Houston trial lawyers Sarah Cooper and Kelley Keller have between them worked at Big Law firms, litigation boutiques and small firms, but both just joined trial firm Smyser Kaplan & Veselka as counsel.

Cooper started at Smyser Kaplan, which won Texas Lawyer’s Litigation Department of the Year award in 2018 in the small firm category, on May 1, while Keller came on board in late April. The 26-lawyer boutique announced the hirings Tuesday.