Alaina King Benford has joined Jordan, Lynch & Cancienne, a civil trial law firm in Houston, as a partner. Benford previously was a litigation partner at Norton Rose Fulbright. She has handled a variety of disputes, primarily involving chemical manufacturers, pipeline companies and oil and gas companies. She also is experienced with multiparty cases and eminent domain cases.

Kate Davy and Guillermo Alarcón have joined Austin-based Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody. Davy, formerly an attorney at Bennett, Weston, Lajone & Turner in Dallas, is in Graves Dougherty’s real estate practice and focuses on transactional matters related to commercial real estate. Alarcoón, formerly an associate with Susman Godfrey in Houston, focuses his practice on civil litigation and representing clients in various dispute matters.