Paula Hinton Moves to Winston & Strawn as Partner

© 2013 The Texas Lawbook.By Mark Curriden, JD Senior Writer for The Texas Lawbook (May 2) – Prominent energy litigator Paula Hinton has taken her 33 years of experience handling complex and high-profile business disputes to the Houston office of Winston & Strawn. Hinton, who has represented the AT&T, BP, Shell Oil, Jiffy Lube, Krispy Kreme franchises and other major corporations in scores of class actions, trials and arbitrations, joins Chicago-based Winston as a partner. “Winston & Strawn has a great reputation as a national litigation law firm and firm leaders are focused on building the Houston office into a premier complex business litigation presence in Texas,” says Hinton. “This is a law firm that feeds to my strengths – being in court, arguing cases to juries and arbitrators.”A 1979 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law (did you just hear Judge Pat Higginbotham give out a shout?), Hinton previously practiced at Vinson & Elkins and before that at Akin Gump. John Keville, Winston’s managing partner in Houston, said Hinton’s arrival underscores Winston & Strawn’s commitment to developing a full-service platform in Houston. “With Paula’s move, we have enhanced our capacity to handle complex commercial litigation in Houston,…