Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has added Jeffrey J. Ansley as a partner and member of the firm’s Litigation and White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practices. Ansley joins the firm from Curran Tomko Tarski LLP in Dallas.

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Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated (“Cox Smith”) today announced the addition of two experienced attorneys in its Dallas office. Eduardo “Eddy” Espinosa and Michael Napoli, who were previously partners in K&L Gates’ Dallas office, have joined Cox Smith’s corporate and litigation practices as shareholders.

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Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys advised Service King Collision Repair Centers in its agreement to be acquired by the Carlyle Group, a global alternative asset manager company. The Carlyle Group acquired majority ownership of the Service King Collision Repair Centers and plan on nationally expanding the auto body repair chain.

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Michael Thimmig and Rafael A. Colorado Ferrer have joined the firm’s Financial Transactions and Restructuring practice in the Dallas office as Partner and Associate respectively. Michael is joining the firm from Greenberg Traurig, LLP, while Rafael is joining from Hudson Americas LLC.

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Polsinelli Shughart welcomes Clifton M. Dugas II as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. Dugas concentrates his practice on real estate transactional, real estate finance, asset management, and loan workout, enforcement, restructuring and modification matters. Prior to joining Polsinelli Shughart, Dugas served as general counsel for Lantern Asset Management in Dallas, Texas.

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Looper Reed & McGraw, a full-service Texas-based law firm with more than 110 lawyers in Houston, Dallas and Tyler, today announced it had expanded services at its Dallas office by establishing an IP section with two experienced IP/Patent attorneys – David Henry as the section head, and Katarzyna Brozynski as a member. The firm also bolstered their family law section with the addition of a new Dallas associate, Clint Brown.

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The Dallas Office of global law firm Jones Day played a key role in the successful effort by the city and its legal and corporate communities to become one of the first four sites ever to host a satellite office of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Jackson Walker L.L.P. is pleased to welcome partners John V. Jansonius and Stephanie K. Osteen, and Senior Counsel Christina A. Jump to the firm. These attorneys add considerable strength and prestige to Jackson Walker’s Labor and Employment practice, making it one of the largest among Texas-based firms.

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The Dallas-based law firm of Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Linda G. Moore as a Partner.

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Law firm Forshey Prostok hired Michelle V. Larson for a Dallas legal job, according to a press release.

Equipped with more than 15 years of experience with bankruptcy and restructuring and commercial litigation, Larson joins the Fort Worth-based firm as a partner and is in charge of the practice’s Dallas office.

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