A Jackson Walker team of Energy, Corporate & Securities, and Tax lawyers represented a West Texas-based management team in connection with obtaining a commitment from a private equity fund to provide $500 million in equity for the acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin area of Texas and New Mexico and the creation of a new oil and gas exploration and production company (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Trial Practice Group. Patrick F. McManemin joins Thompson & Knight as a Partner, and J. Thomas Gilbert, Michael Tristan, and John P. Vacalis join as Counsel (more…)
On July 25, 2013, Jackson Walker L.L.P. won a decisive victory for its clients when a Parker County District Court Judge granted summary judgment and dismissed all claims against Jackson Walker’s clients and ordered that the plaintiffs take nothing in a high–profile lawsuit involving horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) (more…)
Polsinelli welcomes experienced attorney Gemma L. Descoteaux to the firm’s Dallas office as a shareholder where she will concentrate her practice on corporate matters, including acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances and joint ventures, technology and outsourcing arrangements and other sophisticated commercial transactions in a wide variety of industries. Prior to joining Polsinelli, Descoteaux worked for several major technology firms, including Texas Instruments (more…)
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is pleased to announce that Dallas attorney James J. Sullivan has joined the Firm as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Ann Marie Painter has joined its Dallas office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment practice. She was most recently a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Painter is the third partner to join the Dallas office since March (more…)
Haynes and Boone, LLP advised client High Roller Wells in connection with the just-announced $239.2 million sale by Oilfield Water Lines LP (“OWL”) of its saltwater disposal wells and saltwater hauling business to Tulsa energy transport and propane marketer NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL). OWL is a partnership involving High Roller Wells LLC and the Mark Cuban Companies (more…)
The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Daniel Murray as an Associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the Firm’s Dallas office (more…)
Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Victor C. Johnson to its Intellectual Property Group as a member in the firm’s Dallas Office. Prior to joining Dykema, Johnson was a Principal at the Yarbrough Law Group (YLG), where he was head of the Intellectual Property Litigation and Brand Protection Group (more…)
Heather Bailey New has joined Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP as a partner and member of its Litigation practice. New has more than 14 years of trial and appellate experience and joins from the Dallas office of Haynes and Boone, LLP (more…)
Global law firm Jones Day announced that Richard J. Johnson, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas focused on cyber crime, intellectual property theft, and the collection of electronic evidence, has joined the Dallas Office as of counsel in the Intellectual Property Practice. Prior to his government service, Mr. Johnson was an associate at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC (more…)
Phelps Dunbar LLP announces the opening of a new firm office in Dallas/Fort Worth, established with six attorneys formerly of long-standing Texas firm Cantey Hanger LLP. This is Phelps Dunbar’s second location in Texas after Houston and 11th office overall (more…)
