Nearly half a dozen lawyers from New York-based Duval & Stachenfeld have recently left the roughly 70-lawyer real estate boutique for other firms.

Bracewell announced Wednesday its addition of Allan Taffet, a longtime head of litigation at Duval & Stachenfeld, along with fellow partners Keith Blackman and Joshua Klein. Duval & Stachenfeld associate Russell Gallaro has also joined Bracewell in the same capacity.