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Stephen M. Boone, Jr. brings “strong industry knowledge and significant corporate experience in the upstream and midstream sectors” to Sidley. In January, Boone helped guide Talos Energy in its $1.29 billion acquisition of QuarterNorth.
Michael Overstreet, who practiced for the last eight years at Chamberlain Hrdlicka, said the “stars aligned” for a move to Gray Reed. The lawyer and CPA has worked on three deals recently that are indicative of a trend he is seeing in his practice.
Former Baker Botts partner Greg Dillard has joined BakerHostetler’s Houston office as a partner. Dillard has represented big companies such as BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil in crisis responses and regulatory enforcement actions.
Isreal J. Miller, a former trial attorney for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, has joined the firm’s private wealth and tax controversy teams.
Akin has announced a significant addition to its lobbying and public policy practice by hiring former Texas congressman Kevin Brady, who brings extensive experience in tax, trade, healthcare and energy policy. He served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, playing a crucial role in legislation like the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Former DLA Piper partner James C. Bookhout has joined Katten to chair its mergers and acquisitions litigation practice. The Lawbook visited with Bookhout about the move and how his practice has developed.
Trent Bridges is the firm’s third lateral partner hire in Houston this quarter. The former senior in-house lawyer with deep midstream experience was most recently at Sidley.
Adam Rehm is part of a trio of former Polsinelli lawyers who went to Norton Rose’s IP practice. Rehm is a former design engineer and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examiner with more than two decades of legal experience.
Jeffrey Limmer, 46, an associate at Lewis Brisbois, died May 4 after being shot multiple times after trying to intervene in a dispute between a customer and an employee at McDonald’s. The firm has said it will establish a memorial scholarship at his alma mater, South Texas College of Law.
Natalie Alfaro Gonzales joins the Houston boutique from Baker Botts, where she was a partner and co-leader of the firm’s energy tech sector. Her hiring is part of a “critical initiative” for Yetter Coleman, its leaders said.
The new laterals at Willkie — Tom Tippetts, Brandon McCoy and Chase Proctor — will be joined/supported by a few other familiar names from Willkie's New York and Texas offices.
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