Newsmakers: Week of March 18

Haynes and Boone partner Lynne Liberato has been awarded the 2019 Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award by the Texas Bar Foundation. Liberato will be honored during the Texas Bar Foundation’s annual dinner June 14 at the JW Marriott in Austin. An appellate partner in Haynes and Boone’s Houston office, Liberato has led teams in some of the most significant appeals in Texas. She has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as many federal and state appellate and trial courts. She also served as the first Chief Staff Attorney of the First Court of Appeals.

New Partners

Jackson Walker announced the addition of Jonathan M. Bull as a partner in the firm’s Dallas office. He brings to the firm’s environment and natural resources practice substantial experience handling environmental issues encountered in land development and construction, manufacturing, and commercial operating sectors. In addition to his environmental practice in the private sector, Bull previously served as enforcement counsel in the Hazardous Waste Enforcement Branch of the Environmental Protection Agency, prosecuting matters related to hazardous waste and the Chemical Accident Prevention Program. He started his environmental career working as a hydrogeologist with a national engineering and environmental consulting company. Prior to receiving his J.D. from SMU Dedman School of Law, Bull studied geology at Washington and Lee University and the University of Massachusetts.

Hedrick Kring in Dallas brought on Katharine Battaia Clark, who joined the firm as a partner. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and insolvency litigation, including representation of banks, indenture trustees, creditor committees, court-appointed fiduciaries, and creditors in Chapter 11, 7, 15 and 13 bankruptcy cases. In addition to her bankruptcy and insolvency practice, Clark also handles a variety of business disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country. Prior to joining Hedrick Kring, Clark was a partner in the law firm of Thompson & Knight. She received her J.D., cum laude, in 2004 from SMU Dedman School of Law, where she served as associate managing editor for the SMU Law Review.

New Hires