Jackson Walker has launched a miniraid on Andrews Kurth Kenyon in Texas, hiring a quartet of partners that includes a onetime federal prosecutor who will launch a white-collar criminal defense practice for the firm.

Michele Schwartz, an intellectual property lawyer, joined Jackson Walker in Dallas on Aug. 1. The other partners joined Jackson Walker in July, although the firm just announced the moves Wednesday. They are: energy lawyer Meghan Griffiths in Austin, white-collar criminal defense lawyer Jay Dewald in Dallas and real estate lawyer Michael Shaw in Houston.

Wade Cooper, managing partner of the 393-lawyer Jackson Walker, said the four are accomplished lawyers who bring “notable skills and knowledge” that will benefit the firm's clients.