Trial Partner Veronica Moyé Joins King & Spalding as Firm Opens New Office in Dallas

King & Spalding announced today that nationally renowned trial lawyer Veronica Moyé has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Litigation practice group. Moyé joins the firm in Dallas, where it is opening its 24th office globally and 11th in the U.S. The new office in Dallas expands the firm’s international platform deeper into Texas, where the firm has a Houston office opened in 1995 and an Austin office opened in 2008. The Dallas office will focus on corporate, finance and restructuring, business litigation, government investigations, real estate and investment funds, and product liability and mass tort work for a broad spectrum of clients across the energy, financial services, transportation, healthcare, life sciences and technology sectors. Moyé joins King & Spalding from Gibson Dunn, where she was co-chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Practice Group and served on its Executive Committee.

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Akerman Continues to Strengthen Robust Insurance Coverage Capabilities with Addition of Litigation Partner William Craven

Highly respected litigator William Craven has joined national law firm Akerman, the latest in a series of significant new partner announcements as the firm continues to strengthen its insurance coverage practice. Craven, who arrives as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group from Cozen O’Connor, is a veteran of the Texas legal market and will focus on representing insureds and insurers across the country.

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Dentons Adds Bankruptcy Partner Clay Taylor in Dallas

Dentons announces today that partner Clay Taylor has joined the Firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy (RIB) practice in the Dallas office. Taylor represents clients in a wide range of asset acquisitions, divestitures, financings and restructurings. Before joining the firm, Taylor was with Bonds Ellis Eppich Schafer and Jones LLP in Fort Worth.

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Nelson Mullins Expands Product Liability Practice with Hires in Dallas, Los Angeles

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a national law firm with offices from coast to coast, announced the arrival today of a group of seven lawyers from Lathrop GPM. Joining the firm are three partners in Dallas and two partners, an of counsel and an associate in Los Angeles. Leading the group is Dallas-based renowned trial lawyer Robert E. Thackston, recognized as a “Texas Trailblazer” by Texas Lawyer in 2020.

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Polsinelli Bolsters Dallas Real Estate Finance Practice with New Shareholder Tara Darling

Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli has welcomed a new shareholder to the firm’s growing Dallas office. Tara M. Darling has joined the firm’s nationwide Real Estate Finance Practice Group. An experienced finance attorney, she focuses her practice on advising clients on lending transactions across different commercial real estate asset classes. Polsinelli recently added a three-lawyer real estate team in Washington, D.C., and a three-lawyer commercial finance team in Nashville, continuing the fast-paced growth of its Real Estate & Financial Services Department. In April, the firm welcomed two real estate finance shareholders in Atlanta. The department has added ten new shareholders in 2023 as it has focused intently on growing its sophisticated real estate and finance practices that serve clients from development and financing through litigation and restructuring. Darling arrives from Cassin & Cassin LLP.

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