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Degeyter was most recently the general counsel, chief compliance officer, and secretary of Medallion Midstream until its $2.6 billion acquisition by ONEOK, which closed last October. His in-house resume also includes helping lead Summit Midstream's IPO and working on the historic leveraged buyout of TXU Corp.
Brett Pinkus focuses his practice on patent, trademark and trade secret litigation.
After more than a decade in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, Phillip R. Dupré is joining Phelps Dunbar as counsel.
Brandon Meek has joined the 150-lawyer firm as chief marketing officer. The move is Gray Reed's second C-suite addition this summer.
Greg Brassfield is moving to Seoul to be Coupang's deputy general counsel of litigation. “But for my time at LPHS, where I have had meaningful opportunities early in my career, I don’t think I am qualified for this position," he told The Lawbook.
Over the last two months, the firm has added six lawyers, launched two practices, and appointed new leaders.
Rachael Nelson Gearing has left healthcare law firm Weaver Johnston & Nelson for Wick Phillips.
Haynes Boone's lateral partner activity in 2025 has been a case in point that no corporate law firm headquartered in Texas is expanding faster outside the state. One-fourth of the firm's 20 lateral partner additions this year have been in London. The Lawbook met in person with office co-leader Nick Davis, one of those 2025 recruits, earlier this summer. "The epicenter of the world seems to be heading towards Texas right now," he said in the interview.
The Kansas City-based law firm, which has more than 115 lawyers in Texas, announced this week that it has added the Dallas-based veteran legal marketer and business development professional to its C-suite.
Bob Hancock was previously a leader in Munsch Hardt's construction practice.
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