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Combined, the two firms added two dozen attorneys from nine different firms.
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Combined, the two firms added two dozen attorneys from nine different firms.
The lateral additions include a longtime corporate counsel at a California health network and a lawyer from Crowell & Moring.
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The Dallas litigator visited with The Texas Lawbook about his path to becoming a lawyer, how the Great Recession led to his move to Dallas and how his practice has evolved over the last decade.
On a day the firm also saw a partner leave for Gibson Dunn, Willkie added a Houston partner who has served as general counsel for two different private equity firms.

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With the move, Michelle Earley is rejoining former Locke Lord colleagues who joined O'Melveny in January. Earley was on the executive committee and was a diversity and inclusion leader at Locke Lord.

Scheffler's mom, a former Thompson & Knight COO, and father-in-law, an attorney at QSLWM, were there to celebrate the big Masters win.

With the move, Johnathan Jordan becomes one of the first in-house counsel at a professional esports and gaming organization.
The second-largest law firm by Texas lawyer headcount, according to The Texas Lawbook 50, has landed six lateral partners so far in 2022. The Texas Lawbook visited with Bridgette Stahlman, the firm's chief of recruiting and lateral partner integration, about the firm's growth in recent years and the ins and outs of recruiting.
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