King & Spalding announced that a four-partner pharma and healthcare mass tort team of Morton Dubin, John Ewald, Kristen Fournier and Kathy O’Connor is joining the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice group in New York. They were previously partners at Orrick.
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international energy and technology law firm, announced today the addition of Gaye Lentz, a new partner in the Global Projects Department in the Austin office. Ms. Lentz joins Baker Botts from Thompson & Knight, where her practice focused on advising midstream and upstream oil and gas clients, particularly management teams working with private equity groups and private equity firms.
King & Spalding today announced that Steven Zager has joined the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice as a partner in the Austin office. Zager is a jury trial lawyer who represents clients in industries including medical devices, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, professional services, transportation, food and beverage, and chemicals. Zager joins from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he was based in New York and led that firm’s Intellectual Property practice for many years. He is returning to Austin where he practiced earlier in his career.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its national public finance practice with the addition of Darren C. McHugh. A veteran tax and public finance lawyer, McHugh has joined the firm as a partner in its Austin office. McHugh comes to the firm from the Denver office of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. More >>
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | AustinBaker Botts, L.L.P., a leading international energy and technology law firm, announced today the addition of a prominent group of environmental, health and safety (EHS) crisis response lawyers. Steve Solow, Nadira Clarke, Lily Chinn, Greg Dillard, Natalia Sorgente, Anne Carpenter, Scott Elliott, Matthew Baker and Danny Worrell have joined the firm as partners in the Litigation Department’s Environmental Section and White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice group, residing in Baker Botts’ Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston and Austin offices. The team joins Baker Botts from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | Austin | Houston | San Francisco | WashingtonKing & Spalding has recruited Edward F. Fernandes as a partner in the firm’s Trial & Global Disputes Practice. He joins from Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he was most recently the managing partner of the Austin office. More >>
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Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that it has expanded its renewable energy capabilities in Texas with the addition of partner Becky Diffen and senior counsel Sam Porter to the global law firm’s Austin office. Diffen and Porter arrive from McGuireWoods, where Diffen served as chair of the firm’s renewable energy practice. More >>
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Leading Water Industry Attorney Wes Strickland has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Austin office. His clients include U.S.-based and multinational water companies and financial institutions that develop, manage and finance water resources and infrastructure. He was previously a partner with Jackson Walker. More >>
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Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced its expansion in Texas with the addition of Ryan Beard, a first-chair patent litigator. Beard broadens Akerman’s intellectual property offering with experience in the areas of medical devices, mechanical devices, automotive products, computer equipment, other technology related to the internet and data, and copyrights and trademarks. More >>
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Tracy L. McCreight and Benton T. Wheatley have joined Duane Morris LLP’s growing Austin, Texas office as partners in the firm’s Trial Practice Group. McCreight and Wheatley further enhance the firm’s construction litigation capabilities in Texas and throughout the United States. Prior to joining Duane Morris, McCreight and Wheatley were shareholders at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., where Wheatley was head of the Austin office. Associate Meredith Mills Gregston has also joined the Trial Practice Group in the firm’s Austin office. She joins from Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. More >>
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