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By Brooks Igo
(Dec. 27) – Locke Lord announced a class of 10 new partners across six offices, effective at the beginning of the new year. Six of the newly-elected partners are based in Texas.
Lauren Fincher is in the firm’s litigation practice in Austin, where she handles government and administrative agency matters, regulatory compliance issues and antitrust cases. She is a past co-chair of the firm’s Associates Committee.
Matthew Hansen, a Dallas litigation attorney, focuses his practice on class action defense, energy, antitrust, financial services, consumer protection and consumer finance litigation. He has significant experience defending lawsuits arising under the home equity provisions of the Texas Constitution.
Alicia Castro, Nicholas Dickerson, Laura Ferguson and Ryan Morgan are all based in Houston.
Castro represents clients in business and securities litigation in actions involving securities violations, fiduciary issues, fraud, negligence, breach of contract and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. She has served as the lead associate on numerous internal investigations concerning the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Dickerson, also in the firm’s litigation practice, concentrates on contract disputes, tort liability, statutory compliance matters and white collar criminal defense. He has represented clients in the energy, construction, insurance, consumer and environmental industries.
Ferguson focuses her practice on employee benefits, executive compensation, privacy and cyber security matters. She is a member of the firm’s Incident Response Team.
Morgan represents clients in real estate and financing transactions. He has significant experience in representing landlords and tenants in leasing arrangements, and build-to-suit transactions and leases with governmental authorities.
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