© 2014 The Texas Lawbook.
By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(May 16) – William Church, Jr. has taken his energy litigation practice from Patton Boggs to the Dallas office of Polsinelli.
Church, who also has practiced at Akin Gump and Vinson & Elkins, joins the Kansas City-based law firm, which has seen its Dallas office grow ten-fold since opening three years ago. Just last week, Polsinelli announced that former Dallas nonprofits general counsel Jonathan Blum had joined the law firm.
Polsinelli’s business model and lawyers attracted Church to the firm. He hopes to play a role in recruiting others to join the firm’s growing Dallas office.
“I would like to work my connections from other firms to help Polsinelli have more name recognition and continue to grow in Dallas,” said Church.
Church, who serves clients in the oil, gas and electric industries, said he is working on more disputes related to energy M&A as lots of assets are changing hands.
The SMU Dedman School of Law graduate worked on the construction and operations of the South Texas Nuclear Project. He said it was one of the most interesting cases he has worked on because of the great lawyers involved and the complexity.
Polsinelli’s newest shareholder, who has two children with Type I diabetes, is active in the community through different organizations, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Camp Sweeney, which serve people with juvenile diabetes.
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