Locke Lord announces that Bart Huffman has joined its Austin office as a Partner in the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. Huffman headed his previous firm’s Privacy and Data Security practice, and his wide experience in this complex area of the law increases Locke Lord’s IP platform as it evolves to meet clients’ growing global needs.

Graves Dougherty is pleased to welcome David P. Smith to the firm’s Regulatory, Environmental and Real Estate practices.

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP announced that Ronald G. Skloss has joined its Austin office as shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Skloss was an equity partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP and Andrews Kurth LLP.

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced today that John A. Riley and Christopher C. Thiele have joined the firm’s Austin office as partners in the environmental strategies practice. Prior to joining the firm, Riley was a partner and Thiele was counsel in Vinson & Elkins LLP’s environmental litigation and regulation practice.

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. is pleased to announce that Bryan J. Moore has joined the Firm’s Texas office as a Principal and member of its Environmental and Litigation Practice Groups.  Mr. Moore joins the Firm from Vinson & Elkins, where he was Counsel.

Winstead PC announced the expansion of its real estate practice with the addition of two real estate development, entitlement-focused shareholders, one development planner, one development project manager, and their support team. The group will be led by Stephen (Steve) O. Drenner and work in Winstead’s Real Estate Development & Investments Practice Group in Austin and San Antonio.

The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that corporate and securities attorney Darrell R. Windham has joined as Co-Managing Shareholder of its Austin office and Chair of its Texas Corporate & Securities Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience assisting clients with business, corporate finance and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and public and private securities offerings. He also advises clients on business start-ups and structures, strategic alliances, joint ventures, securities law reporting and compliance, and other domestic and international business transactions.

Gordon & Rees LLP, a full-service litigation and business transactions firm, continues its national expansion with a new 10-attorney office in Austin and two additional attorneys in the Houston office.  Austin is the firm’s 19th U.S. office, closely following the opening of an office in Atlanta in February 2011.  The 12 attorneys join Gordon & Rees from Clark, Thomas & Winters and will increase Gordon & Rees’s presence in Texas to more than 40 attorneys in Austin, Dallas and Houston.