The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Liz Boydston as a partner in its restructuring and insolvency practice. She joins K&L Gates from Norton Rose Fulbright LLP. More >>

Tax attorney Mark Melton has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. He was previously an attorney with Hunton Andrews Kurth. Earlier in his career, Mr. Melton was a fund tax manager for a multi-billion dollar international private equity group. More >>

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that the firm has taken its Health Care practice in Dallas to the next level with the addition of three new partners—Lisa Atlas Genecov, Cheryl Camin Murray and Kenya S. Woodruff. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Daniel Tobey has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Tobey joins from Vinson & Elkins LLP. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that John Hardin has joined the firm’s Insurance Recovery practice as a partner in the Dallas office. John is joined by Skyler Howton, an associate in the Insurance Recovery practice. They both join Perkins Coie from K&L Gates, where John led the firm’s Global Real Estate Litigation Group. More >>

The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Alfredo Raúl Ramos has joined the Firm’s Houston office as a Partner in the Oil and Gas Practice Group. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Ramos was a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP in Houston. More >>

Accomplished deal lawyer Stuart Rasley has joined McGuireWoods as a partner in Dallas, continuing the strategic expansion of the firm’s highly ranked private equity industry team. Rasley comes to McGuireWoods from Squire Patton Boggs. Before graduating with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, he was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas. More >>

Frost Brown Todd (FBT) has expanded its Dallas team by adding five new attorneys: Members Lucas T. Elliot, John J. Tucker, and Aaron S. Turner; and Associates Austin S. Conner and Hampton D. Crow, Jr. The addition of these five attorneys signals a marked expansion in the breadth and caliber of services offered by FBT’s Dallas office, which opened in 2015 with only two members and now houses some of the most highly regarded corporate attorneys and litigators in the Lone Star State. More >>

Hunton Andrews Kurth Announces Expansion of National Energy Practice with Addition of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke. Prior to joining the firm, Myles was a partner and Tab was counsel at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas. Both are former associates at Hunton & Williams, which combined with Andrews Kurth Kenyon in April. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, continued its Dallas growth with real estate partners Mark McElree and Kacy Whitehead, and insurance litigation partner Elliot Strader. Their collective experience bolsters Akerman’s national strengths in the financial services, oil and gas, real estate and other client sectors. With their arrival, the office has welcomed nine partners since January, growing to more than 30 lawyers and integrated business professionals. More >>