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By Brooks Igo
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
Mark D. Temple and Leah T. Rudnicki have joined Reed Smith as partners in the firm’s two-month-old Houston office. Temple and Rudnicki, who leave Jones Day and Akin Gump respectively, bring the total number of lawyers in the Houston office to 22 and the number of partners to 16.
“Both have significant experience in areas where client demand is high, and they bring strong connections to Reed Smith within Texas and across their respective industries,” David Thompson, Reed Smith’s Houston integration partner, said in a statement announcing the new hires.
Temple, a 1995 graduate of South Texas College of Law, provides general employment litigation and counsel to employers with an emphasis on non-compete litigation, protection of trade secrets, and wage and hour counseling, and handles broad-based discrimination claims.
“Reed Smith’s focus and emphasis on client relationships mirrors my approach to practice,” Temple said in a statement.
Rudnicki, a 2001 graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law, focuses her practice on energy litigation, complex business and commercial litigation, toxic tort, and product liability defense. She brings experience as in-house litigation counsel for a Fortune 500 oil and gas services company and president, general counsel, and vice-president of Trey Resources, Inc., a private independent oil and gas operating company with production and drilling operation in Oklahoma and Texas.
“Reed Smith provides an ideal platform to better serve my energy clients across the nation and internationally, and further develop my practice in other industries,” Rudnicki said in a statment. “This firm’s industry group structure works particularly well in the energy and natural resources sector, because energy companies today require a broader range of legal services than ever before. The firm’s team approach, coupled with the exceptional qualifications of the Houston partners it has recruited, are what sold me on Reed Smith.”
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