Movers and Shakers
May 2023
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CENTRAL
Anne G. Crisp is now an associate of Butler Snow in Austin.
Gerard Bifulco is now a partner in and Emi Lawson is now an associate of Cleveland Krist in West Lake Hills.
Tara A. Potts, Bart Cicuto, Allyn Hurley, Amanda Neinast, and Cade Satterfields are now partners in Jackson Walker in Austin.
Joshua Eames-Cepero is now an associate of Cain & Skarnulis in Austin.
John M. Clifton II is now a partner in Morris Bermudez & Clifton in New Braunfels.
Patrick Sipe and Vittorio Migliuolo are now associates of Thomas Law Firm in Austin.
GULF
Alexander Cochran is now an associate of McGlinchey Stafford in Houston.
Julie R. Offerman, Jack Najarian, Ryan Carlock, and Michael B. Overstreet are now shareholders in Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry in Houston.
Michelle Eber, previously with Baker Botts, is now director of patent investments at Validity Finance in Houston, and Sarah Williams, previously with Kirkland & Ellis, is now director of underwriting at the company’s Houston office.
Genevieve Graham, Jonny Heins, Veronica Polnick, Noah Speck, and Jackie Staple are now partners in Jackson Walker in Houston.
John M. Vereb is now a partner in Vereb Law Group in Rosenberg.
Eve L. Pferdehirt is now an associate of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Houston.
Alejandro Cestero is now general counsel to Virtuoso in Houston.
Jane Haas is now a partner in Hartline Barger in Houston.
NORTH
The Law Office of Robert E. York has relocated to 8350 N. Central Expy., Ste. 1900 (North Gold Tower), Dallas, 75206.
Todd Suddleson is now a partner in MG+M’S newly opened Dallas office, 1601 Elm St., Ste. 4245, 75201.
Jenny Givens is now a partner in BakerHostetler in Dallas.
Jason T. Barnes is now a director in Kane Russell Coleman Logan in Dallas.
Christopher Brown is now a partner in Fears Law in Dallas
Ashley Moore is now managing partner in Michelman & Robinson in the Dallas office.
Stephen Angelette, of Polsinelli in Dallas, was named chair-elect of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
Eric Policastro and Tara Bush are now associates of Rochelle McCollough in Dallas.
Minoo Blaesche, Sara Harris, and Brian Berkley are now partners in Jackson Walker in Dallas; Jarrod Cone, Brett Epstein, and Jeff Gilmore are now partners in the firm’s Fort Worth office.
Reid Hudgins, Colin Powell, and Drew Thomas are now partners in Hartline Barger in Dallas.
David Anderson is now a partner in FordHarrison in Dallas.
Dave Beran is now director of the in-house counsel recruiting group of Major, Lindsey & Africa in Dallas.
Christy Pennington is now senior counsel to Clark Hill in Frisco.
Heather Kay, of Scheef & Stone in Frisco, was elected a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
SOUTH
Leo Unzeitig is now a shareholder in Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry in San Antonio.
Fred R. Jones is now a shareholder in Langley & Banack in San Antonio.
OUT OF STATE
Lisa Dreishmire, previously with Seyfarth Shaw, is now counsel to Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Illinois. TBJ
