New Positions

. . . Drew Baldinger has returned to Andrews Kurth as a business transactions partner in Houston.

. . . Lara D. Kirkham has joined Jackson Walker as an associate in the firm's corporate and securities section in Austin.

. . . Paul W. Smith, Michael D. Emerson and Angelique Lehmann Waddell have become partners in Holland & Knight in Dallas. Smith, a former senior counsel with Holland & Knight, and Emerson and Waddell, former associates with the firm, are in its business section. The promotions became effective Jan. 1.