Midwest firm Spencer Fane, which has offices in Dallas and Plano, moves into Houston as 19 lawyers from Zimmerman, Axelrad, Stern & Wise joined the firm Thursday.

Zimmerman Axelrad is a full-service firm and practice areas include alternative dispute resolution; banking; civil, commercial and appellate litigation; corporate; construction, employment, estate planning, trusts and estates; family law; insurance, internal investigations for educational institutions; real estate, securities and business; tax; and trademark.