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By Brooks Igo
(May 31) – Jackson Walker recently added new hires in three practice areas and offices.
Elizabeth Carol Freeman, who was the permanent law clerk to Chief Bankruptcy Judge David Jones of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, has joined the firm as a partner.
“We are very excited to get Elizabeth because she is very well respected in the bankruptcy bar in Houston,” Wade Cooper, Jackson Walker’s managing partner, said. “As Houston is becoming one of the hotspots for large, sophisticated Chapter 11 filings, we are happy to beef up capacity there.”
Jackson Walker, which lured Scott Schepps from Fizer Beck earlier this year, continued to build up its wealth planning practice with the addition of Michelle Rosenblatt as a partner in Austin. She was previously at Armbrust & Brown.
“We have an interesting niche in helping family offices and well-to-do families with sophisticated wealth planning and tax work domestically and internationally,” Cooper said. “Michelle gives us more strength in the international component.”
Cooper added that the firm’s full-service capabilities give it a competitive advantage over wealth planning boutiques.
After launching its white collar practice with Jay Dewald last fall, the firm has tapped a former member of the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to join as senior counsel in the firm’s Fort Worth office. Jason Rodgers will help clients navigate and defend SEC and other government agency investigations, as well as assist companies with whistle-blower issues.
“I am very pleased to welcome a former SEC enforcement attorney of his caliber,” Dewald, chair of the firm’s white collar defense and government enforcement practice, said in a statement.
“His understanding of the Commission’s priorities, personnel, practices, and regulations will benefit our clients greatly—both those facing such investigations and those seeking to avoid them.”
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