Cozen O’Connor today welcomed Christopher W. Compton — a seasoned tax attorney who has served as legal counsel on a range of tax-exempt bond transactions worth (cumulatively) in excess of $2 billion — to its Corporate Practice Group. Compton brings more than two decades’ experience handling deals involving the financing of public infrastructure, educational facilities, public-private partnerships, sports and clean energy facilities, and community and economic development projects, including tax increment financings (TIFs). Compton comes to the firm from Winstead PC in Dallas. More >>

FordHarrison LLP, one of the country’s largest management-side labor and employment law firms, is pleased to announce that Lawrence (Larry) J. McNamara has re-joined the Dallas, TX office as partner. Larry served as the Dallas office managing partner for two years before going in-house for Tesoro Corporation (now Marathon Petroleum Company). More >>

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson has joined Locke Lord’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Firm’s nationally recognized Public Finance Practice Group. Johnson most recently worked at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, and prior to that at Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP, where he helped establish both firms’ presence in the North Texas public finance market. More >>

Natalie A. Fortenberry has joined the Dallas office of Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli as a shareholder in its national Corporate and Transactional practice. Fortenberry brings extensive knowledge of complex transactional matters and has represented both public and private companies, as well as private equity firms. Before joining Polsinelli, Fortenberry practiced in the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. More >>

The Dallas office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues its strategic expansion with the addition of Daniel P. Elms as a shareholder in the firm’s Global Litigation Practice. Elms assists clients with business litigation and arbitration matters, including risk assessment, pre-trial litigation strategy and discovery, as well as trial and post-trial proceedings. He joins Greenberg Traurig from Bell Nunnally & Martin. More >>

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Jarrett Reed has joined the firm’s Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. Reed joins from Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that former JCPenney director April Goff has joined the firm as a partner in its Tax, Benefits & Compensation practice. April joins the firm in Dallas after serving as Senior Counsel at J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. where she oversaw all employee and executive compensation matters as well as cybersecurity and data privacy issues. More >>

Reed Smith has expanded its Labor & Employment (L&E) Group, announcing that Paulo McKeeby and Michael Correll have joined as partners in its new Dallas office. McKeeby and Correll bring more than 37 years of combined experience litigating and advising clients on complex labor and employment matters. They are joined by associate Amanda Brown, who brings additional expertise in both employment and traditional labor counseling and litigation. McKeeby and his team were previously at Morgan Lewis, where McKeeby was the labor and employment practice leader in the Dallas office and served as the co-chair of the Texas labor and employment practice. More >>

As it continues to build a full-service presence in Dallas and throughout Texas complementary of its international network, Reed Smith has expanded its 20-plus lawyer Dallas team with the appointment of Elizabeth Brandon as partner in its Global Commercial Disputes practice. Brandon was formerly with the Dallas office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. More >>