KRCL Sets Succession Plan in Motion
While the firm's founders are adamant they do not intend to slow down in the next decade, they are making significant changes to empower the next generation of leaders at Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
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While the firm's founders are adamant they do not intend to slow down in the next decade, they are making significant changes to empower the next generation of leaders at Kane Russell Coleman Logan.

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The Austin partners are two of 10 Bracewell alumni in Texas who have rejoined the firm over the past two years after practicing elsewhere.
McAtee makes the move to Hedrick Kring after a long and distinguished career at two legacy Texas law firms.
The firm also added two lawyers from the Austin regulatory and administrative law boutique Enoch Kever.
Vera de Gyarfas focuses her practice on energy projects in Latin America and Africa.
As the second highest-ranking lawyer at the SEC's Fort Worth Regional Office, Jessica Magee led several high-profile and pioneering enforcement actions.
One week after the Dallas law firm announced it is closing at the end of the year, four more lawyers have announced their next move. They are joining another regional firm that has grown to nearly 40 lawyers in less than a year.
Hiersche, Hayward, Drakeley & Urbach is closing for business at the end of the year. Thirteen of the firm's lawyers will be taking their practices elsewhere, according to a statement issued by the firm.
The additions increase the firm's Dallas headcount to almost 50 attorneys and include a former Texas appellate court justice and a young oil and gas litigator who co-led the bankruptcy practice at his last firm.
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