The new Fort Worth trial firm founded by 10 energy litigators who left Alston & Bird in late January has expanded with an office in Dallas, led by two former Holland & Knight partners, and a soon-to-open office in West Texas’ Permian Basin.

The firm, initially launched as Vartabedian & Hester, is now Vartabedian Hester & Haynes, after Holland & Knight partners Craig Haynes and Rachelle “Shelley” Glazer joined the firm on Monday as partners in Dallas.