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David Tobin, who is made a partner with the move, is the 13th lawyer to leave Baker Botts for McDermott Will & Emery this year.
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David Tobin, who is made a partner with the move, is the 13th lawyer to leave Baker Botts for McDermott Will & Emery this year.
V&E is adding Rebecca Baker, who is a past chair of Bracewell's labor and employment practice, and two New York executive compensation partners from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Sheila Armstrong has left Morgan Lewis to go back to the firm where she made partner earlier in her career.
Winstead added depth to its litigation and corporate teams in DFW this week by adding Joshua Sandler from Lynn Pinker and Jarratt Watkins from Kelly Hart.
Based in Houston, Nancy Bostic’s clients focus on the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors and in the oilfield services. She worked across Thompson & Knight on a $100 million funding in 2019.
Vic Thomas, a former staff attorney for Houston's 14th Court of Appeals, has left The Lanier Law Firm for Sorrels Law. Thomas is part of the team handling the appeal in Cruz v. Allied Aviation.
With the additions, Hunton AK welcomes back a familiar face as a tax partner and recruits the lead in-house counsel for Exxon Mobil's treasurer function.
David Wilhelm has returned to the firm he started his career at after gaining more than a decade of in-house experience, most recently as an executive at Navitas Midstream Partners.

Sircar visited with The Texas Lawbook about what she learned as assistant general counsel of privacy at AIG, how she has used her privacy and cybersecurity expertise for a pro bono client and the key developments in her practice that businesses should be paying attention to.
Jervonne Newsome, who made partner at Lynn Pinker this year, said she was drawn to Winston & Strawn's full-service capabilities and national presence.
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