Winston & Strawn LLP has made another significant lateral group hire enhancing the firm’s energy industry capabilities. Following the arrival of a group of six energy and infrastructure partners hires from Norton Rose Fulbright in late January, Winston is pleased to announce that litigators Hugh Tanner and Denise Scofield have joined the firm in Houston. Hugh previously served as managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP’s Houston office, and also chaired its oil and gas litigation group initiative. This group expands Winston’s existing energy team in Houston along with other recent additions, including Doug Atnipp, who joined from Greenberg Traurig where he served as the firm’s co-managing shareholder of the Houston office and co-chair of the energy practice group, and of counsel Brenda Hanzl. (more…)
Global law firm White & Case LLP has opened an office in Houston to further strengthen its leading Global Oil & Gas Industry Group, initially adding three new partners to the Firm and relocating a fourth. The Firm expects to announce a number of further lateral partners in the coming weeks. (more…)
Michelle Scheffler, a commercial litigator with deep experience in the oil and gas arena, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a litigation partner, continuing the firm’s expansion of its energy practice. (more…)
George Craft, Jr. has rejoined Winstead PC as a shareholder with the firm’s Real Estate Development & Investment and Finance & Banking Practice Groups. Craft most recently practiced with Porter & Hedges, and was an associate in Winstead’s Real Estate Finance and Finance & Banking Practice from 2010 to 2016. Prior to practicing law, he was a credit analyst and a commercial real estate lender with a national bank. (more…)
The increasingly complex issue of immigration in the U.S. has prompted Kane Russell Coleman Logan to expand its Labor & Employment Law group to include attorney James D. Prappas. James is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law and brings valuable insights and solutions to the immigration issues faced by the firm’s business and individual clients. James will work in the firm’s growing Houston office. (more…)
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is pleased to announce that Scott R. McLaughlin and Marlene C. Williams have joined the Litigation Practice Group as partners in the Houston office, expanding its service offerings in labor and employment law, including enforcement of non-compete agreements and trade secret disputes. Prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr. McLaughlin and Ms. Williams served as partners at Jackson Walker. (more…)
Seasoned corporate lawyer Bill McDonald has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP’s Houston office as a partner in the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities Practice. McDonald most recently was a partner at Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP. (more…)
Morgan Lewis today continues its substantial growth in Houston over the last year as it welcomes M&A and corporate partner Sameer V. Mohan. Mr. Mohan, who arrives from another global law firm, expands Morgan Lewis’s services to energy and healthcare clients involved in complex domestic and cross-border transactions. (more…)
Jones Walker LLP announced today that Joseph “Joe” Bain has joined the Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a partner in the Houston office. (more…)
Yetter Coleman has bolstered its strong intellectual property trial group by adding leading litigators Bob McAughan and Jeff Andrews as partners to represent clients in the energy, technology, and finance industries. (more…)
Winston & Strawn LLP today announced the addition of Douglas Atnipp to the firm’s Transactions Department in Houston. Doug joins Winston from Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he served as co-managing shareholder of the firm’s Houston office and co-chair of the energy practice group. (more…)
Akin Gump today announced that W. Robert Shearer has joined the firm as a partner in its energy practice in Houston. Mr. Shearer focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and capital markets transactions for energy, oil field services, manufacturing and technology clients. Mr. Shearer began his legal career at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Houston. He spent the last 13 years as a corporate partner at BakerHostetler LLP, where he was immediately prior to joining Akin Gump. (more…)
