Arnold & Porter Sets Foot in Texas with New Houston Office

© 2014 The Texas Lawbook.By Natalie Posgate Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook (January 22) – Three former Hogan Lovells attorneys are unpacking their boxes today on the 16th floor of the Bank of America Center in downtown Houston – also known as Arnold & Porter’s newest office. The three complex litigators – Thad Thano Dameris, Trevor R. Jeffries and Christopher M. Odell – are part of Arnold & Porter’s newest additions and are leading the Washington, D.C.-based firm’s launch into Texas. The complex litigation team has a fourth Hogan colleague who has joined Arnold & Porter’s Washington, D.C. office: David J. Weiner. The group has significant experience representing international companies in major litigation, including several high profile mass tort cases. One major client is Airbus, the world’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer. All four attorneys will be members of Arnold & Porter’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Dameris represents energy and transportation companies in complex commercial and transnational litigation, including product liability and mass torts. He graduated with honors from The University of Texas School of Law and received his B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. Odell’s complex litigation practice focuses on the energy and aviation industries, and in addition to his…