James A. Lowery and Michael J. Ramirez have joined Gordon & Rees as a partners in the firm’s Dallas office. They are members of the firm’s Environmental/Toxic Tort and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Mr. Lowery and Mr. Ramirez join the firm from the Dallas office of Husch Blackwell, LLP. More >>

Polsinelli welcomes well-known, white collar defense attorney William B. Mateja to its Dallas office as an equity shareholder. With extensive knowledge in a variety of white collar defense matters, and an emphasis on health care and securities enforcement, Mateja joins the firm’s national White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice Group, and will also focus heavily on health care fraud and abuse matters. More >>

Phelps Dunbar LLP is pleased to announce that J. Jeffrey Cash has joined Phelps Dunbar’s Dallas/Fort Worth office as a partner specializing in complex business transactions, including securities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures, private equity investments as well as general corporate counseling. More >>

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the continued expansion of its Dallas office with partners John Mitchell and David Parham. They join Akerman’s Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice Group from Baker & McKenzie with nearly four decades of combined experience in complex bankruptcies, corporate restructurings, and bankruptcy-related litigation across the United States. They build upon Akerman’s core strengths in the mergers and acquisitions, financial services and real estate sectors, and broaden the firm’s significant experiences in the retail, restaurant, transportation and energy sectors. More >>

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, continues to build its ranks in Texas with the addition of renowned labor and employment litigator Gary Eisenstat, who joins the firm’s Dallas office as a shareholder. Eisenstat comes to Ogletree Deakins from Figari & Davenport, where he practiced for nearly three decades and represented management in all aspects of employment law. More >>

Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Jon Mureen has joined the firm as principal in its Global Litigation Practice, based in Dallas. More >>

Frost Brown Todd (FBT) is pleased to announce the addition of five Members to its growing team of Dallas attorneys. An Am Law 200 firm with close to 500 attorneys across its footprint, FBT arrived in Texas earlier this year and moved into The Crescent this summer as a strategic initiative to complement the firm’s existing capabilities and serve local clients. Daniel Novakov, formerly with Greenberg Traurig, leads the team as Member-in-Charge, along with Edward (Eddy) Moore, also a long-time Dallas attorney. More >>

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Craig A. Lackey has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the Dallas office, where he will focus his work on consumer lending-based financial transactions and restructurings. More >>

Schiff Hardin LLP is pleased to announce that Tracey R. Wallace has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment group. A versatile practitioner with experience spanning the spectrum of labor and employment law, Tracey joins the firm’s Dallas office from Jackson Walker LLP. More >>

A recent Law360 article covers the arrival of new partner Jeffrey Peterson to McGuireWoods’ Dallas office, where he will join the firm’s healthcare team. The September 8 article, titled “McGuireWoods Grabs Ex-Tenet M&A Counsel For Texas Office,” details Peterson’s career as mergers and acquisitions counsel, and also includes his impressions on his new firm. More >>