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After three decades of leading a boutique litigation firm, Alan Loewinsohn is reuniting with old friends and colleagues Mike McKool and Doug Cawley at McKool Smith. He is being joined by two colleagues from his prior firm.
Steve Bolden, whose clients have included DFW Airport, the North Texas Tollway Authority, the Texas Water Development Board and the City of Dallas, was most recently at Bracewell.
Cheryl Camin Murray and her legal team at DFW-based GI Alliance helped steer the nation's largest gastroenterology practice through a physician-led buyout in August that valued the company at $2.2 billion. The deal happened a little over a year after Murray, a mother of triplets who built a thriving healthcare practice over more than two decades in private practice, joined GI Alliance as its chief legal officer.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Murray about the Apollo-backed financing and her move in-house.
Eva Guzman, who launched a failed bid to unseat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after resigning from the court last summer, will start at Wright Close & Barger on Sept. 12.
Mike Gruber and two young shareholders have left Dorsey for Greenberg Traurig. The Texas Lawbook spoke with the lawyers on Day One at GT.
Individual workout and meditation rooms and Pelotons, plus an Icee machine and Houston Rockets Pop-A-Shot. Akin Gump's revamped Houston office has them all. The Texas Lawbook sat down with Houston leaders at Akin Gump and Gensler to discuss what it takes to shepherd the "office of the next generation" and glean early reviews from attorneys and clients.
Publisher's Note: This article is a sponsored partnership with Gensler.
Baker Botts gained and lost a corporate partner; Polsinelli picked up a former assistant U.S. attorney and health care fraud expert; Gibson Dunn added a corporate debt finance partner; and BakerHostetler signed an energy litigation partner.
Matthew Muckleroy is the Dallas litigation firm's sixth partner and 12th attorney.
The Texas Lawbook visited with Baldinger, who was previously the co-chair of DLA Piper's energy practice, about how much of his energy practice has shifted to renewables work.
The Texas Lawbook caught up with Ashley Aten and Austin Wyker, both formerly of Munsch Hardt, about why they moved and what they are seeing in their practices.
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