Carter Arnett Adds Stahl and Cho Hernandez to Name
Dallas litigation and trial firm Carter Arnett kicked off the second half of the year by elevating Linda Stahl and Stacey Cho Hernandez as name partners.
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Dallas litigation and trial firm Carter Arnett kicked off the second half of the year by elevating Linda Stahl and Stacey Cho Hernandez as name partners.

A 30-minute coffee between Amy Stewart and Adam Sloustcher went into extra time and turned into a momentous meeting for the two Dallas labor and employment pros.
Austin Green, a commercial real estate shareholder, has joined Polsinelli’s Dallas office from Wick Phillips. He will represent developers, real estate investment funds, REITs, institutional owners and investors in commercial real estate transactions involving acquisitions and dispositions, development, leasing, financing and asset management.
Trevor Coddington, an intellectual property attorney, has joined Kane Russell Coleman Logan as a director in the firm's Austin office. He will focus his practice on patent prosecution, patent litigation, trademark and copyright counseling, and intellectual property strategy.
Platt Richmond has promoted Joseph Kim, Kinsey Lakey and Christopher Harbin to partner, recognizing their contributions to the firm’s commercial real estate, litigation and bankruptcy practices, the firm announced.
Jake Pylman, a corporate lawyer, has been named a shareholder at Elder Bray & Bankler in San Antonio. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, buy/sell transactions, capital investments, startup and working capital financings and other commercial contracts.
Brooks Tobin, a personal injury partner, has joined Sorrels Law in Houston. He will focus his practice on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Liz Klingensmith, a litigation partner, has joined Burke Law Group in Houston from Pillsbury. She will focus her practice on high-stakes commercial, energy, construction and trade secret disputes.
Mac Marshall, an energy partner, has joined Troutman Pepper Locke in Houston from Norton Rose Fulbright. He will focus his practice on upstream and midstream energy transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, commercial agreements and energy financings.
Dallas-based Ryan Cox is part of a three-lawyer Akin team joining Simpson's Hybrid Capital practice. Cox will lead the firm's Dallas office with Dave Nemecek.
Andrea Stover said it was a hard decision to leave the PEC, but Baker Botts feels like home. “There’s not a better place to be for this [energy regulatory] work than Baker Botts," she said.
William “Bill” Pedersen III has joined Cantey Hanger as a partner in Dallas. The former appellate justice will represent clients in litigation and appellate matters across a broad range of disputes.
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