Winstead Welcomes Steve Drenner Group to the Austin Office

Thursday, October 6, 2011
Winstead PC announced the expansion of its real estate practice with the addition of two real estate development, entitlement-focused shareholders, one development planner, one development project manager, and their support team. The group will be led by Stephen (Steve) O. Drenner and work in Winstead’s Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group in Austin and San Antonio.

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Darrell R. Windham Joins Greenberg Traurig

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that corporate and securities attorney Darrell R. Windham has joined as Co-Managing Shareholder of its Austin office and Chair of its Texas Corporate & Securities Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with business, corporate finance and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and public and private securities offerings. He also advises clients on business start-ups and structures, strategic alliances, joint ventures, securities law reporting and compliance, and other domestic and international business transactions.

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Gordon & Rees Opens in Austin, Expands in Houston, and Deepens National Product Liability Practice

Friday, April 1, 2011
Gordon & Rees LLP, a full-service litigation and business transactions firm, continues its national expansion with a new 10-attorney office in Austin and two additional attorneys in the Houston office.  Austin is the firm’s 19th U.S. office, closely following the opening of an office in Atlanta in February 2011.  The 12 attorneys join Gordon & Rees from Clark, Thomas & Winters and will increase Gordon & Rees’s presence in Texas to more than 40 attorneys in Austin, Dallas and Houston.

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McGuireWoods Announces Expansion into Texas

Monday, January 3, 2011

McGuireWoods LLP announced today that it has completed its planned agreement to combine operations with the Houston, Texas-based firm of Nickens Keeton Lawless Farrell & Flack LLP (Nickens Keeton). In addition to officially opening the firm’s first Houston office, McGuireWoods is also announcing the establishment of a presence in Austin, Texas, and welcoming several new partners in the insurance and energy industries.

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Nine IP Leave Fish & Richardson for Bracewell & Giuliani

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Bracewell & Giuliani has acquired nine attorneys in its Austin office from Fish & Richardson.  The decision to leave was prompted by the fact that Fish & Richardson had announced that it planned to close its Austin office.  The group of IP attorneys, led by partner Alan Alrbight, decided they should stick around in Austin.  Mission achieved. 

 

Source:  www.nylj.com

 

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Fish & Richardson to Close Austin Office

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Fish & Richardson has announced the decision to close its Austin, Texas office.  The office houses 26 lawyers.  The firm will also lay off most of its 14 corporate transactional attorneys firmwide.  From Novermber through January, Fish & Richardson has had 49 attorneys and specialists leave the firm due to either lay-offs or their own volition.

 

Source:  www.nylj.com

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Justice Brister to Join Andrews Kurth – Again

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Texas Supreme Court Justice Scott Brister plans to join Andrews Kurth LLP.  Brister was appointed in 2003 by Gov. Rick Perry.  He will be a partner in the Austin office and will head the appellate practice. This is Brister’s second time at Andrews.

 

Source:  www.bizjournals.com

 

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Hunton & Williams Captures One From Akin Gump

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Hunton & Williams has recruited Edward Fernandes from Akin Gump.  Fernades will continue to practice in Austin, but will also work out of the Houston office.  A major aim of his will be to grow Hunton’s litigation office, particularly in the Austin group. Fernades has much experience representing very large companies, such as Ernst & Young and Bank of America.

 

Source:  www.austin.bizjournals.com

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Vale Joins Austin Firm Pirkey Barber

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Pirkey Barber LLP has hired Shannon T. Vale. Vale worked with the firm’s co-founders, Lou Pirkey and Bill Barber at Austin firm, Arnold White & Durkee. Pirkey & Barber left in 2006 to start their own firm. Vale has over 25 years of experience in trademark law. Pirkey Barber has also hired Alison Davis Frey, who has over 10 years of trademark experience.

 

Source:  www.iptoday.com

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