In the wake of Sunday's merger between Thompson & Knight and Holland & Knight, a group of seven Thompson & Knight health care regulatory and litigation lawyers have moved to Bracewell in Dallas and Houston, citing insurmountable client conflicts at the combined firm.

The team includes health care practice group chairman Wilson Jones, who now chairs Bracewell's health care regulatory and litigation practice in Dallas, as well as partners Patrick Bredehoft and Andrew Cookingham, both of Dallas; counsel Susan Murphy of Houston and Kim McCrea of Dallas; and associates Brett Rector and Anna Wortham, both of Dallas.

They represent hospital systems, pharmaceutical and medical device companies and medical practices and practice management entities, and Jones said some of their clients are involved in litigation with health insurance companies that Holland & Knight represents. Their clients include HCA Healthcare, Community Health Systems, Tenet Healthcare Corp. and Apollo MedFlight, he said.