Kristin Cope is the second Baker Botts litigation partner to join O’Melveny’s new Dallas office.
GC to TX Gov Returns to Bracewell
Jeff Oldham has presented oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits and state courts of appeals throughout Texas
SMU Law Dean is Going to Graceland
Jennifer Collins has accepted an offer to become the president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
Head of Legal for Bilfinger NA Joins Blank Rome
Blank Rome, which brought on Cassandra Mott and Sarah Frazier from Holland & Knight in September, has been busy building a corporate practice in Houston in the second half of the year.
O’Melveny Jolts Texas Growth with LNG Expert from K&S
Monica Hwang, an LNG expert, has practiced for the last 14-plus years in King & Spalding’s Houston office.
Silicon Valley Partner Returns Home to Austin via Perkins Coie
Corporate lawyer Valeska Pederson Hintz is heading home to Texas and joining Perkins Coie’s ECVC practice after spending the first chapter of her legal career in Palo Alto.
King & Spalding Adds Energy Dealmaker from Norton Rose Fulbright
Trevor Pinkerton heads to a firm he has great familiarity with from his time at Emory University in Atlanta.
Winston & Strawn Grows Finance Practice with V&E Hire
Ryan Hunsaker, who was of counsel at V&E, has helped secure more than $6 billion in loans and other credit facilities for clients over his decade-plus career.
Stinson Picks Up Dallas Real Estate Finance Partner
John Tucker was most recently at Frost Brown Todd. He said he was drawn to Stinson’s “reputable and robust” finance practice.
Shearman & Sterling Snags Litigation Pair from Haynes and Boone
The securities and class action defense experts are notable additions for Shearman, which has focused most of its growth in Texas on the corporate transactional side to date.