Dallas Trial Lawyer Victor Vital Joins Barnes & Thornburg

© 2015 The Texas Lawbook.By Brooks Igo (Sept. 18) – Barnes & Thornburg recently announced that it expanded its Dallas office by adding trial lawyer Victor Vital as a partner. Vital, who joins the Indianapolis-based firm from Greenberg Traurig, said he wasn’t looking to leave his former firm, but his “strong entrepreneurial streak” seized the opportunity to help build Barnes & Thornburg’s newly opened Dallas office. “I realized the opportunity lined up with what I want to do in the long-term,” he said. “I want to be entrepreneurial and be a part of a firm with a few lawyers and grow it into something substantial.” The Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law graduate focuses his trial practice on securities, financial services, pharmaceutical and healthcare and white collar criminal defense matters. He is a former assistant district attorney. “Victor is a deeply gifted trial lawyer who is passionate about trying cases and has achieved impressive results over the course of his career,” Mark Bayer, managing partner of the firm’s Dallas office, said in a statement. “In addition to his leading trial practice, Victor is a well-known civic leader with deep ties to the local business and non-profit communities. He…