HOUSTON, TX — Kim Law Firm founder John H. Kim is being recognized as a 2021 Litigation Star by the publishers of Benchmark Litigation for his work in commercial litigation and product liability and recall. This is his fifth time to be named to the highly selective list.

Based in Houston, Kim is a seasoned and respected civil trial lawyer who handles high-stakes litigation for international corporations and individual clients. Earlier this year, Kim was hired on the eve of trial and obtained a take-nothing verdict in bet-the-company litigation that had sought over $17 million in damages plus punitive damages.

Kim has been a member of the Planning Committee of the Center for Legal Responsibility, Texas Bar Foundation – Life Fellow, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Board of Directors, Houston Trial Lawyers – Board of Directors, Asian-American Bar Association – Board of Directors, and State Bar Grievance Committee. He has been part of the faculty for the ABOTA National Trial College at Harvard and Yale.

Four Rusty Hardin & Associates Attorneys Selected to
2020 List of Texas Super Lawyers

Firm founder Rusty Hardin earns repeat recognition as a Top 100 Lawyer

HOUSTON – Four Houston trial lawyers from Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP have been selected by the publishers of Thomson Reuters for inclusion in the 2020 list of Texas Super Lawyers. This year, honoree and firm founder Rusty Hardin received repeat recognition for his work in business litigation and was named a Top 100 Lawyer in both Texas and Houston.

Hardin has been on the annual list of Texas Super Lawyers since 2003. With more than 45 years of experience in both civil and criminal matters, his exceptional trial skills have led to numerous honors throughout his career. In June of this year, the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas inducted Mr. Hardin as its newest Texas Legal Legend – a prestigious award reserved for attorneys who have shown a commitment not only for their profession, but also for giving back to their local communities.

Joining Hardin on the 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list are firm partners Lara Hollingsworth, Terry D. Kernell and Joe Roden. Recognized for appellate law, this is Roden’s 11th consecutive year to be selected and Ms. Hollingsworth’s first. Their colleague Kernell also earned consecutive selection for his work in business litigation and has been named a Texas Super Lawyer since 2008.

Super Lawyers is a rating service for outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent research and evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area.

The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country. Super Lawyers magazines also feature editorial profiles of attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law. For more information about Super Lawyers, visit SuperLawyers.com.

Houston trial attorneys David Bissinger, Jason Williams named among top business litigators in state 

HOUSTON – Trial lawyers David Bissinger and Jason Williams, co-founders of Houston-based Bissinger, Oshman & Williams LLP, have been selected to the 2020 Texas Super Lawyers’ listing of the state’s top business litigators.

The Texas Super Lawyers legal guide is published annually by Thomson Reuters in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers magazines. Selection is limited to no more than 5 percent of Texas attorneys and is based on a statewide survey of lawyers and extensive editorial review.

Bissinger’s practice focuses on energy and technology, trade secrets and noncompete disputes, corporate fiduciary, executive compensation, banking, real estate litigation, and securities. His practice also includes work as an arbitrator in commercial disputes. This is his 12th Super Lawyers selection. In addition, his work has earned Best Lawyers in America recognition, and he was selected to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators in 2019 and 2020.

Williams is a mechanical engineer whose trial practice focuses on technology, energy trading and marketing, trade secrets and noncompete disputes, corporate fiduciary, securities, and construction litigation. In addition to Super Lawyers, he has previously earned Best Lawyers in America recognition.

Bissinger and Williams have each served as chairman of the Houston Bar Association’s Securities Litigation and Arbitration Section. Williams is a former co-chair of the Houston Bar Association’s LegalLine Committee and currently serves on the board of Houston Achievement Place. 

 Lyons & Simmons founding partner earns Texas Super Lawyers accolades

DALLAS – Michael Lyons, co-founder of the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP, has earned recognition among the Top 100 attorneys in Dallas-Fort Worth in the 2020 edition of Texas Super Lawyers.

Lyons earned additional recognition among the state’s leading plaintiffs lawyers for general personal injury litigation. Selection is based on a statewide survey of lawyers and extensive review by the editorial staff of Super Lawyers. The honor comes on the heels of Lyons & Simmons’ recognition as the top personal injury law firm in Dallas by the readers of Texas Lawyer magazine.

With that reputation for achieving remarkable results, clients nationwide rely on Lyons’ aggressive representation in cases involving life-altering personal injury or wrongful death. He also has a proven record of outstanding results in significant, high-exposure business litigation.

In addition to Super Lawyers, Lyons’ work has earned accolades from The Best Lawyers in America, Lawdragon 500, the National Law Journal, and D Magazine. A member of both the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, Lyons is also a Lifetime Achievement member of America’s Top 100 Attorneys for Texas.

Earlier this year, Simmons was selected for a fourth consecutive year among the top 100 attorneys in the state by Texas Rising Stars. A companion to Super Lawyers, the Rising Stars guide recognizes the state’s most accomplished attorneys age 40 or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less. Both Simmons and firm associate Stephen Higdon also were recognized among the top young personal injury attorneys in the state.

Published annually by Thomson Reuters, the full 2020 Texas Super Lawyers listing will appear in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers magazines and can be found online at http://www.superlawyers.com.

Pair honored by Texas Super Lawyers for business litigation work

DALLAS – Clayton Bailey and Alex Brauer, founding partners of the Dallas-based trial and appellate firm Bailey Brauer PLLC, have been recognized in the 2020 edition of the Texas Super Lawyers legal guide to the state’s top business litigation attorneys.

Bailey’s nationwide complex tort and commercial litigation practice focuses on contract disputes, business torts, RICO, employment law, trade secrets, deceptive trade practices, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, antitrust, unfair business practices, Packers and Stockyards Act, and wrongful death. His work has successfully saved his trial and appellate clients more than $750 million in potential exposure since 2013.

Clients nationwide rely on Brauer when facing high-stakes business disputes ranging from breaches of noncompete agreements to allegations of transaction fraud and deceptive trade practices. He has successfully defended clients facing class and collective actions and represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex tort and negligence cases.

Texas Super Lawyers selection is based on a statewide survey of lawyers and extensive editorial review. Published annually by Thomson Reuters, the full listing appears in Texas Monthly and Super Lawyers magazines, and can be found online at superlawyers.com.

Earlier this year, firm attorney Ben Stewart was named among the state’s top business litigation attorneys by Texas Rising Stars. A companion guide to Super Lawyers, it recognizes attorneys who are 40 or younger or who have been in practice for 10 years or less.

Super Lawyers is just the latest honor for Bailey and Brauer, who were recognized as “agents of change” in 2019 as Texas Legal Trailblazers by Texas Lawyer magazine. Their work has also earned individual and firm recognition from Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, D Magazine, the National Law Journal, Benchmark Litigation, and BTI Consulting Group.

On January 1, 2021 the United Kingdom (UK) will officially leave the European Union (EU). As a result, current owners of European IP rights, in particular trademark and design rights, and those considering such rights, need to be aware of procedures that have been established for maintaining registrations and filing applications going forward. These new mechanisms for maintaining and obtaining registered trademarks and designs in the UK and the EU will impact owners, licensors and licensees. Importantly, in contrast with the impact of Brexit on trademarks and designs, Brexit will have no impact on the maintenance or filing of utility patents in Europe because, despite Brexit, the UK will remain one of the 38 member states of the European Patent Convention of 1977.

Through the end of 2020, Community Trademarks (CTMs) and Registered Community Designs (RCDs) are effective in the UK. Beginning on January 1, 2021, however, CTMs and RCDs, as well as international design applications designating the EU, and international trademark applications designating the EU, will only be enforceable in the remaining 27 EU member states.

Registered Community Trademarks and Designs
On January 1, 2021, CTMs and RCDs, including designations for trademark applications under the Madrid Protocol and design applications under the Hague Agreement, that are registered by December 31, 2020 will automatically be protected as a corresponding UK trademark registration or a UK registered design. The UK re-registrations will retain the filing date, priority date, and renewal date of the corresponding CTM and RCD. Owners of such EU registrations do not need to take action to obtain the UK re-registrations.

Renewals of CTMs and RCDs
Renewals of CTMs and RCDs, due on or after January 1, 2021 will require separate concurrent payments in the EU and the UK. Early payments or renewal fees in the EU will not be applied towards the UK renewal fees.
Pending Trademark and Design Applications
Unlike the automatic re-registration of CTMs and RCDs, applications for CTMs and RCDs that are pending at the end of 2020 will not be automatically reproduced as UK applications. Instead, applicants with pending applications for CTMs and RCDs must file parallel UK trademark applications or design applications by September 30, 2021 in order to retain the filing date and priority date of the corresponding EU applications. The applicant must pay the UK filing fees, and the application will be examined according to UK law.

New applications filed on or after January 1, 2021
Beginning on January 1, 2021, applicants seeking design or trademark protection in both the EU and the UK must file separate applications in both jurisdictions, or file an international application separately designating the EU and the UK.

In addition to understanding the procedures that have been established for maintaining and filing trademarks and designs, Brexit presents owners, licensors and licensees of IP rights in Europe with an opportunity to review their portfolios and determine the relevance of each registered and pending trademark and design. The potential additional expenses for parallel filings and maintenance of registrations, and the actual location of users and markets may become even more significant considerations in filings and maintenance of trademarks and designs in Europe.

Peter Lando is a partner at Boston intellectual property law firm, Lando & Anastasi, LLP. He can be reached at PLando@LALaw.com or 617-395-7002.
Robert Lichter is an associate at Lando & Anastasi, LLP. He can be reached at RLichter@LALaw.com or 617-395-7088.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that nine attorneys in the firm’s Dallas and Houston offices have been named 2020 Texas Super Lawyers, who are recognized as among the leading lawyers in the state. In addition, Bradley Dallas Office Managing Partner Richard A. Sayles was named to the lists of Top 100 in Texas and the Top 100 in Dallas/Fort Worth, and Bradley Houston Office Managing Partner Ian P. Faria was named to the list of Top 100 in Houston.

Richard Sayles

Ian Faria

Following are the attorneys in the firm’s Dallas office who have been named Texas Super Lawyers for 2020:

• Richard A. Sayles, partner (Business Litigation)
• William S. Snyder, partner (Business Litigation)
• Mark D. Strachan, counsel (Intellectual Property Litigation)

Following are the attorneys in the firm’s Houston office who have been named Texas Super Lawyers for 2020:

• James A. Collura Jr., partner (Business Litigation)
• Jeffrey Davis, partner (Civil Litigation: Defense)
• Ian P. Faria, partner (Construction Litigation)
• Jon Paul Hoelscher, partner (Construction Litigation)
• Peter Scaff, partner (Energy & Natural Resources)
• David Smith, partner (Consumer Law)

Only the top 5 percent of lawyers in Texas are named Super Lawyers. Published by Thomson Reuters, Super Lawyers uses independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to determine the honorees. The Super Lawyers list is published in Texas Super Lawyers Magazine and in various regional magazines and newspaper supplements in the state, as well as distributed to attorneys and ABA-accredited law school libraries.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s nearly 550 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.

Duane Morris LLP has appointed Bert Greene managing partner of its Austin office. Since its opening in 2017, the Austin office has been run by Houston office managing partner Thomas W. Sankey.

Greene’s practice is focused on the enforcement and procurement of intellectual property rights, with a primary emphasis on patent litigation and trade secret litigation. His litigation clients have included large and small technology companies, energy and chemical companies, and retailers in cases involving a diverse array of technologies. Greene has represented both patent holders and accused infringers in numerous federal jurisdictions across the country. He also has experience with patent prosecution, opinion work, portfolio management, copyright litigation, and trademark litigation. Greene has also handled numerous pro bono cases on behalf of asylum applicants in U.S. immigration court.

Greene is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004), where he was managing editor of the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, and the University of Texas at Austin (B.S., chemical engineering, with highest honors, 1998).

HOUSTON – (October 15, 2020) – Noe A. Gonzalez recently joined the Houston office of the national law firm, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, as an associate in the Commercial Litigation practice.

Gonzalez brings three years of experience in civil litigation. Prior to joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka, he worked as a clerk for the Honorable Rogelio Valdez, former Chief Justice of the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals, a legislative aide for District 40 Representative Terry Canales, and as an associate for a Houston-based litigation law firm.

At Chamberlain Hrdlicka, his practice will focus on a general civil litigation practice involving resolution of a broad range of state and federal complex commercial disputes.

Gonzalez graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Journalism in 2014. He received his JD degree from the University of Houston Law Center in 2017, where he participated in the Hispanic Law Students Association and the Journal of Consumer and Commercial Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, Houston Young Lawyers Association, and the Mexican-American Bar Association of Houston.

Company valuation of $785 million demonstrates investor confidence in legaltech as a category of enterprise cloud computing

AUSTIN — October 15, 2020 — Legal technology leader DISCO today announced a $60 million equity financing, valuing the company at $785 million. Georgian Partners led the financing. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, LiveOak Venture Partners, and The Stephens Group all participated, and new investor Breyer Capital also invested.

This latest funding brings total investment in DISCO to $195 million, confirms the company’s status as the leader in enterprise legal technology, and establishes the company as a disruptor in the broader cloud computing industry. With products and services that cover the entire investigation and litigation lifecycle and the market-leader position in cloud ediscovery in an ediscovery market predicted to exceed $20 billion by 2024, DISCO has established itself as a trusted partner for the largest legal departments, law firms, and government agencies in the world.

DISCO will use this investment to aggressively expand its go-to-market team, doubling sales capacity in North America over the next 12-15 months, expanding its dedicated enterprise sales team, and growing its presence in the EMEA and APAC regions. The company will also expand its strategic channel program, working with service providers who resell DISCO, including a growing number of the largest global service providers. DISCO will continue to invest in its cloud technology platform, software products like DISCO Ediscovery and DISCO Case Builder, and productized legal services like its fast-growing AI-powered DISCO Managed Review offering.

The move to cloud computing continues to be a critical strategy for corporate legal departments and law firms. The pandemic has only accelerated the urgency for organizations to replace their legacy solutions with those that expedite their digital transformation, empower team members to work from anywhere, and embrace the availability, scalability, and superior economics of the cloud. Legal professionals recognize that DISCO helps them improve legal outcomes for their clients by delivering technology that enables them to focus on the practice of law.

DISCO has been widely recognized over the past year for its industry-leading innovation, customer service and culture. The company was one of two legal technology companies listed on the prestigious 2020 Forbes Cloud 100, and was the only ediscovery solution to earn the Top Rated recognition from TrustRadius. DISCO has won two consecutive Gold Stevie® Awards for Legal Company of the Year, and was an honoree for both the Greater Austin Business Awards for Community Relations and the Austin A-List Awards. DISCO CEO Camara was also named to The Software Report’s Top 50 SaaS CEOs of 2020.

Berkman Solutions is pleased to announce release of the all new “Legal Guide to Entity Management.” The Guide distills the best practices in entity management, based on ten years of data from over 80 countries around the world.

The Legal Guide to Entity Management provides concise and concrete recommendations for engaging with business clients through entity management.

There is no registration or cost to sign up for the “Legal Guide to Entity Management” from Berkman Solutions.

Manufacturing executives expect their supply chains to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic looking quite different than they did previously, according to a survey conducted by the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. Drawing on responses from nearly 150 manufacturing executives – the majority of whom are members of their company’s C-suite, and who work in a wide array of industries – the Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report offers a view into the future of global supply chains.

Foley delved deeper into the issues highlighted in the survey in its newly published Accelerating Trends: Assessing the Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World, which provides business insights and guidance for companies reviewing supply chain processes to mitigate risk, evaluating a shift in supply chains away from China, and using new technologies to improve efficiency.

Key takeaways from these reports include:

A Move Toward Stability and Resilience

Two survey findings suggest a potentially transformative shift in the way manufacturing executives typically think about their global supply chains: from a focus on low costs and lean inventory, to one that prioritizes stability and resilience. Seventy percent of respondents agree that, as a result of COVID-19, companies will lessen their focus on sourcing from the lowest-cost supplier and 62% expect the focus on just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing models will also decrease.

As manufacturers review supply chain processes to mitigate future risk, the Accelerating Trends report details five key categories that can be analyzed through Foley’s Resiliency Review assessment tool, including reliance on JIT models and assessing contractual allocation of risk.

A Push for Supply Chain Visibility and Transparency

Manufacturing executives are taking prudent steps to manage risk in their supply chains, with strengthening relationships and increasing transparency with suppliers and buyers as the top strategy identified by survey respondents. In addition, the vast majority (92%) are taking at least some action to create more visibility within their supply chains, including requiring more information on suppliers’ own risk management and continuity strategies.

Rethinking China

The Foley reports also analyze the extent to which COVID-19 has accelerated the movement of production and sourcing away from China. Of the survey respondents who have operated in the country, 59% have either already withdrawn operations, are in the process of doing so, or are considering it.

For manufacturers and suppliers that decide to reduce their reliance on China, the question remains where to go next. The Accelerating Trends report analyzes the key costs, benefits, and risks to consider in several regions that present alternatives to China. According to the survey findings, the result of this analysis has increasingly led companies to move (or consider moving) supply chains closer to home: to the U.S. (74%), Mexico (47%), and/or Canada (24%).

Technology and Supply Chain Innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic is also speeding up the adoption of new technologies and innovative business processes that improve supply chain efficiency and resilience.

The Accelerating Trends report identifies eight specific areas that are expected to see greater investments and provides guidance on how they stack up against each other in terms of resilience, cost, and maturity. In addition, survey respondents identified the top technologies they are considering as new tools or applications that improve supply chain visibility and tracking (47%) and operational analytics to better track business metrics and indicators (39%).

Foley’s 2020 Global Supply Chain Disruption and Future Strategies Survey Report was completed by 143 executives with involvement in supply chain management at their companies. Respondents were primarily based in the U.S. (78%) and Mexico (18%), and represent a range of industries, including automotive (22%), general manufacturing (22%), transportation and logistics (12%), and healthcare/medical products (10%). To read the complete report and methodology, please click here: http://bit.ly/2020-Supply-Chain-Survey-Report.

To read Foley’s Accelerating Trends: Assessing the Supply Chain in a Post-Pandemic World report, please click here: http://bit.ly/Accelerating-Trends-Supply-Chain.

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Sujit Raman joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Raman will be a member of the Privacy and Cybersecurity practice group, and will contribute to the firm’s globally regarded litigation, national security, and trade practices.

He previously served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), where he assisted the Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General in their oversight of the nation’s cyber-related criminal and national security investigations and prosecutions. He also led DOJ’s policy formulation in a number of critical areas, including cybersecurity, cross-border data transfers and protection, 5G/supply chain security, and emerging technologies, like facial recognition, cryptocurrency, and encryption.

Raman has also been a lead U.S. representative in high-profile international data-sharing negotiations with the United Kingdom, Australia, and the European Union; coordinated DOJ’s response to the Schrems II decision of the EU Court of Justice; and contributed to the development of U.S. government policy regarding reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. From 2018 to 2020, he chaired the Attorney General’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, leading formulation of DOJ’s policy and operational response to transnational cybercrime, nation-state-sponsored malign cyber activity, and online foreign influence operations.

Prior to joining DOJ’s senior leadership staff in 2017, Raman served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Maryland since 2009, trying numerous cases to jury verdict and leading international fraud and corruption investigations. He was also Chief of Appeals, arguing 20 cases in the federal court of appeals, supervising the appellate work of over 80 federal prosecutors, and serving as the government’s counsel of record in several leading cases at the intersection of law, technology, and privacy.

With 2,000 lawyers in 20 offices around the globe, Sidley is a premier legal adviser for clients across the spectrum of industries. Follow Sidley on Twitter @SidleyLaw.

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Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., is pleased to announce the continued growth of its Southern Illinois office with the addition of Paul E. Petruska as counsel in the firm’s Litigation practice group.

Based in Belleville, the Southern Illinois office serves the firm’s clients across the Metro East area, including the eastern suburbs of St. Louis and numerous Illinois counties.

Petruska has extensive litigation and trial experience, as well as a focus on estate planning and corporate work involving small businesses. He has served as outside general counsel, assisting clients in drafting safety, employment and document retention policies, and managing human resources matters. His litigation experience includes matters related to transportation, product liability, employment, construction, personal injury, commercial catastrophic property damage, and toxic torts.

Prior to joining Greensfelder, Petruska was an attorney with the Paul Eric Law Office, LLC, most recently focusing on estate planning and corporate formation services related to circumstances surrounding COVID-19. Previously, he was the chief trial attorney for a large commercial insurer’s major case unit and a partner at a boutique litigation firm.

Petruska received his J.D. (cum laude) from St. Louis University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from St. Louis University.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of Greensfelder’s Southern Illinois office with attorneys who serve clients in the Metro East communities and work closely with Greensfelder’s lawyers based in the firm’s St. Louis and Chicago offices. The Southern Illinois office provides services across all of the firm’s practice areas, with particular emphasis on serving the legal and business needs of closely held businesses, high net worth families and individuals, banks and other financial services companies and organizations, and diverse real estate and litigation clients. Its attorneys strive to further the firm’s commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion and racial justice by taking active roles in community leadership, legal aid initiatives, and other civic engagement.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., founded in 1895, is a full-service law firm with offices in St. Louis, Chicago and Southern Illinois. Greensfelder offers comprehensive legal solutions for clients locally, nationally and internationally. Areas of practice include business services; communications and media; construction; educational, religious and tax-exempt organizations; employee benefits; employment and labor; energy; franchising and distribution; health care; intellectual property; litigation; real estate; securities and financial services; and trusts and estates. Find out more at www.greensfelder.com.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., is pleased to announce that Gabrielle H. Intagliata has joined the firm’s St. Louis office as an associate in the Litigation practice group.

Intagliata represents companies across a variety of industries in litigation matters. She previously worked at Greensfelder as a summer associate in 2018 and 2019. Prior to her law career, she worked in administrative and business development roles at her family’s manufacturing company.

Intagliata received her J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where she worked for the school’s Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, assisting in a class action lawsuit over jailhouse conditions. She received her Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude) from Loyola University Chicago.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., founded in 1895, is a full-service law firm with offices in St. Louis, Chicago and Southern Illinois. Greensfelder offers comprehensive legal solutions for clients locally, nationally and internationally. Areas of practice include business services; communications and media; construction; educational, religious and tax-exempt organizations; employee benefits; employment and labor; energy; franchising and distribution; health care; intellectual property; litigation; real estate; securities and financial services; and trusts and estates. Find out more at www.greensfelder.com.

HOUSTON – (October 13, 2020) – Tyler Greenwood recently joined the Houston office of the national law firm, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, as an associate in the Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors Rights practice.

Prior to joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Greenwood held the role of judicial law clerk for The Honorable Eduardo V. Rodriguez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas. At Chamberlain Hrdlicka, his practice will concentrate on commercial litigation with a focus on restructuring and bankruptcy.

Greenwood graduated from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He received his JD degree from the Emory University School of Law, where he acted as managing editor for the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal. During law school, Greenwood took an interest in civil litigation and bankruptcy, gaining experience while serving as a Legal Extern for the U.S. Dept. of Justice Trustee Program and a Student Honors Intern for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in their reorganization and enforcement divisions. Greenwood is a member of the State Bar of Florida and is admitted to practice in the Southern Districts of Florida and Texas. Greenwood is also an Eagle Scout, and a member of the Order of the Arrow.

Princeton Legal Search Group is pleased to announce that following an extensive national search, it successfully placed Jacques S. Pierre as General Counsel of U.S. Retirement & Benefits Partners. Jacques will serve as a member of the Executive Committee as well. Based in the New Jersey National Office, Jacques will be responsible for managing the company’s legal affairs as well as shaping the overall strategic direction of the organization.

For the past ten years, Jacques served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Jersey. During his time as a federal prosecutor, he worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Special Prosecutions Division, as well as the Health Care and Government Frauds Unit. Prior to his government service, Jacques worked for several years for Lowenstein Sandler LLP, primarily focusing his practice on complex business litigation, labor and employment, and technology related matters.

Jacques clerked for Chief Justice Stuart J. Rabner of the New Jersey Supreme Court following graduation from Rutgers University School of Law – Newark. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. Jacques was a teacher at the Friends Academy in Locust Valley, NY before attending law school.

U.S. Retirement & Benefits Partners is one of the nation’s largest independent, national financial services firms, specializing in employee benefit and employer-sponsored retirement plans in the K-12 public school, governmental, corporate and non-profit markets.

HOUSTON – (October 9, 2020) – Chris Lemons recently joined the Houston office of the national law firm, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, as an associate in the Commercial Litigation practice.

Lemons brings more than 5 years of commercial litigation experience, representing a wide variety of clients and companies in numerous practice areas of litigation, including insurance law, medical malpractice, and personal injury defense. At Chamberlain Hrdlicka, his practice will focus on complex commercial litigation, business litigation, energy litigation, securities litigation, professional malpractice claims, complex tort litigation, and insurance coverage involving errors and omissions, directors and officers, commercial general liability, commercial property, and commercial auto and garage.

Lemons graduated with summa cum laude honors from Texas State University, where he was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honors Society and the Alpha Chi Honors Society. He received his JD degree from South Texas College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude as sixth in his class and was inducted into the Order of the Lytae and the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society. He also earned eight CALI Excellence for the Future Awards and served as an assistant articles editor for the South Texas Law Review while in law school.

Lemons is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Houston Bar Association, Houston Young Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, and the Greater Houston Society for Healthcare Risk Management. He’s been named “Top Lawyer” by the Houstonia Magazine in 2017 and 2018.

Raed “Ray” Abilmouna recently joined the Houston office of national law firm, Chamberlain Hrdlicka, as an associate on the Labor & Employment team.

With close to ten years of legal experience, Abilmouna will focus on the defense of matters involving class, collective and hybrid wage-and-hour actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act and/or state-law equivalents, discrimination, harassment, and pregnancy and medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act in federal and state courts, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings.

Prior to joining Chamberlain Hrdlicka, Abilmouna represented national providers of healthcare services and physician staffing on employment matters and the defense of upstream liability claims with a special emphasis on intercorporate liability and corporate structure issues in lawsuits that arose from alleged medical malpractice. Moreover, he has successfully handled matters involving breach of contract, tortious interference, and vicarious liability claims involving employee status and joint employment issues, as well as represented healthcare providers on HIPAA compliance matters.

Abilmouna graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston with bachelor’s degrees in management information systems and marketing and received his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, including its Appellate and Litigation Sections, and the Houston Bar Association, including the Appellate Practice, Health Law, and Litigation Sections. Abilmouna is active and currently involved with a non-profit organization, Network 1017, to promote higher education, leadership development, career successes and professional networking.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s partners have been named by Who’s Who Legal as among the world’s leading construction lawyers. The Bradley attorneys listed in the 2020 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Construction are Jim Archibald, Axel Bolvig, Ian P. Faria, Jon Paul Hoelscher, Douglas L. Patin, J. David Pugh, William R. Purdy, E. Mabry Rogers and Robert J. Symon. In addition, Mr. Rogers is listed in the 2020 edition of Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Construction, which shines a light on the lawyers and experts who are the apogee of the construction world.

WWL: Construction provides in-depth analysis to the world’s elite construction lawyers and experts as well as future leaders in the field. Lawyers are selected for their outstanding experience and expertise in resolving complex multi-jurisdictional construction disputes through litigation, mediation and arbitration while the experts gain recognition for their impressive work on disputes and claims arising from both quantum and delay issues on major projects.

Bradley was named the nation’s “Law Firm of the Year” for Construction Law in the 2020 and 2018 editions of U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” The award is particularly significant since only one law firm in the United States per legal practice area receives this recognition each year. Attorneys in the firm’s Construction Practice Group counsel clients on projects in the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as more than 35 countries across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and South America. Many of the firm’s construction attorneys have degrees in engineering, building science or architecture and have previous practical experience working in the construction industry.

About Bradley
Bradley combines skilled legal counsel with exceptional client service and unwavering integrity to assist a diverse range of corporate and individual clients in achieving their business goals. With offices in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, the firm’s nearly 550 lawyers represent regional, national and international clients in various industries, including banking and financial services, construction, energy, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, real estate, and technology, among many others.