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Alex S. Anderson
Associate

Plano

972.324.0289

Mavish Bana
Senior Associate

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0374

Scott R. Beckmen
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0356

Alex Anderson focuses on assisting clients with bankruptcy and restructuring matters within the firm’s Banking and Financial Services practice group, ensuring adherence to legal principles and precedents amid an evolving industry.

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Mavish Bana focuses her practice on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She is experienced in counseling on matters involving breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, temporary and permanent injunctive relief, racketeering, antitrust, product liability, franchisor/franchisee disputes, labor and employment, deceptive trade practices, non-competition, and theft and misappropriation of trade secrets.

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Scott R. Beckmen delivers reliable, practical, and efficient business-oriented transactional legal advice to clients throughout several industries, including finance, gaming, technology, and energy, leading to creative and agile solutions critical to both day-to-day and long-term operational success.

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John Bloomer
Partner

Plano

972.324.0306

Tom Cason
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0316

Christa Chance
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0359

John Bloomer handles complex real estate, lending and commercial transactions for clients of all sizes. He has extensive experience in negotiating, structuring, financing, and closing real estate deals. In addition, John has a strong background defending clients real estate-related litigation matters.

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Tom Cason helps clients navigate complex corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, private securities offerings, joint ventures, reorganizations and recapitalizations. In this context, Tom works with clients to gain insight into the unique characteristics and risks of each client’s business to ensure their needs are addressed and the transaction is advanced in an efficient and cost-effective way while not compromising on results.

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As a seasoned litigator, Christa Chance advises clients in complex, multiparty toxic tort and product liability litigation. Working closely with clients and their in-house counsel, she develops effective defense strategies for resolving cases and manages all aspects of trial preparation form case inception to completion. Christa defends cases pending in both state and federal courts, including multidistrict litigation and class actions.

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Christine Chasse
Associate

Plano, Dallas

214.459.5884

Audra M. Dean
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0357

James T. (Jim) Drakeley
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0350

Christine collaborates with small and large institutions in industries such as health care, finance, and education. She utilizes her extensive frontline healthcare experience to assess and successfully resolve professional liability claims for hospital systems and providers. Christine, a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), guides her clients with regulatory and compliance enforcement actions and advises on technological issues including cybersecurity, data privacy, artificial intelligence, and cyber incident response matters such as actual or potential HIPAA breaches and data security incidents. She also creates compliance programs, policies, and performs internal investigations on behalf of clients of all sizes.

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Audra M. Dean defends businesses in complex commercial, product liability, mass tort, and toxic tort disputes. With a domestic and international reach, she has defended manufacturers and retailers in product liability matters involving consumer products, medical devices, power tools, and vaping products.

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Jim Drakeley has four decades of experience prosecuting and defending a broad range of business-related litigation, ranging from simple to complex matters. He has achieved meaningful outcomes for clients in disputes over complex contracts, employment matters, covenants not-to-compete, theft of trade secrets, commercial leases, commercial insurance policies, shareholder and partnership relations, and fiduciary duty obligations.

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Peg Donahue Hall
Of Counsel

Plano, Dallas

214.459.5882

William Hayward
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0343

Edward (Ed) Herman
Of Counsel

Dallas, Plano

214.750.3685

Peg Donahue Hall has spent her legal career working hand in glove with clients to counsel them in assessing risk and efficiently resolving thorny business and legal issues – whether by negotiation, litigation, or other dispute resolution mechanisms. Peg’s work spans a broad base of industries. She has represented companies offering products and services in the life sciences, telecommunications and technology, real estate, insurance, automotive, hospitality, and finance and banking sectors.

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Bill Hayward is a corporate attorney who, for more than four decades, has counseled an array of clients with their business and legal transactions, including real estate, corporate finance, lending, and mergers and acquisitions. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries ranging from startup businesses to well-established corporations.

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Ed Herman helps clients purchase and sell improved and unimproved real property, as well as existing businesses. In addition, Ed assists his clients in addressing the day-to-day transactional issues that arise during the operation of their businesses. Ed currently represents numerous child care franchisees who have purchased and constructed new facilities in Texas.

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Jason Kathman
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0370

Kimberly H. (Kim) Kerns
Partner

Plano

972.324.0314

Jessica Lee
Associate

Plano

972.324.0322

Jason Kathman represents clients in bankruptcy proceedings and litigation, helping them win favorable outcomes so they can concentrate on running their businesses. He works with clients in a wide variety of industries, with a focus in hospitality, manufacturing, restaurant, and oil and gas industries.

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Kim Kerns guides clients through all phases of litigation using her extensive courtroom experience to not only achieve favorable verdicts when trial becomes necessary but also coordinate favorable outcomes through dispositive motions and settlement to provide resolutions that match a client’s unique business objectives.

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Jessica Lee is a member of the Real Estate group in the firm’s Plano office. She assists clients on a diverse range of transactional matters, with a focus on real estate, finance, and business law.

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Tori S. Levine
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0304

Macy L. Matthews
Senior Associate

Plano

972.324.0347

Shelby Menard
Senior Associate

Plano

972.324.0352

Tori Levine defends clients in complex disputes including product liability, premises liability, toxic tort, construction litigation, business and commercial disputes, insurance litigation, and noncompete and trade secrets litigation with an acute attention to detail across numerous industries.

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Macy Matthews is a member of the firm’s Corporate and Business Transactions group in the Plano office. She assists clients in all aspects of their business needs, and has experience advising clients on a diverse range of transactional matters, including forming and structuring business entities, asset purchase agreements, corporate governance, and commercial real estate transactions.

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Shelby Menard is a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution and the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity groups in the firm’s Plano office. She assists her clients through the litigation process in a wide range of commercial litigation cases and also regularly coaches businesses through complex data incidents and privacy compliance issues.

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Namrita S. Notani
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0385

James S. (Jim) Patterson
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0341

Laurie N. Patton
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0342

Namrita Notani is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and businesses plan for the future – protecting assets, managing wealth transfers, and guiding clients through complex real estate and business transactions. She brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to her practice thanks to her diverse background as both a former dentist and an immigrant from India. Her journey from healthcare to law reflects her passion for serving her community and helping individuals, families, and businesses navigate complex legal and financial challenges.

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Jim Patterson combines his diverse legal background and experience as a CPA to help clients across a broad spectrum of corporate and business legal issues. Many of his clients are small business owners and he takes pride in helping them grow from startup to stability. He has worked with clients on a wide range of matters including real estate, employment law, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Laurie Patton represents companies and individuals in a wide range of business and employment disputes and litigation matters, working closely with her clients to identify their objectives and develop a strategy to achieve those goals. She helps clients identify potential vulnerabilities and liabilities related to their business and advises clients on how to implement policies and procedures to minimize those risks. Laurie aggressively advocates for her clients at all stages of the matter and efficiently manages the case while allowing the client to remain focused on running their business.

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Gerrit Pronske
Partner

Plano, Dallas

214.762.1100

Jeremy D. Rucker
Partner

Plano

214.459.5880

Caleb Rush
Partner

Dallas, Plano

972.324.0319

Gerrit Pronske assists in cutting costs while utilizing the rules of the bankruptcy code to achieve efficient and successful outcomes related to the reorganization process, always with his clients’ goals top-of-mind. He has built strong experience in all areas of bankruptcy, business law, commercial litigation, and real estate, additionally serving as a trained mediator specializing in cases involving bankruptcy, insolvency, and commercial disputes.

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Jeremy Rucker leads businesses through the evolving and complex landscape of data privacy, security, and incident response. Jeremy regularly counsels clients in all industries on the emerging federal, state, and international data laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA); the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA); the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA); the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA); the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA); the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA); and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Caleb Rush guides lenders and borrowers through the structuring, documentation, and negotiation of various financial transactions.

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Paul B. Sander
Partner

Plano

972.324.0302

R. Scott Seifert
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0340

Kunal Shah
Partner

Plano, Dallas

972.324.0334

Paul Sander is an accomplished attorney who helps private, public, and corporate clients with all of their business transaction needs. He focuses his practice on real estate, finance, and business law, representing real estate developers, financial institutions, governmental entities, restaurateurs, investment groups, and many other businesses in a wide range of industries.

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Scott Seifert represents businesses of all sizes and individuals in a wide range of litigation matters, and has a strong track record of success presenting to judges, juries, and arbitrators. He has tried many cases in state and federal courts in multiple states, and his experience includes complex contract cases, misappropriation of trade secrets, non-compete / non-solicitation agreements, shareholder disputes, lease disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, and construction cases. Scott has notably been involved in over twenty temporary injunction proceedings.

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Kunal Shah provides clients collaborative and proactive counsel, helping identify and avoid legal exposure while simultaneously best positioning them to successfully resolve litigious matters in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

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Thomas W. Slover
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0344

Christopher L. (Chris) Summers
Of Counsel

Plano

972.324.0345

Shawn Tuma
Partner

Dallas, Plano

972.324.0317

Tom Slover strategically counsels all sizes of commercial real estate developers, owners, and other corporate clients in a broad range of transactions. He has extensive experience managing transactions for owners and developers of medical and healthcare facilities, including senior living facilities, surgery centers, and medical outpatient buildings.

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Chris Summers focuses his practice on corporate and business transactions, using his diverse experience to assist clients with mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Chris’s experience in a broad range of legal matters enables him to identify and solve potential issues and advance opportunities that help his clients reach their business goals.

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Shawn Tuma helps businesses protect their information and protect themselves from their information. He represents a wide range of clients, from small to midsize companies to Fortune 100 companies, across the U.S. and globally in dealing with cybersecurity, data privacy, data breach and incident response, regulatory compliance, computer fraud related legal issues, and cyber-related litigation.

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Valentine Uduebor
Senior Associate

Plano

303.839.3785

Valentine Uduebor focuses his practice on helping clients through insurance and premises liability litigation, construction litigation, and other civil matters. He previously served as an in-house trial attorney for a Fortune 500 insurance company, where he gained extensive experience and unique insight into the full range of civil litigation processes. He has successfully litigated more than 50 jury trials and has obtained numerous defense verdicts as lead counsel.

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