Blank Rome Adds Experienced Litigator Audrey Momanaee in Houston

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Audrey F. Momanaee has joined the firm’s Houston office as partner in the Commercial Litigation group. As an accomplished litigator, Audrey focuses her practice on matters involving business disputes, commercial and contract claims, catastrophic property claims, construction defects and delays, and matters involving trade secret protection and litigation. She joins Blank Rome from Balch & Bingham where she led the firm’s litigation practice in Texas.

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Corporate Energy Partner Carl von Merz Joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in Houston

Carl von Merz, a highly regarded corporate attorney with two decades of experience advising on large scale energy industry transactions, has joined Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston, where he will serve as head of the firm’s U.S. Oil and Gas practice. Von Merz joins Hunton Andrews Kurth from Mayer Brown LLP, where he served as leader of the firm’s Houston Corporate Practice and head of its U.S. Upstream Energy Practice.

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Baker Botts’ Intellectual Property Department Expands Technical Prowess with Addition of Prominent Patent Litigation Partners

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that prominent patent litigators Robert Benson and Jeffrey Johnson have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department in the San Francisco and Houston offices, respectively, as partners.  Both partnerts arrive at Baker Botts from Orrick.

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Energy Litigator Michelle Scheffler Joins Skadden in Houston

Skadden is pleased to announce that Michelle Scheffler has joined the firm as a litigation partner in our Houston office. Ms. Scheffler’s practice focuses on advising major oil and gas companies, publicly traded and privately owned independents, and private equity investors at trial and in other complex disputes in the energy sector. She has extensive experience leading matters related to mass and class action royalty litigation, leasing conflicts, operating agreements and title disputes, among other areas of controversy, and regularly represents clients in high-stakes lawsuits in state and federal courts nationwide. Scheffler arrives from Haynes & Boone LLP in Houston.

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Energy and Construction Partner Terra Cothran Joins King & Spalding in Houston

King & Spalding announced today that energy and construction lawyer Terra Cothran has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Cothran joins the firm from Bechtel Energy, where she was the Commercial Manager and Senior Counsel in charge of negotiating and advising on a wide variety of upstream, midstream and downstream EPC contracts for energy projects.

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Veteran Business Litigator Peter Jordan Joins Mayer Brown’s Houston Office

Mayer Brown announced today that seasoned litigator Peter Jordan has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice in Houston, further expanding the office’s commercial litigation and trial capabilities. Experienced and licensed in both California and Texas, Peter joins from Huntsman Corporation, a publicly-traded multinational manufacturer and marketer of chemical products, where he served as associate general counsel and head of global litigation.

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