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Texas Bar Foundation. Stevenson, who has been with Locke Lord through- out his nearly 40-year le- gal career, has substantial experience in workout matters, construction
ACTIVITES HONORS RECOGNITIONS
Herron interned for the Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Wright represents clients in insurance defense matters, product liability disputes, and cata- strophic loss claims. Wright worked as a trademark prosecution coordina- tor at a well-known large firm in Tex- as, where she maintained global trademark portfolios for Fortune 500 companies.
Christine Williford
curities practice with a focus on representing both buyers and sellers in private M&A trans- actions, as well as capi- tal market transactions and SEC reporting and compliance. Williford
Frank Stevenson
joins the firm from Hunton Andrews
Kurth LLP.
Brooke Jimenez
lending, permanent financing, equity fi- nancings and bond financing.
Brooke Jimenez joins Winstead’s business liti- gation practice group as an associate in the Hous- ton office. She represents oil and gas clients in eminent domain and general commercial liti-
Brian Hail
Kane Russell Coleman Logan has added Brian Hail to their ranks fol- lowing his departure from Gruber Hail Johan- sen Shank, the litigation boutique firm he co- founded in 2006. Hail is
Weil, Gotshal & Mang- es LLP announced that Matt Berde has joined its Dallas office as an asso- ciate in the firm’s bank- ing and finance practice. Prior to joining Weil, Berde was a senior asso-
gation matters. She also specializes in First Amendment issues as they relate to the media. Jimenez has worked at the state government level and began her career in the aerospace industry as an international regulatory analyst within the Law Department of The Boeing Company, counseling on matters relat- ed to advocacy, international regulatory affairs, legal policy and litigation. She most recently practiced with Akerman LLP.
Quilling, Selander, Lownds, Wins- lett & Moser adds two significant practice groups to its Dallas and Pla- no Office. With 63 attorneys in offices in Dallas and Plano, Texas, the firm has significantly enhanced both of- fices by adding consumer financial litigation and transportation practice groups from Strasburger & Price.
one of the region’s most well-regarded trial attorneys. He joins the firm’s Dallas office, where he will continue to repre- sent clients in high-stakes business dis- putes, fiduciary and fraud claims, em- ployment-related claims, and other complex commercial litigation as a di- rector of the firm.
Godwin Bowman & Martinez PC, has announced that four of its shareholders, Donald E. Godwin, Bruce W. Bowman Jr., Jenny L. Martinez and George R. Carlton Jr. have been selected to the 2018 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. In addition, Lawdragon has chosen shareholder Todd Shadle as among those receiving its 100 Most Powerful Employment Lawyers honors.
Angélique M. McCall has joined the law firm of Brackett & Ellis P.C. as an associate. McCall is a registered pat- ent attorney. Her practice consists pri- marily of litigation, insurance and school law.
Matt Berde
ciate in the financial services and prod- ucts practice group at an international law firm, where he represented public and private real estate investment trusts and other real estate investment funds in capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and compliance mat- ters. Berde also previously served as an in-house legal counsel with the Hewlett- Packard Company.
Deborah Hankinson
Dallas attorney, ADR authority, and former Texas Supreme Court Justice Deborah Han- kinson has been select- ed to D Magazine’s list- ing of the Best Lawyers in Dallas for appellate
Kane Russell Cole- man Logan is proud to announce its continued growth with the addi- tion of two new associ- ate attorneys, Nicole Herron and Mahan Wright, to its Dallas of- fice. Herron defends clients in product lia- bility matters, employ- ment and commercial disputes, and cata- strophic loss claims.
tice is focused on complex disputes, which he arbitrates, investigates, prosecutes, or serves as a neutral. He is also board certified in civil trial law and labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Spe- cialization.
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP has add- ed three attorneys: David A. Walton as a partner in its litigation and Supreme Court and appellate practices; Craig M. Warner as senior counsel and a mem- ber of its white-collar criminal and regulatory defense and business litiga- tion practices; and Arianna C. Good- man, an associate in the white-collar practice.
Mark A. Shank
Diamond McCarthy, a leading national liti- gation boutique, is pleased to welcome attorney, Mark A. Shank, to the firm’s Dallas office as senior counsel. Shank’s prac-
law. Hankinson is the founder of Han- kinson LLP, known both for its out- standing appellate practitioners.
Locke Lord Dallas partner Frank Ste- venson, immediate past president of the State Bar of Texas, has been elected vice president of the Western States Bar Con- ference and to the board of trustees of the
Mahan Wright
Nicole Herron
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