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Willkie Farr announced Tuesday that it has added two experienced corporate M&A lawyers – former McGuire Woods partner Jay Hughes and former Grizzly Energy General Counsel Jonathan Curth – to its Houston office.
According to his brother, famed Houston trial lawyer Steve Susman is showing new signs of progress after a freak bicycle accident left him comatose for 11 days. Terry Carter has an update and background on the accident.
After launching its first Texas office at the beginning of March with four partners from Thompson & Knight, Thompson Coburn has continued its growth plans in Dallas amidst a global pandemic and nationwide lockdowns.
Jose C. Villarreal, a trial lawyer who focuses on IP disputes, will lead the firm's recently-opened office in the state capital. The firm has also added Dallas attorney John Trevino, a leader in the Texas Hispanic legal community.
Kevin Burgess, who also was on the McKool Smith management committee, is the first lateral principal hire at his new firm.
The move returns the Blank Rome attorney to his former firm, where he last served as counsel.
The hiring firm said the trio from Norton Rose Fulbright - including one partner and two senior counsel - positions it well for expected growth in the public infrastructure arena as the economy rebounds.
UPDATED The attorney specializes in private equity financings and debt restructurings in the energy industry, including special and distressed situations.
The Dallas-based litigation boutique announced Monday that it has made Chris Schwegmann its newest name partner after Trey Cox departed the firm last week.
Even the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders cannot contain the ever-hot Texas lateral market. Thompson & Knight announced Monday that three intellectual property trial lawyers – Phillip Philbin, Jamie McDole and Michael Karson – have joined the firm’s Dallas office as partners.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is expected to announce that Trey Cox, a name partner at Lynn Pinker Cox & Hurst, is joining the firm as a partner in its trial section. Cox, who is married to Northern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Erin Cox, was a lead lawyer representing Purdue Pharma in litigation over the opioid epidemic in Oklahoma and had been with the Lynn Pinker law firm for 23 years.
The new shareholder has in-house experience, including as general counsel at private equity-backed Northern Star Generation.
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