A team of Akin Gump attorneys advised oilfield services company Great White Energy Services in its recent $742 million sale to Archer Limited, a global oilfield service company specializing in drilling services and well services. The deal was announced on August 1, 2011 and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011.

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Nationally Recognized Partner to Chair DLA Piper’s Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Practice; Addition Strengthens Firm’s Complex Health Care Litigation and Regulatory Compliance Capabilities

DLA Piper announced today that Frank E. Sheeder III has joined the firm as a partner and chair of the Health Care Compliance and Enforcement practice, resident in the Dallas office working with the Litigation practice and Health Care Sector.  Prior to joining DLA Piper, Sheeder was a partner in the Dallas office of Jones Day. He is also president of the Health Care Compliance Association (more…)

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Jackson Walker is pleased to welcome partner Ronald D. Kerridge to the firm. Mr. Kerridge joins the Tax group in the Dallas office (more…)

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The global law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Dan J. Hopper has joined the Firm’s Real Estate and Banking Practice Group in the Dallas office.  He joins Thompson & Knight as an Attorney (more…)

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Earl M. (Chip) Jones, III has returned as a shareholder to Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm representing management, in its growing Dallas office.  Jones, with a background in both in-house and law firm environments, will join Littler’s robust Corporate Compliance and Ethics practice.  Jones was previously an attorney at Littler from 1994–2002 (more…)

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KRCL is pleased to announce that David Clem has joined the Firm as an Associate practicing in the Litigation and Financial Services sections of the Dallas office (more…)

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The Dallas-based technology law firm Munck Carter, LLP, is strengthening its commercial litigation practice group with the addition of experienced litigator Joshua J. Bennett (more…)

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Robert Kantner has joined global law firm Jones Day as a Trial Practicepartner in the Dallas Office. Mr. Kantner focuses on intellectual propertyand related antitrust and commercial litigation (more…)

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If you take a look at our new job postings at www.kinneyrecruiting.com, you will see numerous immediate opportunities in the major Texas markets. Hiring in Texas has increased tremendously in ‘11 and we are now seeing multiple-offer situations for our candidates, and firms and in-house departments are making hiring decisions at a pre-recession pace. It […]

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Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Christopher D. Kratovil to its Litigation practice, as a member in the firm’s Dallas office. Prior to joining Dykema, Kratovil was a partner at K&L Gates. Kratovil is a former law clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (more…)

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce that three attorneys have joined the firm’s Dallas, Texas office: Lorin M. Subar, Brandon K. Bartee and Jason T. Little (more…)

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In a move to expand the midstream and upstream energy deal-making capabilities of its preeminent Private Equity practice, international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has added Rodney L. Moore as a partner in the firm. He joins Weil from Vinson & Elkins LLP and will split his time between Weil’s Houston and Dallas offices (more…)

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