Gordon & Rees Expands in Texas and California with Addition of Preeminent Environmental and Commercial Litigation Group

Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes ten attorneys who will join the Environmental, Commercial Litigation, and Tort & Product Liability practice groups in the firm’s Austin, Dallas, and San Francisco offices.  The group includes six partners, two of counsel, one senior counsel, and one associate, all of whom previously practiced with Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP. Christopher Ege, Ranelle Meroney, Ashley Presson, Kimberly Solomon, Amy Welborn, Kirk Martin, Taylor Yetter and Travis Weaver join the Austin office.  Troy Helling joins the Dallas office.  Lisa Lazarus joins the San Francisco office. 

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Perkins Coie Continues Texas Growth With Opening of New State-of-the-Art Austin Office

Monday, February 28, 2022

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that it has moved into a new client-centric office space in the heart of Austin’s downtown business district amid continued growth of the firm’s Texas operations. Perkins Coie’s Austin office, the latest expansion of the firm’s national presence, occupies the 17th floor of a trophy-class office building at 405 Colorado Street.

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Baker Botts Welcomes Partner to Energy Regulatory Practice

Monday, January 10, 2022

Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy, technology and life sciences law firm, announced today that Juliana Morehead Sersen has joined the Energy Regulatory practice of the Global Projects Department as a partner in the Austin office. Sersen, who was most recently the Assistant General Counsel—Regulatory & Litigation of Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), where she spent 12 years, brings a comprehensive and detailed technical background of energy litigation and regulatory matters.

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Perkins Coie Adds Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Partner Valeska Pederson Hintz to Growing Austin Office

Monday, November 1, 2021

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Valeska Pederson Hintz has joined the firm’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) practice as a partner in its growing Austin office. Valeska has spent most of her legal career in Silicon Valley, advising emerging growth companies, investment banks, and venture capital and private equity firms. Her addition also expands the firm’s thriving ECVC practice in Austin. Valeska joins Perkins Coie from Lowenstein Sandler LLP, where she was a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office.

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Widely Recognized Leader in Austin Joins Latham’s New Office

Monday, October 25, 2021

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Mollie Duckworth has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department and member of the firm’s Capital Markets, Public Company Representation, and Mergers & Acquisitions Practices. Duckworth brings more than 15 years of experience representing companies in an array of complex corporate and securities matters, with a particular focus on advising public companies.  She joins Latham from Baker Botts in Austin.

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Jackson Walker Welcomes Taylor Holcomb to Austin Environment & Natural Resources Group

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the addition of Taylor Holcomb as a partner in the Austin office. Joining our Chambers USA-ranked Environment & Natural Resources group, Taylor has spent his career helping clients develop and permit domestic energy projects, comply with state and federal laws, and defend against claims brought by the government and environmental activist groups.

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