Movers and Shakers
November 2022
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CENTRAL
Jeffrey H. Frost, previously with Sutter Health, is now a partner in Jackson Walker in Austin.
Daniel Abrahamson is now a principal attorney with Munck Wilson Mandala in Austin.
Daphne Trombley is now U.S. Army Reserve special victims counsel central region manager of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Fort Hood.
Melanie Bell is now an attorney with Walters Gilbreath in Austin.
James Hatchitt and Cody Coll are now attorneys with Weisbart Springer Hayes in Austin.
GULF
Mary Beth Cameron, of Goodnight Law Firm in Katy, received a TOJI Torch of Justice award from the Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator for most pro bono hours of service for the sixth TOJI cohort.
David L. Mossman, Chandran D. Kumar, and Gene L. Tyler are now managers in Crowe & Dunlevy’s new office at 3663 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Ste. 628, Houston 77032.
Robert Root and Preston Meyers are now associates of Germer in Beaumont.
David Tallman is now a partner in McGlinchey Stafford in Houston.
Lisa A. Houssiere, previously with McKool Smith, is now a partner in BakerHostetler in Houston.
Alexander Uber, previously with Gray Reed & McGraw, is now a principal attorney with Munck Wilson Mandala in the firm’s Houston and Waco offices.
Eric Esteban Cardenas, previously with Matthews & Associates, is now chief operations officer for Attorney Tom & Associates in Bellaire.
Marianne G. Robak is now a partner in Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton in Houston.
Merritt D. Westcott is now a partner in McGuireWoods in Houston.
Michael E. Clark, previously with Baker Donelson, is now senior counsel to Womble Bond Dickinson in Houston.
Carl Shaw, of the Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct One, received the South Texas College of Law Public Service Award.
Ross A. Darville is now a senior attorney with, and Charles L. Sharman is now an associate of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Houston.
Joshua G. Latzman is now an associate of Lightfoot, Franklin & White in Houston.
Joseph Indelicato Jr. of Joseph Indelicato Jr., P.C., in Richmond, has been elected chair of the State Bar of Texas Family Law Section for the 2022-2023 bar year.
NORTH
Katherine L. Schneider is now an associate of Munck Wilson Mandala in Dallas.
Victoria McDowell, of Lovelace Law in Fort Worth, received a TOJI Torch of Justice award from the Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator for most pro bono hours of service for the sixth TOJI cohort.
Courtlyn Ward is now an associate of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Dallas.
Megan Dixon is now an attorney with Clouse Brown in Dallas.
Samantha Palma is now an attorney with and Dillon Minick is now an associate of Brackett & Ellis in Fort Worth.
Clayton Carter, Jonathan M. Jaskot, Rhian Jones, Aarika Johnson, and Elizabeth Reed are now attorneys with Hallett & Perrin in Dallas.
Tanner McClellan is now an associate of and Rick Steeno is now an attorney with Gray Reed & McGraw in Dallas.
Britta Stanton is now an attorney with Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann in Dallas.
Caylin Craig is now an attorney with Crowe & Dunlevy in Dallas.
Viking Tao is now a shareholder in Polsinelli in Dallas.
Bonnie Reinke, previously with Inform Diagnostics, is now senior corporate counsel to AMN Healthcare in Irving.
Mackenzie Luce is now an associate of Bourland, Wall and Wenzel in Fort Worth.
Kim Kerns is now of counsel to Spencer Fane in Plano.
Alan Loewinsohn is now of principal of McKool Smith in the firm’s Dallas office.
EAST
Kristi C. Skillern is now the city attorney for the city of Lufkin.
SOUTH
Aric J. Garza, founder of Aric J. Garza Law in San Antonio, has been named a co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution—Arbitration Committee.
Patrick Martin is now a shareholder in and Anuar Estefan and Luz Villegas-Bañuelos are now associates of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry in San Antonio.
Francisco “Frank” Morales is now a senior litigator for the Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi.
WEST
Alex Yarbrough, of Underwood Law Firm in Amarillo, has been appointed to the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo by Gov. Greg Abbott.
Melissa A. Baeza, of ScottHulse in El Paso, has been appointed to serve as the judge of El Paso County Court at Law #3.
OUT OF STATE
Kimberly Petrina, previously with AXIS Insurance Company, is now a member in Cozen O’Connor in Chicago.TBJ
