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President Trump has nominated two stalwart conservatives – Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett and Dallas appellate law expert James Ho – to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The selections, if approved by the U.S. Senate, will keep the Fifth Circuit, which handles appeals from federal courts in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, as the most conservative appellate court in the U.S., according to legal experts.
Dallas-based renewable energy company Hover Energy has hired Reliance Holdings USA general counsel Kelly Cope to lead its corporate in-house legal department.
The Trump Administration has nominated cybersecurity expert and former prosecutor Erin Nealy Cox to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Rajan was previously at Vinson & Elkins, where he was a senior associate.
In addition to maintaining regulatory compliance, Armstrong says a key issue facing his clients is protecting patient privacy and the security of their protected health information.
Jacob Pollack joined the firm’s private clients and estate planning group as a partner, while Laura James, a former general counsel of a Dallas-based physician management company, will serve as senior counsel.
Doug Clayton and Julie Bergkamp have been tapped for chair and vice-chair, respectively.
Crews, a senior associate in Dallas, has been selected for the Business Council for the Arts’ 2017-2018 Leadership Arts Institute.
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