LeClairRyan Launches Dallas Office
The new Dallas office will be led by a Houston partner. It is the 215-lawyer firm’s second office in Texas and 23rd nationwide.
Gray Reed Makes First Addition to New Waco Office
Appellate lawyer Greg White has joined the regional firm as of counsel.
K&L Gates Bolsters Construction and Infrastructure Practice in Houston
Bart Turner is a former vice president of KBR, Inc.'s legal department.
Fort Worth Law Firm Adds Bill Ratliff III
Ratliff previously practiced at Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, the law firm his father William D. Ratliff Jr. founded in 1938.
Baker Botts Selects Recipients of Diversity Fellowship
The law students – which represent the law schools at Harvard, the University of Texas, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley – will work as summer associates at Baker Botts and receive scholarship funds.
Akerman MP of Texas Appointed CIArb Fellow
Scott Marrs, who is based in Houston, focuses on legal issues in the energy sector.
Three Texas M&A Attorneys Make Lateral Moves
White & Case and Shearman & Sterling announced new hires early this week.
Two Dallas Strasburger Partners Leave to Open Data Privacy Law Boutique
Charles Hosch, who practiced at Strasburger for 35 years, and Kate Morris have launched Hosch & Morris PLLC.
Locke Lord Welcomes Back Ex-Dallas Court of Appeals Justice Elizabeth Lang-Miers
Lang-Miers practiced at the firm for nearly 30 decades before being appointed to the Dallas Court of Appeals in 2003.
White & Case Signs Former GC of Linde Engineering N.A.
Ryan Hopkins rejoins former K&S colleague David Strickland.
Litigation Funder Taps Houston Boutique for Portfolio Counsel
Validity Finance has added Houston trial lawyer Wendie Childress, a former senior counsel at Yetter Coleman.
Four Litigators Leave Dallas IP Boutique for Cole Schotz
Aaron Davidson and Gary Sorden, former managing principals at Klemchuk, join Cole Schotz as members with associates Brian King and Tim Craddock.