Am Law 100 firms Locke Lord and Norton Rose Fulbright have each hired partners in Texas who bring both law firm and in-house experience, as the Big Law hiring boom in the Lone Star State continues.

Highgate Hotels deputy general counsel Justin Mapes joined Locke Lord in Dallas on Tuesday as a partner in the real estate and real estate finance practice group and hospitality section. Prior to his in-house position at Highgate Hotels, Mapes was vice president and associate general counsel at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the real estate loan asset management and specialty lending group, and earlier he was in private practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and at Hunton & Williams.