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By Brooks Igo
(Oct. 25) – Baker McKenzie announced this week that it has boosted its litigation and government enforcement practice in Dallas with the addition of Michelle Hartmann as a partner.
Hartmann lateraled over from Sidley, where she was part of the group of former Weil partners that helped jumpstart the Sidley Dallas office. She is the first of “The Weil Seven Plus One” to branch off.
“I’ve been with the same group for my whole career,” she says. “I started doing more industry-focused work and Baker McKenzie is a good fit with its global reach and overlap of clients.”
The SMU Dedman School of Law graduate says transportation and retail are two sectors she is focusing on more. Her client list includes American Airlines, Michaels and Sally Beauty.
Hartmann recently defended the Irving-based Michaels in class action litigation involving data breach allegations. She has also advised two other clients on data breach matters.
“There is an uptick in interest at the board level to ensure there is a crisis management plan in place [for cybersecurity and data privacy matters],” she notes.
Hartmann is a former clerk for Judge Carolyn King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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