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The three corporate law firms are working with the Association of Women Attorneys Foundation to fund a fellowship for Kids in Need of Defense to provide legal representation to unaccompanied immigrant children.

Meece will serve a three-year term on the board of directors beginning in November.

The gift from Sidley’s foundation creates an Endowed Scholarship Fund.

In addition to leading Locke Lord’s Houston office, Edrington is a member of the firm’s board of directors and chair of its corporate trust practice group.

Pegues will formally receive the award at the Texas Minority Counsel Program’s annual conference in Houston later this month.

John Adolph, who is based in Dallas, represents lenders and borrowers in financing structures including real estate loans, asset-based lending, mezzanine financings, and syndicated credit facilities.

Seven of the newly-minted partners are based in Houston, while one is at the firm’s new Dallas office.

Janet Hendrick is the 12th attorney at Phillips Murrah that will serve the Texas market.

Martinez was formerly named partner at Godwin Bowman & Martinez.

Colin Pogge, David Sheeren and Brice Wilkinson are the Houston litigation boutique’s newly-minted partners.