Neil Rajan has joined Locke Lord’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group. Rajan brings a broad range of capabilities in capital markets, Exchange Act compliance, corporate governance and M&A to Locke Lord’s prominent Corporate Practice Group. Rajan, who joins the Firm from Vinson & Elkins, focuses his practice in corporate finance and securities law, including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. More >>

Akin Gump today announced that Courtney S. York has joined the firm as a partner in its corporate practice in Dallas. Ms. York, previously a partner at Baker Botts, is a seasoned M&A practitioner with a strong industry focus in the telecommunications, media and technology (TMT) industries. More >>

Thompson & Knight LLP today announced lawyer Brandon L. Bloom has rejoined the Firm’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Tax Practice Group. Mr. Bloom practiced law at Thompson & Knight for more than seven years before becoming Managing Tax Counsel at Vistra Energy Corp. (f/k/a Energy Future Holdings Corp.). More >>

Law Firm Munck Wilson Mandala welcomes seven attorneys, including partners Gregory Howison, John Arnott, and Brian Walker from intellectual property boutique Howison and Arnott, L.L.P. In addition to the three new partners, the firm added senior counsels Andrew Graham, Edward Jorgenson, and Steven Greenfield, and associate Keith Harden. The new attorneys will work in Munck Wilson’s technology/intellectual property law practice, bringing the total number of registered patent attorneys at the firm to 27, and the combined total years of technical and IP legal experience to over 500, or half a millennium.

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP has added Mandisa (Mandy) S. Price to the Dallas office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Price was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. More >>

National law firm Polsinelli has added shareholders Brian A. Bullard and George T. Lee III to its Dallas office and the firm’s growing Investment Funds practice. More >>

Craig J. Cox and Daniel A. Murray have joined the growing Dallas office of Frost Brown Todd (FBT) as a member and managing associate, respectively. Both attorneys join the firm’s Intellectual Property Law and Litigation Practice Group, which has had a strong presence in the IP arena for more than 35 years. The team is recognized as one of the world’s top trademark groups by the World Trademark Review 100, and as one of the top IP practices in Middle America by Chambers USA ®. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Leiza Dolghih to its Dallas office as a partner in the Employment & Labor Practice.  With more than a decade of experience, Dolghih’s practice focuses on prosecuting and defending misappropriation of trade secrets and breaches of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements. More >>