Perkins Coie announced that former J. C. Penney director April Goff has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s tax, benefits and compensation practice. She joins the firm in Dallas after serving as senior counsel at J. C. Penney Corp. Inc., where she oversaw all employee and executive compensation matters, as well as cybersecurity and data privacy issues. For nearly two decades, Goff has advised executive leadership teams on issues relating to employee benefits, corporate restructuring, executive and associate compensation, cybersecurity risk, financials, and budgeting and cost containment strategies. She also serves as chair of the Fiduciary Responsibility, Administration and Litigation Committee for the American Bar Association Section of Real Property Trusts and Estate Law and will be taking over as vice chair of the Employee Plans and Executive Compensation Group with the new bar year. Goff earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from St. Thomas University School of Law B.A. and her M.B.A. from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She graduated with a B.A., magna cum laude, from Tarleton State University.

New Positions

The Houston office of Kane Russell Coleman Logan has hired T. Kelly McKee as an attorney in the litigation section. McKee joined the firm as a law clerk and has already become deeply involved in a complex litigation case regarding the development of a midstream oil and gas storage facility, as well as litigation involving the construction of public infrastructure. McKee graduated cum laude from the University of Houston. While earning his Bachelor of Business Administration, he earned a certificate in corporate entrepreneurship. McKee completed his Doctor of Jurisprudence, magna cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 2019, where he served as the Senior Articles Editor for the Houston Business and Tax Law Journal.