Newsmakers: Week of April 2, 2018
Grace Getman has joined the Dallas office of Cassin & Cassin as an associate in the firm's real estate group
March 30, 2018 at 10:04 AM
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New Positions
Grace Getman has joined the Dallas office of Cassin & Cassin as an associate in the firm's real estate group. Getman, one of four new hires at the firm, focuses her practice primarily on representing lenders in the financing of multifamily properties through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with an emphasis on affordable housing.
Appointed
John McFarland has been appointed as president of Austin-based Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody. McFarland is a shareholder in the firm and leads its oil and gas practice. Peter Cesaro, Matt Powers and Mary Keeney, shareholders in the firm, are new members of the board of directors. Natasha Martin, an associate with the firm, has been appointed by the board as an ex officio member to represent the interests of nonshareholder attorneys.
Nolan C. Knight and Michael A. Krywucki, shareholders in Munch Hardt Kopf & Harr in Dallas, have been appointed as co-chairmen of the firm's Diversity Committee. Knight focuses his practice on litigation and Krywucki has a real estate practice.
Michael W. Stockham, a partner in Thompson & Knight's trial practice group in Dallas, has been selected to serve on the board of the Dallas Children's Theater, a nonprofit organization that tries to inspire young people to creative and productive lives through the art of theater. Mark Mutschink, a Dallas associate with the firm, has been named to the board for Union Coffee, a nonprofit which donates 10 percent of the sale of every cup of coffee purchased at Union to a local charity.
Honors
Jessie D. Herrera Jr., a partner in Patterson + Sheridan in Houston, has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Herrera helps companies, especially in the oil and gas industry, build, maintain and protect their intellectual property.
Katherine Battaia Clark, a partner in the bankruptcy and restructuring practice group in Thompson & Knight's Dallas office, has been selected as a member of the inaugural 2018 class of the Dallas Bar Association's WE Lead (Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession).
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