Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that it has expanded its Corporate and Litigation practices with the arrival of five new attorneys in its Dallas office. Greg Hidalgo is a partner in the Corporate practice. Barrett R. Howell and Brandon N. McCarthy are partners in the Litigation practice, while former federal Judge Jorge A. Solis joined as special counsel. Aaron P. Pinegar is special counsel in the firm’s Transactional Tax Planning practice. Hidalgo previously was a partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Howell and McCarthy were partners at Bracewell LLP. Pinegar formerly was a senior associate at Baker Botts LLP. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Mark L. Johansen has joined the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner in Dallas. Born and raised in Dallas, Mark was most recently a name partner at litigation trial boutique Gruber Hail Johansen Shank, which he helped found in 2006. More >>

Trial attorney Tricia DeLeon has joined Holland & Knight as a litigation partner in the firm’s Dallas office. She will also be a member of the firm’s Financial Services Industry Group. Ms. DeLeon was previously a partner at Gruber Hail Johansen Shank and Bracewell. More >>

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that G. Michael “Mike” Gruber has joined the Firm’s Trial Group in Dallas as a Partner. More >>

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP announced today the opening of an office in Dallas – the firm’s eleventh in the United States and sixteenth worldwide. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Jason Lewis and Jason Hopkins have joined the firm’s Litigation practice as partners in Dallas. They are the latest additions to the firm’s growing platform in Dallas and across Texas. More >>