Movers and Shakers • July/August 2024

CENTRAL

MICHELLE MELLON-WERCH is now a partner in Nossaman in Austin.

FRAN BROCHSTEIN, of FamilyLaw4U in Marble Falls, was reelected president of the Texas Association of Mediators.

KARL BAYER is now a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS in Austin.

TREY H. NESLONEY is now a shareholder in Eichelbaum Wardell Hansen Powell & Muñoz in Austin.

GULF

JOHN CRAVEN is now counsel to Haynes and Boone in Houston.

KIMBERLEY M. SPURLOCK is now of counsel to Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner in Houston.

JACOB R. MALATEK is now an associate of Kean Miller in Houston.

AMANDA B. NATHAN is now of counsel to Reynolds Frizzell in Houston.

OSCAR F. BECERRA is now an associate of Steptoe & Johnson in The Woodlands.

TRENT O. BRIDGES is now a partner in Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Houston.

GREG DILLARD is now a partner in BakerHostetler in Houston.

AMAR RAVAL, previously with Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, founded Raval Trial Law, 1133 Merrill St., Houston 77009.

NORTH

CATHERINE COPE, CODY CRAVENS, MEI ZHANG, PHONG TRAN, AMANDA BRETT ETHRIDGE, DAVID L. STAAB, JAY YIN, and CARLA VERENA GREEN are now counsel to Haynes and Boone in Dallas.

THE WILLIS LAW GROUP, based in Garland, acquired Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will operate under the name MINTZER, SAROWITZ, ZERIS & WILLIS.

BRIAN R. CARTER is now vice president of and general counsel Americas to Tetra Pak in Denton.

DONALD TURNER is now a mediator with North Texas Litigation Solutions in McKinney.
JUSTIN GARCIA is now an associate of Spencer Fane in Dallas.

SOUTH

JUDGE FRED BIERY, of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, received the 2024 Samuel Pessarra Outstanding Jurist Award from the Texas Bar Foundation.

WEST

KENT HALE is now a non-equity partner in and LEENA AL-SOUKI and SCOUT BLOSSER are now associates of McCleskey Harriger Brazill & Graf in Lubbock.

OUT OF STATE

MITCH A. REID is now a partner in Fox Rothschild in Denver, Colorado.

GARRETT A. HECKMAN, of Heckman Law, has relocated to 45-025 Manitou Dr., Ste. 5, Indian Wells, California 92210.