Nationally-recognized employee benefits and executive compensation lawyer David I. Schiller, who has substantial experience in all facets of the practice, joined Baker Botts L.L.P. today as a partner in the firm’s Tax department. He will be based in the Dallas office (more…)
Continuing to add significant depth to its nationwide Intellectual Property bench, Fox is proud to welcome experienced trademark and copyright lawyer Michael J. Leonard to the firm’s Philadelphia office (more…)
Noted Dallas attorney Laura M. Fontaine has joined the Dallas litigation firm of Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank LLP (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented its client Armstrong Associates, Inc. in a reorganization that effectively merged Armstrong Associates into LKCM Equity Fund (more…)
Wick Phillips announces that Michael L. Baum has joined the Dallas office as a partner in the employment and commercial litigation groups. With nearly 15 years of experience, Baum represents parties in employment related matters in both state and federal court based on: wrongful termination and discrimination in the workplace (age, race, gender, pregnancy, national origin, religion and disability); claims of unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act; and cases involving alleged violations of the Family Medical Leave Act. He also has extensive jury trial experience and has successfully arbitrated numerous employment-related cases (more…)
National law firm Polsinelli welcomes labor and employment attorney Lon R. Williams, Jr. as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. A seasoned professional, Williams has successfully represented management clients in a wide variety of employment and traditional labor relationships in various industries, including energy, health care, education, financial services, defense contracting and temporary staffing (more…)
Jackson Walker L.L.P. has significantly expanded its Bankruptcy practice with the addition of partners Michael S. Held from Hunton & Williams L.L.P. and Monica S. Blacker from Andrews Kurth LLP. Mr. Held and Ms. Blacker bring significant experience and expertise to the firm, adding strength to a practice group distinguished by its sophisticated, solution–oriented approach to serving clients in all types of bankruptcy and workout matters (more…)
Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome new attorney Michael S. Held. Mr. Held joins the Bankruptcy group in the Dallas Office (more…)
Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented TEAK Midstream, L.L.C. (“TEAK”), a privately owned midstream natural gas company based in Dallas, in the execution of a $1 billion definitive agreement with Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (“Atlas”). The transaction, announced on April 16, 2013, is awaiting regulatory approval and expected to close in the second quarter of 2013 (more…)
Texas trial and appellate law firm Godwin Lewis PC is pleased to announce the addition of bankruptcy attorney Sidney H. Scheinberg as a shareholder in the firm’s Plano and Dallas Texas offices (more…)
National law firm Polsinelli Shughart welcomes health care and commercial litigation attorney Sherri T. Alexander as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. With more than 25 years of experience, Alexander has successfully represented public and private companies in both state and federal courts and before arbitration panels and government agencies.
A Weil team led by Corporate partners R. Jay Tabor and Danielle Do is advising longtime client General Electric in connection with its proposed $3.3 billion acquisition of Lufkin Industries Inc., a Texas-based publicly traded provider of artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry and a manufacturer of industrial gears, broadening GE Oil & Gas’ artificial lift capabilities and complementing GE’s existing product line. GE will pay Lufkin shareholders $88.50 per share in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2013 (more…)
