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| 2005 Partnership Announcement |
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V&E; is pleased to announce the election of the following new partners.
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Scott W. Breedlove litigates intellectual property disputes involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights before both judges and juries. His clients include traditional high-tech companies as well as other companies that own valuable intellectual property. Scott's recent matters have involved a Fortune 100 diversified technology company, a private electronics company, and numerous media organizations. E-mail Scott.
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Robert R. Collins represents governmental issuers and underwriters on matters of public law and finance. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and disclosure counsel in a wide variety of public finance transactions, most of which involve tax-exempt securities. E-mail Rob. |
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John E. Mitchell represents lenders, creditors and debtors in insolvencies and reorganizations. He has significant experience in jurisdictional, bankruptcy and multi-state litigation. John's recent engagements have included companies in the retail, manufacturing, real estate and technology industries. E-mail John.
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Christopher B. Strong counsels upstream and downstream energy companies, lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of infrastructure and resource development transactions throughout the Middle East. Chris has negotiated project financings, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions. E-mail Chris. |
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Caroline B. Blitzer represents public and private companies in mergers, acquisitions and securities offerings and advises them on corporate governance matters. Caroline has handled transactions for clients in diverse industries ranging from oil and gas to environmental and infrastructure services, death care and telecommunications. E-mail Caroline. |
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Nicole E. Clark represents clients in mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions. Nicole advises public and private clients in a wide variety of industries including energy, transportation and manufacturing. E-mail Nicole. |
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Lauren J. Harrison handles complex commercial cases before judges, juries, and arbitrators. Recent cases have involved antitrust, intellectual property, breach of contract, fraud, consumer protection and fiduciary duty issues. Lauren has represented companies in the medical device manufacturing, contract manufacturing, computer software, technology leasing, aviation and rail transportation industries. E-mail Lauren.
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Charles B. McFarland litigates condemnation, land use and land valuation matters throughout Texas. His primary focus is the representation of property owners against governmental condemning authorities to protect private property rights and obtain just compensation. Charles is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law. E-mail Charles. |
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Robert E. Patterson represents clients in a variety of project development, merger and acquisition transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also advises on joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and commercial contracts. His clients include participants in all sectors of the energy and power industries. E-mail Rob. |
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Christopher M. Dawe represents private equity funds, energy companies and telecommunications providers throughout Asia, Latin America and the United States. His work includes the acquisition and financing of real estate and non-performing loans, joint venture formation and the development and financing of significant infrastructure projects. E-mail Chris. |
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| New Lateral Partners |
Over the past year, V&E; welcomed the following lateral partners. |
| Austin |
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John L. Howard, Jr. handles complex state and federal environmental and other public policy issues. Before joining V&E;, John served as President George W. Bush's Federal Environmental Executive, chairing a White House task force that worked with federal agencies to improve their environmental stewardship. E-mail John. |
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Ron Kirk advises clients on public policy, public finance, and corporate law issues. Former Dallas, Texas Mayor, he was also the Texas Secretary of State in 1994. Ron serves as a National Trustee for the March of Dimes. E-mail Ron. |
| Houston |
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Keith R. Fullenweider represents clients in mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, energy transactions and the issuance of corporate securities. Keith practiced at V&E; from 1988 -2001. He served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Dynegy Inc. from September 2001 until 2003, and returned to V&E; in January 2004. E-mail Keith. |
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Robert Seber counsels investors and principals on all aspects of the investment cycle of private equity funds, from origination to management and exit transactions. He also represents corporate clients in private and public acquisitions, financings and strategic alliances, and frequently assists European companies with respect to their transactional activities in the United States. E-mail Robert. |
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James J. Hoecker advises clients on regulatory and strategic issues in the emerging electric power and natural gas markets. A former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Jim’s clients include investor-owned utilities, developers and owners of independent transmission projects, natural gas pipeline developers, as well as equity investors in the industry. E-mail Jim. |
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| Relocations |
In the past year, the following partner relocated. |
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Boyd G. Carano represents multinational companies and partnerships in a variety of direct investment transactions around the world. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and infrastructure projects in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. E-mail Boyd. |
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