Three years after he joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Houston, business litigator John Lewis Jr., a former Coca-Cola Co. chief litigation counsel, is now managing partner of the office.

Lewis said a primary goal for 2022 is to build the business litigation practice in Houston. Also, he said, as firmwide chair of Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Initiatives, Lewis wants to position the Houston office as a laboratory for initiatives at the firm.