Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton announced today that it has opened an office in Houston. With the firm successfully expanding into Dallas in 2015, Kilpatrick Townsend now has two offices in the Lone Star State. More >>

The Houston office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Anil H. Patel, Ph.D., as a partner in the pharma and biopharma litigation practice. Patel previously practiced at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. More >>

Polsinelli’s Houston office continues to experience growth with the addition of shareholder Mark S. Armstrong to its Health Care Services practice. For more than two decades, Armstrong has provided strategic guidance to a broad range of health care clients involved in complex compliance and adversarial proceedings across the nation. More >>

Shook, Hardy & Bacon expands its growing Intellectual Property Practice with the addition of leading IP attorney Sharon A. Israel. Israel advocates for clients in rapidly evolving industries including wireless communications systems and devices, consumer electronics, medical devices, oilfield services and others. Shook’s IP Practice stretches from coast to coast and includes more than 100 attorneys and analysts with engineering and computer degrees. The firm represents some of the world’s largest companies, including Microsoft Corp., Sprint Corp., Ford Motor Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Cerner Corp. and Garmin Ltd., in the IP arena. More >>

Senior litigation attorney, Stephen H. Cagle, Jr. has joined Winstead’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group as a Shareholder in the Houston office. His practice focus is complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction and contract disputes. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that Gislar Donnenberg has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in Houston. Prior to joining DLA Piper, Donnenberg was a partner with Paul Hastings LLP. More >>

BakerHostetler is proud to announce that Steven Spears has joined the firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Group. A member of the more than 60-attorney patent litigation team, Spears is the first patent litigator to reside in the firm’s Houston office. He comes to BakerHostetler from McDermott Will & Emery. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome Partners Andrew Pidgirsky, Cleve Glenn, and W. Earl Touchstone to its Houston office. Pidgirsky and Glenn will be part of the Corporate Practice while Touchstone will join the Commercial Litigation Practice. More >>