Orrick announced on Thursday that energy litigation partner Christina Maccio has lateraled to the firm from DLA Piper.
A major part of Maccio’s practice is representing energy companies, oilfield services firms and oilfield suppliers at trial, on appeal and in U.S. and international arbitration venues. She has significant experience representing companies based in Latin America.
The 2003 University of Texas School of Law graduate clerked for U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes in Houston for two years after law school.
“Last year was our best year ever in Texas in terms of revenue growth, innovative client engagements and collaboration with Orrick teams worldwide,” Dahl Thompson, head of Orrick’s Houston office, said in a statement. “Adding Christina, a rising-star, first-chair trial lawyer with deep experience in oil & gas, is a reflection of this strategy and momentum.”
Maccio, in the firm’s announcement, called Orrick a “true trial and appellate powerhouse with clear sector focus” and said she is looking forward to working with Claudia Frost and the litigation and arbitration, energy and infrastructure and Latin America teams.
One particularly interesting matter Maccio has handled was representing the Republic of Peru in litigation seeking the return of Machu Picchu artifacts from Yale University.