell as an Associate in its Dallas office. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation practice group (more…)
Cox Smith, one of the leading business law firms in Texas, today announced the expansion of its Dallas office with the addition of three attorneys, including a new senior counsel in its business litigation practice and two relocations from its San Antonio office (more…)
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has added attorneys Jason P. Steed and Joseph J. Funston as associates (more…)
Sean McKenna, a veteran lawyer with almost 15 years of health care experience, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s White Collar Defense Practice Group, where his practice will focus on defense of health care fraud and abuse, white collar, and health care regulatory matters (more…)
Patton Boggs LLP today announced additions to the firm’s Corporate Finance practice that will enhance its existing bench of attorneys in this key area. Gina E. Betts, former partner and chair of the Private Equity practice group in the Dallas office of Locke Lord, has joined Patton Boggs. Ms. Betts is joined by Brad E. Hogan, formerly an associate in the Dallas office of Baker & McKenzie, where he counseled clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate governance (more…)
Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Eric L. Johnson as Of Counsel in the firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Johnson, who serves in the Texas House of Representatives for District 100, covering portions of Dallas and Mesquite, has joined the firm’s Public Law section (more…)
Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new attorney Perry Phipps. Mr. Phipps joins the Energy group as an associate in the Dallas Office (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes Dallas attorney John T. Duncan III as a shareholder in the firm’s strong national Real Estate Finance Practice. Duncan concentrates his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate finance and capital markets transactions involving commercial real estate assets located across the United States, with a particular emphasis on representing CMBS special servicers and other lenders in connection with restructuring complex commercial mortgage loans (more…)
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that eight lawyers will be joining the firm as partners in the Dallas office later this month. Six will be joining the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice, and two will become members of Sidley’s Private Equity practice. The practices of the lawyers in this group are national in scope and focus on providing sophisticated services for leading corporations and private equity sponsors. The group is moving to Sidley from Weil, Gotshal & Manges and includes Yvette Ostolaza and Angela Fontana, both of whom co-chaired national practice groups at their prior firm. The additional new partners are Penny Reid, Vance Beagles, Angela Zambrano, Kelly Dybala, Yolanda Cornejo Garcia and Michelle Hartmann (more…)
