McGuireWoods Boosts Oil & Gas Expertise in Texas
The firm has recruited two partners to the firm this month who represent oil and gas clients in different areas of the law.
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The firm has recruited two partners to the firm this month who represent oil and gas clients in different areas of the law.
Kenneth Milne has left his post as vice president and general counsel of Houston-based Way Service, Ltd. for the Alabama-based law firm.
The Texas Center for Legal Ethics announced this month that Greenberg Traurig shareholder Charles “Skip” Watson is the 2019 recipient of the prestigious Chief Justice Jack Pope Professionalism Award.
The Cincinnati-based law firm adds depth to its corporate, real estate and blockchain practices with the new laterals.
The move comes as nearly two-dozen corporate law firms jockey to recruit restructuring attorneys in time for a predicted wave of business bankruptcies in Texas.
Natalie Fortenberry, who was an associate at Weil for nearly nine years, joins Polsinelli as a shareholder.
NRF picked up a pair of experts with industry experience from McGuireWoods.
Houston energy finance partner Mark Holmes has departed Bracewell for White & Case, the New York-based law firm announced this week. The move reunites Holmes, who had practiced at Bracewell
Daniel Elms practiced at Bell Nunnally for more than a decade. Two of his former colleagues at the Dallas firm have joined GT in the past year.
Christina Vitale has developed significant expertise in financial services class actions, banking enforcement actions and consumer protection issues.
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