Wilson Elser Adds Beaumont Office and Houston Lateral Group
A total of 11 lawyers moved to Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith.
November 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM
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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker has added nine lawyers to its Houston office, with the group coming from Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, and also opened an office in Beaumont with two other Lewis Brisbois lawyers.
The group of lawyers who joined Wilson Elser in Houston on Nov. 9 includes Kent Adams, the former managing partner of Lewis Brisbois in Houston and Beaumont who is now regional managing partner of the Wilson Elser offices in Houston and Beaumont.
Others in the Houston group are Allison Edwards, Tracy Freeman, Michael Jacobellis and Kristie Johnson, who will be named partners on Jan. 1, 2016; of counsel Sarah Davis and Ronald White; and associates John Busch and Cedar Manganiello. In Beaumont, Russell Heald and Ross Jones will be named partners on Jan. 1.
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