Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. (Munsch Hardt) is pleased to announce the addition of Jamil N. Alibhai, a well-respected complex litigation and intellectual property attorney. Alibhai joins Munsch Hardt from Munck Wilson Mandala, LLP where he served as a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee and Chair of its Complex Litigation/Dispute Resolution group.
Katten today announced the addition of two new partners to its industry-leading Insolvency and Restructuring practice, Terence G. Banich in Chicago and John E. Mitchell in Dallas. Banich and Mitchell were formerly at Fox Rothschild LLP and Akerman LLP respectively.
Barnes & Thornburg has added Jerry C. Harris, Jr. as partner in its Dallas office. Harris is the latest addition to the firm’s expanding Intellectual Property Department, following Kurt Rohde’s move to the Chicago office in early July. Harris joins the firm from Wick Phillips in Dallas.
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Frost Brown Todd (FBT) is expanding its Texas presence with a new office in Houston. Zenobia Harris Bivens, a Houston native, will act as the office’s member-in-charge. The firm has already brought on eight additional attorneys with experience in a variety of industries, including energy, construction, manufacturing, health care, sports & entertainment, and finance. Several of the attorneys join FBT from their former firm McFall, Breitbeil & Eidman, P.C., from which they bring their boutique commercial and oil & gas sector litigation practice. They include Members Kenneth Breitbeil, Greg Eidman, Courtney Gahm-Oldham, and Associate Stephen Crowder. Former XFL Houston Roughnecks President Brian Michael Cooper returns to private practice as a member at FBT. Members Cleve Glenn and Patrick LaRue recently joined from Lewis Brisbois, and Member Ken Bullock joins from Munsch Hardt.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Lindsay H. Ferguson and T. Allen McConnell have joined the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice group as partners in the firm’s Dallas office. Both partners join from Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Brian Bolton has rejoined Locke Lord’s Dallas office as a Partner in the Firm’s renowned Real Estate and Real Estate Finance Practice Group. Bolton will primarily support the Firm’s real estate acquisition and finance practice. Bolton, who was at the Firm earlier in his career, rejoins Locke Lord from Goldman Sachs where he served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel.
