Adding practice areas that are suddenly booming because of COVID-19, Katten Muchin Rosenman launched a labor and employment practice in its Dallas office and Houston’s Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry tacked on a new bankruptcy practice.

Despite market uncertainty due to the coronavirus, the firms are taking advantage of a boon in certain practices by expanding with Texas hires in areas that have gotten busier as clients deal with the uncertain business and economic environment. In addition to labor and employment and bankruptcy, other surging practices including insurance coverage, health care and privacy and data security.