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Haynes and Boone Names Eight New Partners, Six in Texas

February 5, 2013 Mark Curriden

Haynes and Boone has promoted seven associates and one of counsel to the partnership. Six of those attorneys are in one of Haynes and Boone’s Texas offices. They are:

Brack Bryant, whose practice focuses on real estate. He represents office, industrial and retail clients in connection with a wide variety of real estate matters, including the acquisition, development, sale, financing and leasing of various asset types with a primary focus on industrial projects. Bryant is in the firm’s Dallas office and is a 2004 graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law.

Emma Cano, whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. She has handled more than 40 OSHA investigations in her career. Cano is in the firm’s San Antonio office and is a 2002 graduate of Texas Tech University School of Law.

Kennan L. Kolendo, whose practice focuses on real estate. He has experience in assisting clients with commercial real estate transactions, including acquisition, development, leasing and disposition of retail, office and industrial projects. Kolendo is in the firm’s Dallas office and is a 2003 graduate of The University of Texas School of Law.

Julie M. Nickols, whose practice focuses on intellectual property law, including the preparation, prosecution, and enforcement of domestic and international patent portfolios. She is in the firm’s Richardson office and is a graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law.

Micah Skidmore, whose practice focuses on insurance coverage litigation. He represents policyholders in significant insurance coverage disputes involving a variety of claims from commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, and errors and omissions liability to first-party property claims, trade credit, and crime and fidelity claims. Skidmore is in the firm’s Dallas office.

Leslie Thorne, whose practice focuses on construction and insurance-related litigation. She is in the firm’s Austin office and is a 2004 graduate of The University of Texas School of Law.

Mark Curriden

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