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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has added six new associates in its Dallas o ce: John Christian, Litigation; Austin Freeman, Corporate; Court- ney Luster, Corporate; Shelby Perry, Litigation; Mary Sommers, Tax, Ex- ecutive Compensation & Bene ts; and Libby Vinson, Banking & Fi- nance.
Vern Clemons
Sumner Schick to- day welcomed Vern Clemons to the rm’s Dallas o ce. Clemons, a health care industry veteran with more than two decades of
Paul Coggins
Locke Lord Dallas Partner Paul Cog- gins, Co-Chair of the Firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense and Internal Investigations Practice Group, has
Shane Puckett
Shane Puckett has joined Winstead’s Construction Prac- tice Group as an Asso- ciate in the Dallas of- ce. Puckett’s practice is focused on transac-
experience in compliance law and transactional deals, will spearhead the rm’s expansion into health care law.
e KoonsFuller Family Law Foundation celebrated its 40th an- niversary celebration with a charita- ble campaign to award $200,000 in grants to ten Texas non-pro t chari- ties ultimately selected to receive grants ranging from $5,000 to $50,000.
been elected President-Elect of the National Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA).
Dallas’ Fears Nachawati has added former U.S. Depart- ment of Justice litiga- tor Jonathan Novak as
tional work in the commercial con- struction industry including dra ing and negotiating construction con- tracts and professional services agreements.
Steve Stodghill, partner, Winston & Strawn, is being hon- ored with the Anti- Defamation League’s (ADL), Larry Schoen- brun Jurisprudence
Jonathan Novak
Paul A. Bruno
an associate in Dallas. Paul A. Bruno, joins JAMS following a 37- year career primarily focused on the con- struction industry. He o ers a valuable per- spective with his expe- rience being on all sides of a dispute as an arbitrator, pro-tem
judge, trial lawyer and client.
Cathy Altman, a
Zack Kessinger has joined Winstead’s Real Estate Develop- ment & Investments Practice Group as an Associate in the Dallas o ce. Kessinger’s
Shane Puckett
Zach Kessinger
Award, and the Business Council for the Arts, Juror’s Award for advance-
ment of the arts.
R. Kent Love has
partner in the Dallas o ce of Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP, has been appointed to the Trinity River Authori-
practice involves matters related to real estate acquisition, disposition, development, borrowing, lending, construction and leasing.
joined Bell Nunnally as an associate and member of its Litiga- tion and Bankruptcy and Financial Restruc- turing practice areas.
Tax attorney Mark Melton has joined Hol- land & Knight as a part- ner in the rm’s Dallas o ce. He was previously an attorney with Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Cathy Altman
Curtis W. Martin, Co-Managing Partner of Peckar & Abramson’s Texas o ces, has been named 2018 Ride Mar- shal of the Year for the annual BP MS 150. e
R. Kent Love
Mark Melton
ty Board of Directors by Texas Gov.
Greg Abbott.
Mark Shank
tors.
Curtis W. Martin
Diamond McCar- thy is proud to an- nounce that Senior Counsel Mark Shank was inducted as a Fel- low in the College of Commercial Arbitra-
annual 150-mile bicycle ride from Houston to Austin, Texas, e ride has become the largest event of its kind in North America.
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