Brown Rudnick has opened an office in Houston, its first in Texas, and hired Houston trial lawyer Adam Schiffer as the state’s active market continues to lure in out-of-state firms.

Schiffer, a founder of Houston litigation boutique Schiffer Hicks Johnson, joined Boston-founded Brown Rudnick on Saturday as a partner in the litigation and arbitration practice group. Earlier in his career, he practiced at Vinson & Elkins and King & Spalding.