Phoenix-based Snell & Wilmer is the latest new entrant — and the first of 2022 — in Texas.
Lynn Pinker Names Chris Schwegmann New Managing Partner
Schwegmann, who joined the firm in 2005, previously served as Lynn Pinker’s general counsel and succeeds Eric Pinker, who served as managing partner for 21 years.
Skadden’s Bayouth Moves to PE Firm
Frank Bayouth, a 30-year deal partner at Skadden in Houston, has joined a longtime client as general counsel.
SEC Asst. Director Jumps to Holland & Knight
Former SEC Assistant Regional Director for Enforcement Scott Mascianica, who was involved in cases against Nikola Motor Corporation, Akazoo and Breitling Energy, said he moved his practice to Holland & Knight because last year’s merger with Thompson & Knight gives its partners a larger national platform to represent clients and because the firm is growing its white-collar defense and international investigations practice.
Susman Godfrey Names Vineet Bhatia New Co-Managing Partner
Susman Godfrey’s newly elected co-managing partner, Vineet Bhatia, said Tuesday that 2021 was the most profitable year in the 42-year history of the Houston-based litigation powerhouse and that the law firm needs to hire more lawyers to keep up with client demand. Susman Godfrey announced Tuesday that long-time managing partner Neal Manne is stepping down as co-leader of the law firm Jan. 15 and that Houston partner Bhatia is his successor, along with current co-managing partner Kalpana Srinivasan in Los Angeles.
Former Dallas Appellate Justice Joins Thompson Coburn
With the move, Douglas Lang will co-chair the St. Louis-based firm’s national appellate practice.
O’Melveny Adds Another Dallas Litigator
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.