. . . Jeffrey Walsh has joined Barton, East & Caldwell as a member in the firm’s real estate and business groups in San Antonio.

. . . Mary Pawelek has been elected to be the managing partner for the Austin office of Bowman and Brooke, and Cedric Evans was elected to be co-managing partner. Kurt Kern has been elected to be the managing partner for the firm’s Dallas office, and J. Karl Viehman was elected to be co-managing partner. Each will serve a one-year term that began Feb. 1.