Munck Wilson Adds Aaron Davidson
Davidson joins the Dallas-based boutique from Baker Botts.
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Davidson joins the Dallas-based boutique from Baker Botts.

Loocke says V&E’s platform and the opportunity to work on deals for more private equity firms and publicly-traded companies attracted him to join its ranks.

Loocke says V&E’s platform and the opportunity to work on deals for more private equity firms and publicly-traded companies attracted him to join its ranks.

Joachim, who spent the first ten years of her legal career at Baker & McKenzie, was most recently in-house at Houston-based Direct Energy.

Joachim, who spent the first ten years of her legal career at Baker & McKenzie, was most recently in-house at Houston-based Direct Energy.

The Kansas City-based firm added five new lawyers to the mix after moving into new office space at Frost Tower.
The former general counsel to Texas Gov. Rick Perry joins Gardere's litigation group and will assist the firm’s government affairs team in Austin.

The Dallas-based firm is bringing on the lawyers from Mavrakakis Law Group, including the former director of patent strategy at Apple, Inc.
Dallas shareholders Steve McCown, Allan King and Kevin Mullen will launch the office, the firm's third in Texas.

The IP law section at Baker Botts is about to get bigger. Up to four partners from Vinson & Elkins in Austin are taking their practices to their crosstown rival.

The IP law section at Baker Botts is about to get bigger. Up to four partners from Vinson & Elkins in Austin are taking their practices to their crosstown rival.

Bill Powers, the former law dean at the University of Texas in Austin, said he will continue teaching at UT but will also work with appellate lawyers and those who specialize in corporate governance at Jackson Walker. The firm's managing partner, Wade Cooper, said that Powers “would top just about anyone’s list of the most influential attorneys” in Texas.
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