Newsmakers — Week of February 26, 2018
Annapoorni “Anna” Sankaran has joined Holland & Knight's Houston office as a partner.
February 26, 2018 at 04:15 PM
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New Positions
Annapoorni “Anna” Sankaran has joined Holland & Knight's Houston office as a partner. Sankaran is a commercial litigator who focuses her practice on bankruptcy and bankruptcy litigation. Formerly a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, Sankaran has experience in trial and appellate work in state and federal courts and also has represented clients in mediation and arbitration.
Toby M. Galloway, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regional trial counsel, and Ronak V. Patel, former deputy securities commissioner of Texas, have joined Winstead as shareholders in Winstead's Fort Worth and Austin offices. Galloway has become co-chair of Winstead's securities litigation and enforcement practice. Patel is a litigation attorney who has extensive regulatory experience with securities regulatory agencies across the United States.
Will Becker has joined Locke Lord's Dallas office as a partner in the firm's tax department. He focuses on federal income tax, franchise tax and sales and use tax matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, REITS and real estate joint ventures, among other things.
New partners in Houston-based Porter Hedges are: David Martin, real estate; Sean McChristian, construction; Scott Muehlberger, energy transactions; and David Salton, litigation. The firm also recently appointed James Thompson as its property and finance practice group leader and Eric Wade as litigation practice group leader.
Seth Reich has joined Dallas-based Caldwell Cassady & Curry as an associate. Reich focuses his practice on patent litigation and complex commercial litigation.
Michael Van Ellis has joined The Bassett Firm in Dallas as an associate. His practice focuses on transportation, personal injury and premises liability litigation.
Emilio Nicolas, an experienced content and information attorney, has been promoted to partner in Jackson Walker's Austin office. Other attorneys recently promoted to partner in the firm are: Pete Hyndman, transactional attorney, Dallas; George Hinchey, real estate attorney, San Antonio; Jamila Brinson, labor and employment and litigation attorney, Luke Gilman, trial and appellate attorney and William Stowe, trial lawyer, all based in Houston.
Take Office
Barrett Reasoner, a partner in Gibbs & Bruns in Houston, has taken office as the 2018 Houston Bar Foundation chairman. Other new officers are Jeffrey Kaplan, LyondellBasell, vice chair, and Jim Hart of Williams Kherkher, treasurer.
Awards
The Houston Bar Foundation recently presented its annual awards for pro bono service to Vinson & Elkins, outstanding contribution to Houston Volunteer Lawyers by a large firm; King & Spalding, outstanding contribution by a midsize firm; and Frye, Benavidez, and O'Neil, outstanding contribution by a small firm. Keri D. Brown of Baker Botts and Scott A. Bresk of the Harris County Attorney's Office were both honored for outstanding contributions by an individual. Exxon Mobil Corp. and Halliburton were recognized for outstanding contributions by corporate law departments. Austin M. O'Toole, attorney at law, was recognized for outstanding volunteer service to the Dispute Resolution Center for the third time. Russell C. Ducoff received recognition for longevity of exemplary service to the center. Sam M. “Trey” Yates and Mike Day, both of Trey Yates Law Firm, were recognized as authors of the outstanding legal article published in The Houston Lawyer.
Elected
Christopher B. Trowbridge, a partner in Bell Nunnally & Martin in Dallas, has been elected chair of the board for the Thanks-Giving Foundation, a nonprofit that owns and operates Thanks-Giving Square, a private garden and public space for reflection in downtown Dallas.
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