National law firm Wilson Elser announced today that five attorneys from Schell Cooley LLP ‒ partners Jennifer Martin and Lisa Wilson, along with Stephani Johnson and Jennifer Murphy, of counsel, and Michael Rose, associate ‒ have joined the firm’s Dallas office. More >>

The Dallas office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Jill B. Louis as a partner in the corporate/M&A practice. Most recently, Louis was general counsel and corporate secretary for FleetPride, Inc., one of the largest independent distributors of heavy duty truck and trailer parts in the United States, and also previously served an in-house counsel role at FedEx Office. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, has further expanded its Dallas office with securities and commercial litigation partner Bryce Benson in the Litigation Practice Group. He joins Akerman’s national bench of trial lawyers and enhances the firm’s core strengths in the financial services sector. More >>

Karl G. Dial and Casey L. Moore have joined global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s 600-member Litigation Practice as shareholders in the Dallas office. Dial, who is also a CPA, focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, while Moore has extensive experience in commercial and financial services litigation matters. Samuel G. Davison will join the group as an associate. The trio joins from DLA Piper where Dial previously served as the Dallas office Managing Partner. The addition of Dial and Moore completes a transition of five attorneys from DLA Piper and includes Manuel Rajunov and Dania Duncan, who joined Greenberg Traurig in early March. More >>

John Dickey, an accomplished corporate and transactional attorney with over three decades of experience, has joined Polsinelli’s expanding Dallas office as a shareholder. Dickey joins the firm’s national Corporate and Transactional Practice Group. More >>

Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Manuel Rajunov and Dania Duncan, who will join the firm as shareholders in the Latin American and Iberian Practice, splitting their time between the Dallas and Mexico City offices. In addition to their broad tax, real estate, and corporate experience, both Rajunov and Duncan have extensive experience in Latin America and strong connections to clients in the region. Both lawyers were previously partners at DLA Piper. More >>

Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Alison Boren and William Howell have joined the firm’s Global Finance, Private Equity and M&A practices in Dallas as partners. Ms. Boren and Mr. Howell have extensive experience in a wide array of corporate matters, including capital markets transactions, financing transactions and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities. More >>

James A. Lowery and Michael J. Ramirez have joined Gordon & Rees as a partners in the firm’s Dallas office. They are members of the firm’s Environmental/Toxic Tort and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Mr. Lowery and Mr. Ramirez join the firm from the Dallas office of Husch Blackwell, LLP. More >>

Polsinelli welcomes well-known, white collar defense attorney William B. Mateja to its Dallas office as an equity shareholder. With extensive knowledge in a variety of white collar defense matters, and an emphasis on health care and securities enforcement, Mateja joins the firm’s national White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice Group, and will also focus heavily on health care fraud and abuse matters. More >>

Phelps Dunbar LLP is pleased to announce that J. Jeffrey Cash has joined Phelps Dunbar’s Dallas/Fort Worth office as a partner specializing in complex business transactions, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, private equity investments as well as general corporate counseling. More >>