Sam Loughlin, founding partner and CEO of Paceline Equity Partners in Dallas, has been named to the Longhorn 100 by Texas Exes. This list recognizes alumni from The University of Texas who have created and guided some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world in 2025.
Robert “Bryan” Gantt has been reappointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the 471st Judicial District Court in Collin County for a term set to expire Dec. 31, 2026. Previously, he was a partner at McCraw Gantt and served as an assistant attorney general in the General Litigation Division at the Office of the Attorney General.
Brooke Rollins has been selected by president-elect Donald Trump as the agriculture secretary and member of White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education. Rollins is president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute and previously served as director of the Domestic Policy Council and assistant to the president for strategic initiatives.
Jennifer Banda has been named the executive director of the Center for Women in Law. Banda has served as senior vice president for advocacy and public policy at the Texas Hospital Association, and her career includes leadership roles in the Texas House, Texas Senate, and on Capitol Hill.
Monica Brown will be appointed executive vice president, chief legal officer and secretary for Lennox International, effective January of 2025. Brown joined Lennox in 2012 and currently serves as vice president and deputy general counsel.
Scott Clark, a partner at Houston trial law firm Alavi Anaipakos, has been named to the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America based on his work in high-stakes intellectual property lawsuits. Clark previously was recognized in 2023 by IAM Patent 1000.
Robert “Bryan” Gantt has been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the 471st Judicial District Court in Collin County.
William Gordon Childs has written a book titled “Recreation and Risk,” which delves into the law through recreational businesses. In addition to being an author, Childs works as an in-house litigation counsel for a Fortune 500 company in Minnesota and is an adjunct professor of law at Western New England University School of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Scott Clark has earned selection in the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 guide. Clark, who is an attorney for the Houston trial law firm Alavi Anaipakos, is being recognized for his work in high-stakes intellectual property lawsuits.
Brenda Barret has joined the HeartGift Foundation board of directors. The nonprofit organization provides free, life-saving heart surgeries to patients with congenital heart defects who live in countries where specialized pediatric cardiac care is scarce or non-existent. Barrett is partner at Husch Backwell, representing clients in the energy and credit union industries.
Scott Clark of the Houston trial law firm Alavi Anaipakos has earned selection in the 2024 Chambers USA guide based on his work in high-stakes intellectual property lawsuits.
Brad Brown has become one of 11 Texas lawyers to obtain board certification from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS) in the newly launched certification area of Aviation Law. He also has been named in Lawdragon’s 2024 list of top 500 leading litigators in America and ranked in the 2023 Chambers USA Guide as one of the top lawyers in the U.S. for Aviation Litigation. A partner at Jackson Walker, Brown maintains a national litigation practice with an emphasis on aviation, products liability, insurance and business matters.
Richard “Rick” C. King passed away on Nov. 27, 2023. King was a double Longhorn who previously worked at Baker Botts and as a partner at Munsch Hardt, before joining the King Law Group in 2011.
Mysti Murphy has been named a Best Divorce Lawyer in San Antonio by Forbes for 2023. As a consultant for the City of Dallas Domestic Violence Task Force and a former Dallas County assistant district attorney, Murphy specializes in domestic violence and other family law cases.
Neal A. Davis has been named one of the Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Houston 2023. Davis, who runs his own firm, has 25 years of experience in criminal defense from the investigative phase to appeal, and has appeared as counsel in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in a matter involving the Fifth Amendment.
Brenda Barrett has been added to Husch Blackwell’s Energy & Natural Resources industry group as a partner in the firm’s Austin office. Barrett represents clients in the energy and credit union industries, overseeing corporate transactions and providing general corporate counsel.
S. Brad Brown has been honored in Lawdragon’s 2024 list of the 500 leading litigators in America. Brown specializes in product liability litigation at Jackson Walker.
Stuart Miller ’98 has been honored in the 2024 edition of the Best Lawyers in America listing in the Health Care category. A shareholder at Munsch Hardt, Miller represents health care clients in corporate and regulatory matters such as their operational, governance, formation and restructuring issues, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, employment matters, compliance and reimbursement controversies.
Angela A. Hunt has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for her work in real estate law. Hunt is a member of Munsch Hardt’s Real Estate Section and spearheads the firm’s zoning and land use practice.
Scott Clark has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America for his work in Intellectual Property law. Clark is a partner at Alavi & Anaipakos in Houston and was recognized in the 2023 edition of the IAM Patent 1000.
Monica Ingram has been named vice provost for enrollment management at Seattle University. Ingram previously served as associate dean at the Cornell Law School and has more than 20 years of experience in higher education executive leadership.
Stuart F. Miller has been included in the 2023 edition of the Chambers USA directory for his work in healthcare law. Miller is a a shareholder at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. in Houston and represents healthcare clients in a variety of corporate and regulatory matters.
Kristi Gamble passed away on March 9, 2023. She began her career at Rudolph and Beers before starting her own law firm with Adam Kaplan. She then worked for the City of New York and later joined the New York Federal Reserve Bank, where she was the assistant general counsel.
Maurice W. Dobson has been appointed General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner for Legal Affairs of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Dobson has served as Deputy General Counsel since 2005 with increasing responsibilities and mostly recently oversaw the Operations and Legislation Division.
Michael James Bloch passed away on Dec. 17, 2022. Bloch worked as the appellate attorney for the Ector County DA’s office for more than 10 years.
Stefani Shanberg has been added to Perkins Coie’s national patent litigation practice as a partner. Shanberg specializes in representing technology companies in IP cases.
Ron Erlichman has joined Linklaters LLP as a partner in the energy and infrastructure team. Erlichman specializes in advising lenders, sponsors, private investment funds and developers on the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects. He is a double Longhorn, having also earned his bachelor’s degree from UT.
Jamie Rose has joined Greenberg Traurig LLP as a litigation team shareholder. Rose’s expertise is in representing individuals and companies facing business and commercial disputes.
Michael Dierberg has been named the Board Chairman of the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation (TTEF) after eight years of board service. Dierberg serves as Chairman of the parent company of First Bank.
Scott Clark has been included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his expertise in intellectual property law. Clark is currently a partner at Alavi Anaipakos PLLC in Houston.
Michael Dierberg has been named the new chairman of the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation (TTEF) Board of Directors. Dierberg is the current Chairman of First Bank, and has been with the company since 2010. Previously, Dierberg served as an attorney at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
Stuart Miller has been recognized a s a top healthcare attorneyby Chambers USA, an independent research company delivering rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers. Miller is a shareholder for Musch Hardt PC, working in the Houston office where he represents health care clients in a variety of corporate and regulatory matters.
Brad Seidel has joined Hedrick Kring Bailey as of counsel. Seidel previously ran his own law firm and specialized in complex consumer and commercial litigation.
Christian Navarro passed away on March 31, 2022. Navarro graduated from Texas Law in 1998 and started his own law practice in his hometown of Houston. Navarro was a marathon runner and was active in his community, including the Shoes for Kids program and remediating homes after Hurricane Harvey.
Leticia D. McGowan has been named Richardson Independent School District’s new General Counsel. The cabinet position provides in-house legal services to the board of trustees, the superintendent, and the district. She joined the staff at RISD after more than 20 years as in-house counsel at Dallas ISD.
Awais Sufi has been elected to the Board of Directors of Christel House International, a nonprofit working towards helping impoverished children. Sufi currently serves as the CEO of SchoolSmartKC.
Emily Chou has joined Forshey Prostok LLP, a Fort Worth bankruptcy boutique, as a partner in the firm’s Fort Worth office. Chou brings over 20 years of experience in business reorganization, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation. Her work has included representing official creditors’ committees and post-confirmation liquidation/litigation trustees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases all over the United States.
Carlos Martinez has been appointed to the newly established position of Senior Vice President for Institutional Strategic Planning, Compliance Risk Management, and Office Operations & Chief of Staff at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Martinez has nearly 20 years of experience in senior leadership positions in Texas higher education and most recently served as chief of staff at The University of Texas at Austin before joining UTSA in September 2020.
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. announced that 15 of its attorneys have been recognized on the 2020 Texas Super Lawyers® list, including Stuart F. Miller, who is recognized for his expertise in health care law.
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C. hired three Houston Shareholders from the law firm of Baker Donelson, including Texas Law alumnus Stuart F. Miller. This team of well-respected attorneys helps Munsch Hardt significantly broaden the capabilities of its health care practice, as well as further strengthens the Firm’s commercial litigation experience. Chambers USA-Texas (2019-2020) ranked Stuart F. Miller helps health care providers and other health care entities manage their legal and business needs in an efficient and compliant manner.
Angela Hunt was recently named to the 27th edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Stuart F. Miller, a shareholder in the Houston office of Baker Donelson, has been ranked as a leading practitioner in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA in the area of Health Care.
Daily Journal, a law publication in California, has named Simon Greenstone Panatier’s $40 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson among the 2019 Top Verdicts in California. In September 2019, a California jury found that asbestos-tainted talc in Johnson’s Baby Powder caused 71-year-old Nancy Cabibi’s mesothelioma, an incurable form of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. David Greenstone, a name partner of Simon Greenstone Panatier, was the lead trial attorney in the Cabibi case.
Stuart F. Miller, a shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Houston office, has been ranked in Band 4 in the area of healthcare in Texas by the 2019 edition of Chambers USA.
Intellectual property lawyer lawyer Scott W. Clark, JD 1998, was promoted to partner at Houston-based civil litigation boutique Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C. on Jan. 28, 2019. Mr. Clark is a registered U.S. patent attorney with over 15 years of experience representing clients in all aspects of intellectual property. He has litigated over 30 civil cases, including 25 patent disputes. He earned a B.S. in chemical engineering from UT in 1993.
Lowry Crook has joined the law firm Best Best & Krieger LLP as a partner in the Environmental Law & Natural Resources practice group. He is in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.
Stuart F. Miller, a shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Houston office, was named to the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in the area of Health Care Law.
Dykema Cox Smith, a leading national law firm, has announced the addition of Ayanna Clinton as the firm’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Clinton, who brings more than a decade of human resources experience with her to Dykema Cox Smith, joins after serving as Chief Human Resources Officer of Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia—a large hospital in the Tenet Healthcare system—where she was responsible for all Human Resources operations.
Trevor Anthony Taylor died on January 23, 2017. He was 47. Trevor loved the law. A trial lawyer with his own practice, he was a tireless advocate and a true believer in the civil justice system. Trevor’s heroes were lawyers, beginning with his father, Bill. Trevor relished an argument and fought passionately for the rights of those who couldn’t fight for themselves. He was greatly respected by his colleagues, a past president of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association, a board member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Lloyd Lochridge Inns of Court. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to a charity of your choice or The Southern Poverty Law Center.
Laura Mayer Robertson is the Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Arbitration at ConocoPhillips, where she oversees litigation for the company on a world-wide basis. This fall, she has been honored in several ways: named a Woman on the Move by the Texas Executive Women (link below); selected by the Houston Business Journal as one of its “Women to Watch” in its annual Women in Energy Leadership awards; and, selected by Texas Lawyer as an honoree for its 2016 Women in Energy awards.