Reed Smith has expanded its Labor & Employment (L&E) Group, announcing that Paulo McKeeby and Michael Correll have joined as partners in its new Dallas office. McKeeby and Correll bring more than 37 years of combined experience litigating and advising clients on complex labor and employment matters. They are joined by associate Amanda Brown, who brings additional expertise in both employment and traditional labor counseling and litigation. McKeeby and his team were previously at Morgan Lewis, where McKeeby was the labor and employment practice leader in the Dallas office and served as the co-chair of the Texas labor and employment practice. More >>

As it continues to build a full-service presence in Dallas and throughout Texas complementary of its international network, Reed Smith has expanded its 20-plus lawyer Dallas team with the appointment of Elizabeth Brandon as partner in its Global Commercial Disputes practice. Brandon was formerly with the Dallas office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. More >>

Lewis Brisbois is pleased to welcome to its Dallas office Matthew E. Yarbrough as a partner and Sam Genovese as an associate in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. Immediately prior to joining the firm, Yarbrough was managing partner at Yarbrough Cyber Law Group, PLLC; Genovese joins from Squire Patton Boggs. More >>

The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Louis J. Jenull has joined the Firm’s Houston office as Partner in the Tax Practice Group. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, he was a Partner at Jones Day. More >>

Shortly after announcing that it has opened an office in Dallas with a group of 16 lawyers, including eight partners, Reed Smith today announced that it has added its ninth partner to this burgeoning office. Jorge Gutierrez has joined the firm as a partner in its Energy & Natural Resources practice, bringing to the Reed Smith an esteemed practice in exploration and production (E&P), midstream, and energy finance. Gutierrez was previously a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. More >>

Six years after entering the Texas legal market with an office in Houston and a year after opening in Austin, Reed Smith today announced that it has opened an office in Dallas with the arrival of eight partners and eight other lawyers from three major law firms. The new group of partners has a broad range of transactional and litigation practices across an array of industries. Reed Smith now has 29 offices worldwide. Joining Reed Smith’s Global Corporate practice are I. Bobby Majumder, Ryan J. Preston and Lynwood E. (Lyn) Reinhardt, all from Perkins Coie. The Global Commercial Disputes practice has added Mark L. Johansen from Perkins Coie and Brian C. Mitchell from Bracewell. Keith M. Aurzada and Michael P. Cooley of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have joined the firm’s Financial Industry Group. Also arriving is Alfred G. (Al) Kyle, who has joined the firm’s Real Estate practice from Bracewell. More >>

Morgan Lewis welcomes Janice Davis, a leading corporate lawyer with decades of transactional experience representing clients in an array of industries with a focus on healthcare and technology, and Robert Sheeder, a veteran labor and employment litigator, as partners resident in Dallas. They arrive from the same national law firm, where Janice co-led the firmwide technology transactions practice and Bob chaired the firmwide labor and employment practice. Janice and Bob will be joined by five team members, including an of counsel and associate. They join the firm from the Dallas Office of Bracewell LLP.

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that Charles R. Gibbs has joined the firm as a partner and Eric C. Seitz as special counsel in the Insolvency and Restructuring practice, along with Mark Lewis Patterson as special counsel in the Real Estate practice, expanding the team of attorneys in the Dallas office to nearly 40 since the office opened last year. All three attorneys join Katten from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. More >>

DLA Piper announced today that K. Randolph Peak has joined the firm’s Healthcare sector and Corporate practice as a partner in Dallas.

Peak focuses his practice on healthcare and life sciences transactions and regulatory counseling with particular emphasis in the areas of digital health and technology, healthcare privacy, and healthcare supply chain. With over two decades of extensive industry experience, Peak represents clients across the healthcare and life sciences landscape, providing strategic counsel and practical legal advice on matters that include emerging technologies, telehealth, data analytics, hospital operations, clinical laboratories, physician practices, wellness services, behavioral health and healthcare ventures. More >>