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Movers & Shakers

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
May 30, 2007

Since toxic tort litigation partner Douglas Wah announced that he would be joining the larger Foley & Mansfield PLLP, the ripples have carried away 14 of Bishop, Barry, Howe, Haney & Ryder's 32 lawyers, all of whom focused on toxic tort litigation. Eight associates and partner J. Scott Wood joined Wah at 90-attorney Foley & Mansfield on April 1. Four more associates have left for other firms in recent weeks.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP has announced that it will open a Dallas branch with U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Orwig as the new office's managing partner. Chicago-based Sonnenschein is opening the office at a time when Dallas is flush with lawyers looking for work. The 101-year-old firm had been considering for years moving into Texas to focus on high-end corporate litigation related to intellectual property, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, health care, and government enforcement actions. Sonnenschein, with 700 lawyers firmwide, decided to move into Dallas just as two of the city's well-known firms ' Jenkens & Gilchrist and Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, L.L.P. ' were closing their doors.

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