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| | Address | | Trammell Crow Center, 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700 | | Dallas, Texas 75201-2975 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | | | |
| | | Vinson & Elkins LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Antitrust, Banking, Commodities, Corporation, International, Municipal, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Savings and Loan Securities, Taxation and Trust Law. | | Firm Size: 790 |
Other Office Locations of Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, Texas, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
Beijing, China
Hong Kong, China
Shanghai, China
London, England
Tokyo, Japan
Moscow, Russia
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| | RESIDENT PARTNERS | | Richard L. Adams (Partner) born Cape Girardeau, Missouri, February 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Missouri, Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1978, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Tenth Circuits; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Southeast Missouri State University (B.A., 1972); University of Missouri (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member, National Moot Court Team, 1974. Member, Missouri Law Review. Member: Dallas and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust and Public Utility; Communications and Transportation Law) Bar Associations; The Missouri Bar; The Florida Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law(60%); Antitrust(15%); Environmental Law(25%). Email: Richard L. Adams | | Alan J. Bogdanow (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, May 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1977, Texas. Education: Brown University (A.B., cum laude, 1968); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1971). Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1970-1971. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Offerings; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Control Contests; Corporate Law; Venture Capital; Finance. Email: Alan J. Bogdanow | | Michael R. Boulden (Partner) born Houston, Texas, March 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1973); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1977). Phi Delta Phi; Barristers. Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1976-1977. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Private Equity; Partnership Law; Mortgages; Finance. Email: Michael R. Boulden | | Scott W. Breedlove (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, January 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.S.E.E., with Honors, 1991; J.D., with High Honors, 1994). Chancellors, Order of the Coif. Book Review Editor, Texas Law Review. Law Clerk for the Hon. Robert E. Payne, U.S. District Judge, E.D. Virginia, 1994-1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Board Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); State Bar of Texas (Chair, Litigation Committee, Intellectual Property Section); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Voting Member, Patent Litigation Committee); Intellectual Property Owners Association (Member, Litigation Committee). Practice Areas: Litigation; Patents; Intellectual Property. Email: Scott W. Breedlove | | Ben A. Brooks, III (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, May 31, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1971); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1974). Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel. Member: National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Finance. Email: Ben A. Brooks, III | | Jeffrey A. Chapman (Member) born Des Moines, Iowa, March 14, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Iowa (B.B.A., with highest distinction, 1979); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Beta Gamma Sigma, Mortar Board, Phi Eta Sigma. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: Jeffrey A. Chapman | | Robert R. Collins, III (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, October 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Alpha Phi. Executive Editor, Baylor Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Finance. Email: Robert R. Collins, III | | Thomas Crichton, IV (Partner) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 2, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas and Louisiana; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: Vanderbilt University; Louisiana State University (B.S., 1969; J.D., 1972). Louisiana Law Review, 1970-1972 (Editor-in-Chief, 1971-1972). Order of the Coif; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Adjunct Professor, University of Houston College of Law, 1978-1986. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; International Taxation; Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation. Email: Thomas Crichton, IV | | David C. D'Alessandro (Partner) born Detroit, Michigan, March 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Boston College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of Michigan (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Executive Compensation(40%); Employee Benefits(30%); Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures(30%). Email: David C. D'Alessandro | | Josiah M. Daniel III (Partner) born Midland, Texas, April 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1973); University of Texas (J.D., 1978; M.A., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Texas Law Review, 1976-1978. Member: American Bar Association; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization(80%); Insolvency(20%). Email: Josiah M. Daniel III | | William B. Dawson (Partner) born Amarillo, Texas, August 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Texas. Education: Texas Tech University (B.B.A., 1972; J.D., with highest honors, 1975). Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Center for American and International Law; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation(25%); Intellectual Property(25%); Professional Liability(50%); Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: William B. Dawson | | Mark Early (Partner) born New Haven, Connecticut, November 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1977); Southern Methodist University (M.B.A., 1982; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Notes and Comments Editor. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Venture Capital. Email: Mark Early | | Vanessa M. Griffith (Member) born Long Beach, California, August 29, 1966; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1988); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, Honorable Judge David Hittner, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Labor; Occupational Safety and Health; Employee Benefits. Email: Vanessa M. Griffith | | Dean W. Harvey (Member) born Fort Hood, Texas, February 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.C.S., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1997). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006 in Cyber Law; Texas Rising Star, Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition, July 2004; Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2003-2004, Communications; Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers 2004-2005, Technology; Member: Licensing Executives Society; Advisory Board: The Healthcare Outsourcing Congress; Advisory Board: International Institute for Law and Technology. Member: Licensing Executives Society. (Co-Chair, Technology Practice Group). Practice Areas: Internet Law; Electronic Commerce; Privacy Law; Outsourcing; Government Contracts. Email: Dean W. Harvey | | Christine A. Hathaway (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, May 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989); Southern Methodist University (J.D., with honors, 1992). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law. Email: Christine A. Hathaway | | Paul E. Heath (Partner) born January 15, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1984; J.D., with honors, 1987). Member: Texas Association of Bank Counsel; Turnaround Management Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency. Email: Paul E. Heath | | P. Gregory Hidalgo (Member) born Opelousas, Louisiana, September 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S.B.A., 1987); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Associate Comments and Articles Editor, The International Lawyer. Listed: Texas Rising Star; Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars Edition, July 2004; The Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas, D Magazine, May 2002. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Contracts; Partnership Law. Email: P. Gregory Hidalgo | | Karen L. Hirschman (Partner) born York, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1952; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas. Education: University of Delaware (B.A., with high honors, 1973); University of Texas (M.A., 1980; J.D., with honors, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Chancellors. Note and Research Editor, Texas Law Review, 1982-1983. Law Clerk to the Hon. Barefoot Sanders, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1983-1984. Member: American Law Institute. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Securities. Email: Karen L. Hirschman | | Stuart Brooks Johnston, Jr. (Partner) born Houston, Texas, December 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Civil Rights; Employment Litigation. Email: Stuart Brooks Johnston, Jr. | | Randy R. Jurgensmeyer (Partner) born Bloomfield, Iowa, January 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Texas. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Rho Sigma; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1983-1985 and Leading Articles Editor, 1984-1985, Southern Methodist University Law Review. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Limited Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Limited Liability Company Law. Email: Randy R. Jurgensmeyer | | Robert L. Kimball (Partner) born Salt Lake City, Utah, November 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas. Education: Brigham Young University (B.A., magna cum laude, University Honors Program, 1983); University of Chicago (J.D., 1986). Phi Kappa Phi. Spencer W. Kimball Scholar. University of Chicago Law Review, 1984-1986 (Comment Editor, 1985-1986). Law Clerk to the Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Securities; International Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Law; Finance. Email: Robert L. Kimball | | Ronald Kirk (Partner) born Austin, Texas, June 27, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: Austin College (B.A., with honors, 1976); University of Texas (J.D., 1979). Mayor of Dallas, 1995-2001. Texas Secretary of State, 1994. Gardere Wynne Sewell, 1994-2004. Johnson & Gibbs, P.C., 1990-1994. Dallas Assistant City Attorney for Intergovernmental Relations, 1983-1989. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, 1981-1983. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Public Law. Email: Ronald Kirk | | George M. Kryder (Partner) born September 16, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio (inactive); 1978, Georgia and District of Columbia; 1980, Texas. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1974); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Patrick Wilson Scholar, 1974-1977. Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1976-1977. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, in Business Litigation and Legal Malpractice Litigation, 2001-2005.Member, Executive Committee, Institute of Law and Technology, Center for American and International Law. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation); American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Technology and Science; Internet Law; Intellectual Property; Securities; Complex Litigation. Email: George M. Kryder | | Thomas S. Leatherbury (Member) born Fort Worth, Texas, December 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1983, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorable Robert M. Hill, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1979-1980. Listed since 1991 in The Best Lawyers in America, in First Amendment Law. Media Law Resource Center Defense Counsel Section. Member: Dallas and American Bar Association (Member: Forum Committee on Communications Law; Litigation Section; Torts Section; Insurance Practice Section); American Law Institute. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Dallas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Media Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Appellate Practice; Entertainment and the Arts. Email: Thomas S. Leatherbury | | James J. Lee (Partner) born Newport News, Virginia, August 29, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: Tulane University of Louisiana (B.A., 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency. Email: James J. Lee | | Veronica Smith Lewis (Member) born Dallas, Texas, October 31, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1994, New Jersey; 1997, Texas. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1983); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1986). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Intellectual Property; Commercial Litigation. Email: Veronica Smith Lewis | | Robert B. Little (Partner) born Arlington, Texas, October 9, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Baylor University (B.A., 1995); University of Texas (J.D., 1998). Beta Gamma Sigma; Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review, 1996-1998. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Finance; International Law. Email: Robert B. Little | | James A. Markus (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio; 1986, Texas; 1991, District of Columbia and Maryland. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Cornell University (J.D., 1977). Practice Areas: Finance; Banks and Banking; Commercial Law; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Debtor and Creditor. Email: James A. Markus | | Paul A. Martin (Partner) born Waxahachie, Texas, October 17, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1988); University of Texas (J.D., 1991). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banks and Banking; Commercial Law; Finance. Email: Paul A. Martin | | James S. Meyer (Partner) born Springfield, Missouri, March 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1980-1982 (Casenote and Comment Editor, 1981-1982). Order of the Coif; Beta Gamma Sigma. Practice Areas: Taxation; Litigation. Email: James S. Meyer | | John E. Mitchell (Partner) born San Mateo, California, October 12, 1966; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., 1988); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1996). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Aggie Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. [Lieutenant, United States Army, 1988-1992]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency; Debtor and Creditor. Email: John E. Mitchell | | Rodney L. Moore (Member) born Dallas, Texas, April 28, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Texas. Education: Austin College (B.A., Econ., 1984); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Editor and Contributor, Washington & Lee Law Review. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Law, 2005-2006. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law; Business Law. Email: Rodney L. Moore | | Matthew W. Moran (Partner) born September 29, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1994); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Libel, Slander and Defamation Litigation; Fraud and Deceit; Bankruptcy Litigation; Complex Litigation. Email: Matthew W. Moran | | A. Winston Oxley (Partner) born Ardmore, Oklahoma, July 4, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Southeastern Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1977); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1980). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Finance. Email: A. Winston Oxley | | Carol Collins Payne (Partner) born Willingboro, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1993, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.S., 1986; B.B.A., 1987); Baylor University (J.D., 1993). Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Email: Carol Collins Payne | | David S. Peck (Partner) born Phoenix, Arizona, September 9, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of Texas Graduate School of Business (M.P.A., with honors, 1995); University of Texas, Austin (B.B.A., 1995; J.D., with highest honors, 1998). Phi Alpha Delta; Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Treasurer, Student Bar Association, 1997-1998. Member: Dallas (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations; Dallas Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Federal Taxation; International Taxation; Real Estate Investment Trusts. Email: David S. Peck | | Michael L. Raiff (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, May 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Chancellors; Order of the Coif. Member, 1989-1992 and Associate Editor, 1992, Texas Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas M. Reavley, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Litigation; Constitutional Law; Media Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation Litigation. Email: Michael L. Raiff | | Brian E. Robison (Partner) born Aurora, Colorado, March 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., with highest distinction, 1991); University of Texas (J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, 1993-1995 and Notes Editor, 1994-1995, Texas Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorable John Cornyn, U.S. Supreme Court of Texas, 1995-1996. Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Antitrust and Trade Regulation. Email: Brian E. Robison | | George G. Rodriguez (Member) born Gowanda, New York, May 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: University of Southwestern Louisiana (B.S., 1985); University of Texas (J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Corporate Law; Municipal Law. Email: George G. Rodriguez | | Joel L. Ross (Partner) born Wellington, Texas, February 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas. Education: University of Texas of the Permian Basin (B.S., 1976); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Texas Tech Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate. Email: Joel L. Ross | | Christopher R. Rowley (Partner) born Houston, Texas, September 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1992); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Order of the Coif. Member, Order of the Barristers. Articles Editor, Southern Methodist University Law Review Association. Member: State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities. Email: Christopher R. Rowley | | William D. Sims, Jr. (Member) born Kosciusko, Mississippi, November 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1969); Harvard University (J.D., 1972). Omicrom Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma. Member: International Academy of Trial Lawyers. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: William D. Sims, Jr. | | Matthew R. Stammel (Partner) born Kansas City, Missouri, April 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Colorado; 1999, Texas. Education: Drake University (B.A., 1994); University of Texas, Austin (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Law; Civil Practice; Business Law; Contracts. Email: Matthew R. Stammel | | Daniel C. Stewart (Partner) born Morristown, New Jersey, September 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Texas. Education: Brown University (B.A., 1969); Duke University (J.D., 1972). Editor, Legal Research Board, 1971-1972. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency; Debtor and Creditor; Commercial Law. Email: Daniel C. Stewart | | Shane Michael Tucker (Partner) born Lincoln, Nebraska, September 14, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas. Education: University of Nebraska, Lincoln (B.S., 1995); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA; Taxation. Email: Shane Michael Tucker | | William L. Wallander (Partner) born January 12, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.A., magna cum laude, 1981); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Teaching Quizmaster. Member: American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Insolvency; Commercial Law; Banks and Banking; Finance. Email: William L. Wallander | | John C. Wander (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1989); University of Texas (J.D., 1994). Order of the Coif; Alpha Lambda Delta. Practice Areas: Litigation; Professional Liability; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Class Actions; Insurance Defense. Email: John C. Wander | | Valinda B. Wolfert (Partner) born Griffin, Georgia, December 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia and Texas; 2004, New York. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1981); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Loan Syndications and Trading Association; The Women's Finance Exchange, Inc. (Board Member, 1999-2002; President, 2001); Texas Association of Bank Counsel; International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation; Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors; Dallas Women's Foundation (Fall 2000 and Spring 2005 Grants Committee); United Way of Metropolitan Dallas (Spring 2006 and 2007 Grants Committee); Turnaround Management Association. Member: Dallas, New York State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Loan Restructuring; Loan Syndication. Email: Valinda B. Wolfert | | Michael D. Wortley (Partner) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., with highest honors, 1970; J.D., with honors, 1978); University of North Carolina (M.R.P., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of Barristers. Survey Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1977-1978. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities; Corporate Law; Contracts; Partnership Law. Email: Michael D. Wortley | | Russell Yager (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, March 29, 1958; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of California, Berkeley (A.B., 1985); Yale University (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to the Hon. Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1988-1989. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Law. Email: Russell Yager | | William D. Young (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, August 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Texas. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1983-1984. (Also at Tokyo, Japan Office). Practice Areas: Financial Law. Email: William D. Young | | RESIDENT COUNSEL | | E. Ray Hutchison (Of Counsel) born Rockwall, Texas, September 16, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., with high honors, 1957; J.D., cum laude, 1959). Delta Theta Phi. Associate Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1958-1959. Member, Texas House of Representatives, 1972-1977. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance; Public Finance; Tax Exempt Finance; Municipal Law. Email: E. Ray Hutchison | | Allison A. Jacobsen (Counsel) born Denver, Colorado, June 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., with high honors, 1989; J.D., with honors, 1992). "Texas' Best Lawyers and Rising Stars," Texas Lawyer, 2000; Outstanding Chairperson Award, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, 1997. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Allison A. Jacobsen | | Ellis Glenn Koury (Counsel) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, February 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi and Texas. Education: Northeast Louisiana State College and Mississippi State University (B.S., 1969); University of Mississippi (J.D., with honors, 1973). Special Projects and Index and Review Editor, 1972 and Comment Editor, 1972-1973, Mississippi Law Journal. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: Ellis Glenn Koury | | Lila Clark Marsh (Counsel) born Kansas City, Missouri, November 14, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Texas. Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1987); University of Texas (J.D., 1990). Order of the Coif. Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Municipal Finance; Government Law; Municipal Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organization. Email: Lila Clark Marsh | | Jennifer L. Taffe (Counsel) born San Diego, California, February 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas. Education: University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992); University of Texas (J.D., 1998; M.P.Aff., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Texas Law Review. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Jennifer L. Taffe | | David W. Tomek (Counsel) born Houston, Texas, January 17, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.B.A., with high honors, 1981); Texas Tech University (J.D., with honors, 1984). Member: State Bar of Texas (Chair-Elect/Secretary of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member, Real Estate Forms Committee). (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: David W. Tomek | | J. Stuart Tonkinson (Counsel) born Carbondale, Illinois, January 6, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1986); Emory University (J.D., with distinction, 1989). Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Morehead Scholar, University of North Carolina. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Practice; Professional Liability; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Email: J. Stuart Tonkinson | | RESIDENT ASSOCIATES | | Todd G. Ammermann (Associate) | | David L. Babin, Jr. (Associate) | | Margaret T. Boren (Associate) | | Tricia Steele Boutros (Associate) | | Catherine A. Callahan (Associate) (Admitted in Massachusetts; Not admitted in Texas) | | Monica Larkins Coffey (Associate) | | Jennifer R. Cooley (Associate) | | Michaela C. Crocker (Associate) | | Todd C. Crosby (Associate) | | Christopher J. Dewar (Associate) | | Casey C. Fisk (Associate) | | Matthew D.A. Foster (Associate) (Admitted in California; Not admitted in Texas) | | Michael A. Freeman (Associate) | | Marc Aaron Fuller (Associate) | | Gabriela A. Gallegos (Associate) | | Douglas Getten (Associate) | | John Grand (Associate) | | Elizabeth C. Green (Associate) | | Michelle O. Gross (Associate) | | Megan Horn (Associate) | | Patrick A. Hurt (Associate) | | Lanchi Huynh (Associate) | | Andy Jackson (Associate) | | Timothy M. Johnston (Associate) | | Daniel J. Kelly (Associate) | | Courtney S. Lauer (Associate) | | Jonathan C. Leatherberry (Associate) | | Richard H. London (Associate) | | Julie Katherine Melton (Associate) | | Bruce E. Miller (Associate) | | Victoria C. Mitchell (Associate) | | Jason B. Myers (Associate) | | Jane Ann Neiswender (Associate) | | Tonya Moffat Ramsey (Associate) | | Jason C. Ray (Associate) | | Shaun A. Rogers (Associate) | | Marcus P. Rose (Associate) | | Will Russ (Associate) | | Israel R. Silvas (Associate) | | Christina L. Stanland (Associate) | | Summer H. Trejo (Associate) | | Holly J. Warrington (Associate) | | Todd J. Wimberley (Associate) | | Erec R. Winandy (Associate) | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Office: Al Bateen Building C-2, Suite 202, Al Bateen Area, P.O. Box 60935. Telephone: +971-2-412-0700. Fax: +971-2-635-4790.
Austin, Texas Office: 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100, Austin, Texas, 78746-7568. Telephone: 512-542-8400. Fax: 512-542-8612.
Beijing, China Office: 20/F, Beijing Silver Tower, No. 2, Dong San Huan Bei Lu, Chaoyang District, 100027. Telephone: +86-10-6410-6300. Fax: +86-10-6410-6360.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Office: Emirates Towers Offices, Sheikh Zayed Road, P.O. Box 504945. Telephone: +971-4330-1800. Fax: +971-4330-1300.
Hong Kong, China Office: 11th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road. Telephone: +85-2-3658-6400. Fax: +85-3-3658-6401.
Houston, Texas Office: First City Tower, 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300, Houston, Texas, 77002-6760. Telephone: 713-758-2222. Fax: 713-758-2346.
London, England Office: CityPoint, 33rd Floor, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9UE, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44-20-7065-6000. Fax: +44-20-7065-6001.
Moscow, Russia Office: 31 Novinsky Boulevard, Sixth Floor, 123242 Moscow, Russia. Telephone: +7-495-544-5800. Local Fax: +7-495-544-5801.
New York, NY Office: 666 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor, New York, New York, 10103-0040. Telephone: 212-237-0000. Fax: 212-237-0100.
Tokyo, Japan Office: Atago Green Hills MORI Tower, 41st Floor, 2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku, 105-6241. Telephone: +81-3-6402-6250. Fax: +81-3-6402-6251.
Shanghai, China Office: No. 149 Yan Qing Road, Shanghai, 200031. Telephone: +86.21.6474-8088. Fax: +86.21.6474.8099.
Washington, DC Office: The Willard Office Building, 1455 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, 20004-1008. Telephone: 202-639-6500. Fax: 202-639-6604.
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