McGinnis Lochridge welcomed Traci M. Clements as a partner in Dallas. She joins the firm’s labor and employment practice group, where she will represent clients in a wide range of general employment matters, with a specific focus on employee benefit and compliance issues related to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Clements was previously in practice with Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta.

“Traci’s previous experience serving as both in-house counsel and general counsel to a publicly traded company gives her a unique understanding of the broad array of employment-related challenges facing our clients,” said McGinnis Lochridge managing partner Doug Dodds, in a statement by the firm. “With her combination of business and legal acumen, Traci will provide our clients with the counsel and solutions they’ll need in the dynamic business environment ahead.”