Movers and Shakers
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CENTRAL
Andrea Roberts, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in Austin, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Central Texas region. Clayton Richter, also with the division in Austin, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the division’s main office.
Casey Johnson Burack, previously with Nossaman, is now an associate of Winstead, 401 Congress Ave., Ste. 2100, Austin 78701.
J.R. Skrabanek, previously with Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, is now senior counsel to the Snell Law Firm, 221 W. Sixth St., Ste. 900, Austin 78701.
Amy Lee Dashiell, of Scott Douglass & McConnico in Austin, is now a member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. J. David Dickson, of Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick & Dickson in Waco and general counsel for the Waco Association of Realtors and the Heart of Texas Apartment Association, is now chair of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Becca Menduni Kennedy has been named a partner in McCullar Gilbreath, 3200 Steck Ave., Ste. 300, Austin 78757.
Christie Williams, of Mills & Williams in Austin and Georgetown, was appointed parliamentarian of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
C. Andrew Weber, of Kelly Hart & Hallman in Austin, is now a member of the Long Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees.
Gregory Miller, previously with the city of Austin, is now an attorney with Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta, 3711 S. MoPac Expy., Bldg. 1, Ste. 300, Austin 78746.
EAST
Tara Cannon, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in Longview, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Tyler region.
J. Brett Harrison, of Bain, Files, Jarrett, Bain & Harrison in Tyler, is now a member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
GULF
Matthew B. Seeley, previously with Thorpe North & Western, and Ross Apffel, previously with Cokinos, Bosien & Young, are now associates of Patterson & Sheridan, 24 Greenway Plz., Ste. 1600, Houston 77046.
Timothy J. Redding, previously with First National Title Insurance Co. in Brookshire, was named an honorary member for sustained meritorious service by the Texas Land Title Association.
Blake E. Sachs, previously with Locke Lord, is now an associate of Blank Rome, 717 Texas Ave., Ste. 1400, Houston 77002.
Christopher L. Nichols, previously with the Randle Law Office, has founded the Nichols Firm, Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana St., Ste. 4800, Houston 77002.
Ryan M. Cantu, previously with Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, is now an associate of Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, 5051 Westheimer Rd., 10th Fl., Houston 77056.
Georgia Akers, previously associate judge of Harris County Probate Court No. 3, has joined the firm of Harold “Hap” May, 2 Riverway, 15th Fl., Houston 77056.
Denmon Sigler, previously with Winston & Strawn,
is now a partner in Baker & McKenzie, 700 Louisiana St., Ste. 3000,
Houston 77002. Rocio Guadalupe Mendoza, also previously
with Winston & Strawn, is now an associate of the firm.
Florence de Préville is now senior counsel to
McCullough Sudan, 1001 McKinney St., Ste. 1400, Houston 77002.
Tiffany Quindt, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in Conroe, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Houston region.
Rusty Sewell, previously with Kane Russell Coleman & Logan, is now an associate of Winstead, 24 Waterway Ave., Ste. 500, The Woodlands 77380.
Warren Cole, of the Law Office of Warren Cole in Houston, received the Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in CLE from the State Bar of Texas.
Daniel Nossa, previously with Jackson Walker, is now a member in Steptoe & Johnson, 10001 Woodloch Forest Dr., Ste. 300, The Woodlands 77380.
Julia M. Palmer, previously with Gray Reed & McGraw, is now a partner in Holland & Knight, 1100 Louisiana St., Ste. 4300, Houston 77002.
Alex Bunin, chief public defender for Harris County, received the Champion of Public Defense Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brian C. Wilson, previously with Jones Day, and Frederick Seth Feldman, previously with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, are now associates of Andrews Kurth, 600 Travis St., Ste. 4200, Houston 77002. Jessica Knapp, previously with Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, is now an attorney with the firm.
Grant Scheiner, of the Scheiner Law Group in Houston, is now a member of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
William H. Caudill, of Norton Rose Fulbright in
Houston, is now the chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of
Taxation.
Joseph R. Alexander Jr., of Mithoff Law, has founded
the Alexander Firm, 2 Greenway Plz., Ste. 600, Houston 77046. E.
Troy Blakeney Jr. is now of counsel to the firm.
Martin Euson, previously with Ernst & Young, is now a tax director for Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, 5847 San Felipe St., Ste. 2600, Houston 77057.
Elisa Castrolugo, previously a federal prosecutor in Miami, Florida, has been appointed a U.S. immigration judge of the Houston Immigration Court.
NORTH
Corey Admire is now a partner in Shupe Ventura Lindelow & Olson, 9406 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas 75218.
Jason P. Steed, of Bell Nunnally & Martin in Dallas, was selected for the annual Fastcase 50 list of top innovators.
Stephen Blackburn, previously with Baron & Budd, is now a partner in Standly Hamilton, 325 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 3300, Dallas 75201.
Aaron Moses, previously with Burnett & Thomason, is now of counsel to Moses, Palmer & Howell, 309 W. Seventh St., Ste. 815, Fort Worth 76109.
Mark L. Hill, of Scheef & Stone in Frisco, has been elected president of the Collin County Bar Association.
Jaspal S. Hare and Jacob Sparks, both previously with Scheef & Stone, and Charissa Sloan Dvorak, previously with GRACE, are now of counsel to Spencer Fane in the firm’s new Dallas office, 10100 N. Central Expy., Ste. 225, 75231.
S. Benton Cantey V, of Kelly Hart & Hallman in Fort Worth, was appointed to the Bullock Texas State History Museum Board of Trustees.
Megan Myers-Bell, of Whitten, Hacker, Hagin,
Anderson, Allen & Self in Abilene, received the Outstanding Young
Lawyer Award from the Abilene Young Lawyers Association.
Neil Goro is now senior counsel to and director of
business development and corporate growth for McCullough Sudan, 1717
Main St., Ste. 4750, Dallas 75201. Danielle Huddleston
is now counsel to the firm.
Andrew Betaque, previously with Ernst & Young, is now a partner in Locke Lord, 2200 Ross Ave., Ste. 2800, Dallas 75201.
John Beauduy, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in Dallas, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Dallas region. Jonathan Fox, with the division in Arlington, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Fort Worth region.
Hal R. Ray Jr., previously with Pope, Hardwicke, Christie, Schell, Kelly & Ray, has been appointed U.S. magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division.
Sean McKenna, previously with Haynes and Boone, is now a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, 2200 Ross Ave., Ste. 5200, Dallas 75201. Josh Prywes is now an associate of the firm.
Ellen L. Perlioni, previously with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, is now of counsel to Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, 8117 Preston Rd., Ste. 500, Dallas 75225.
John Vernon, previously with the Vernon Law Group, is now a partner in and chair of the international trade and customs practice at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, 2100 Ross Ave., Ste. 2000, Dallas 75201.
Brian L. Webb, of the Webb Family Law Firm in Dallas, and William Frank Carroll, of Dykema Cox Smith in Dallas, are now members of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Wade A. Glover, previously with Jones Day, is now an
associate of Andrews Kurth, 1717 Main St., Ste. 3700, Dallas 75201.
John Austin Curry, of Caldwell, Cassady & Curry
in Dallas, is now an associate fellow of the Litigation Counsel of
America.
PANHANDLE
Kelley Tesch, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in Lubbock, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the Lubbock region.
SOUTH
Robert Seiler is now an associate of Barton, East & Caldwell, 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1825, San Antonio 78205.
Kellie Starr Price, previously with the El Paso County Attorney’s Office, is now a regional attorney with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, 3635 SE Military Dr., San Antonio 78223.
Shiniqué D. Williams is now an associate of LM Tatum, 111 Soledad St., Ste. 902, San Antonio 78205.
Carl Ritter, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in San Antonio, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the San Antonio region. Melanie Moore, with the division in Brownsville, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the South Texas region.
WEST
Abbie Ovbieko, of the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Support Division in El Paso, was named Assistant Attorney General of the Year for the El Paso region.
OUT OF STATE
Andrew Taktajian, previously with American International Group, is now vice president of and corporate counsel for Prudential Financial, 751 Broad St., Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Eric J. Werner, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, is now a staff judge advocate and general counsel for U.S. Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.TBJ
