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Paul Leslie, who was executive vice president and general counsel at Parkland Hospital for eight years, has returned to private practice at Estes Thorne & Carr.

Tinker, a registered patent attorney, practiced for the past 11 years at Winstead.

Blanton is the recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Corporate Counsel Achievement Award for the National Bar Association (NBA) Women Lawyers’ Division.

Michael Toth, who is also a current judicial candidate for the state’s Third Court of Appeals, will be a special counsel in Dykema Cox Smith’s business litigation group.

Summers represents clients in corporate and complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.

Three partners from Foley Gardere have lateraled to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Houston. The energy litigation trio held various leadership positions at Gardere.

Robert Castle and Jamie Welton were previously with Lackey Hershman in Dallas, which was acquired by the Midwest law firm Stinson Leonard Street in May.

Connop has been named chair-elect of the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Two Dallas lawyers from Vinson & Elkins have joined Hunton Andrews Kurth’s energy and infrastructure team as partners. Both lawyers were associates at Hunton & Williams together earlier in their careers.

Scott Ellis and Tanya Goins have lateraled over from Winstead and Holland & Knight, respectively.