Attorneys David Roth, Andrew Bell and Philip Morgan Join Bradley’s Houston Office
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced that David R. Roth has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner, and Andrew W. Bell and Philip J. Morgan are new associates in the office.
Roth is a member of Bradley’s Corporate and Securities and Energy practice groups, and Bell and Morgan have joined the firm’s Construction Practice Group.
The firm said Roth counsels energy and corporate clients on a full range of transactional and financing matters. He has represented Fortune 100 and other clients in the development, leasing, construction and management of energy-related projects, M&A, dispositions, structured financings, private placement of debt and equity, initial public offerings, mezzanine loans, and other hybrid debt-equity transactions. He advises on distressed projects and debt workouts, as well as regulatory issues, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, North American Electric Reliability Corporation and Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust compliance. Roth also counsels clients on data security and privacy issues from the perspective of corporate management and transactional planning.
Before joining Bradley, Roth was a partner at Jones Walker LLP. Prior to that, he served for more than a decade as general counsel of Northern Star Generation LLC, a private equity-owned power generation company with operations across the United States. He also formerly served as vice president and assistant general counsel at Dynegy, an international, publicly owned provider of power, capacity and ancillary services, where he was head of the Finance and Corporate Transactions legal group.
Roth received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
Bell focuses his practice primarily on oil and gas, construction, business, real estate and securities litigation. He has experience in complex multidistrict oil and gas litigation.
Prior to joining Bradley, Bell was an attorney at Christian Smith & Jewell, LLP.
Bell received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Texas A&M University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Schreiner University.
Morgan handles complex civil litigation matters, including motion practice, written discovery, depositions, hearings, settlement negotiations, trials, and client management. He also frequently counsels clients on general business matters, and has experience with issues involving condemnation and government-related litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Morgan was a senior litigation and public law associate at Husch Blackwell.
Morgan earned his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Houston Law Center and his Bachelor of Music in music education (summa cum laude) from Wayne State University.
