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Bracewell & Giuliani Promotes 10 to Partner, Seven in Texas

February 25, 2014 Mark Curriden

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By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
(February 25) — Houston-based Bracewell & Giuliani promoted 10 attorneys to partner, including seven in Texas, the firm announced yesterday. The new Texas partners are in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices.
Brian Mitchell, a SMU Dedman School of Law graduate, is the only partner promoted in the Dallas office. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.
The other six newly promoted partners are in the firm’s Houston office. They are Christopher Dodson, Jason Jean, Clark Stockton Lord, David Morris, Michael De Voe Piazza and Christopher Shield.
Dodson, a University of Texas School of Law graduate, focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including contracts, commercial torts, mass torts, antitrust, intellectual property, and trade secrets.
Jean, a University of Houston Law Center graduate, focuses his practice on mergers and other business combinations, asset and stock purchases and sales, restructurings and joint ventures.
Lord, a University of Houston Law Center graduate, focuses his practice on public finance.
Morris, also a University of Houston Law Center graduate, focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation.
De Voe Piazza, a Georgetown University Law Center graduate, focuses his practice on transactions in the financial, oil and gas and electric power industries.
Shield, a University of Houston Law Center graduate, focuses his practice on commercial and intellectual property litigation.

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Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Dallas Morning News.

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