Polsinelli Shareholder Michael Pegues Named TMCP’s Trailblazer of the Year
Pegues will formally receive the award at the Texas Minority Counsel Program's annual conference in Houston later this month.
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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.
Mel Bailey, who was a name partner at Dallas litigation boutique Bailey, Crowe, Arnold & Majors, has joined King & Spalding's Austin office.
Doug Atnipp, an energy transactions partner, lateraled to Winston from Greenberg Traurig earlier this year.
Ted Meyer previously practiced at Ogletree Deakins.
A HuntonAK associate also received the Outstanding Clinic Attorney Volunteer Award.
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