NEW POSITIONS
. . . Nick Laurent and Rachael Padgett have joined McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore as associates in Austin. Laurent practices general litigation, and Padgett practices health and employment law.
. . . Amanda K. “Mandy” Jenkins as joined Carstens, Yee & Cahoon in Dallas as a patent associate.
. . . Patrick S. Richter and Chris W. Fitzgerald have joined Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller in Austin and Fort Worth, respectively. Richter is a partner in the labor and employment law practice group, and Fitzgerald is an associate with the corporate and estate and probate practice sections.
. . . David C. Grant has joined Gardere Wynne Sewell in Houston as director of electronic discovery.
. . . Chalon N. Clark has joined Brown McCarroll in Dallas as an associate with the business litigation section.
APPOINTMENTS
. . . Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has appointed Andrew Weber first assistant attorney general. Weber previously served as deputy attorney general for legal counsel. Jonathan Frels has replaced Weber as deputy attorney general for legal counsel.
ELECTIONS
. . . Douglas B. Whiting has been elected president of The Woodlands Bar Association. Whiting is special counsel at Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère & Denègre in The Woodlands and is a member of the firm’s real estate practice group.
. . . Ron C. McCallum has been elected president of the Mesquite Bar Association. McCallum is an associate with Ted B. Lyon & Associates in Mesquite.
AWARDS
. . . Barry Davis, a partner in the corporate and securities practice group at Thompson & Knight in Houston, has received the American Diabetes Association’s Community Based Volunteer Award.
. . . The Dallas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates has named Judge Craig Smith of the 192nd District Court in Dallas as the 2008 “Judge of the Year.”
NEW LOCATION
. . . Scheef & Stone has relocated its Dallas office to Lincoln Plaza, 500 N. Akard St., Dallas 75202; telephone (214) 706-4200; fax (214) 706-4242; www.solidcounsel.com.
