Lawyers on the Move & in the News

Welcome New Members of the TCBA:

ATTORNEYS

Jeremy Anato-Mensah Morgan Bridgewater Constance Broome Dr. Nekia Bryant Peter Cawthon IV Nathaniel Cho Caitlin Clark Dak Cohen Amber Cohoon Charles Davis Taylor Ellison Cody Gomora Brittane Hamilton Gara Hill Matthew Hogan Christopher Holbert Lisa S. Jones Michele Lake Shane Langston Kelsey Linendoll Taylor Monroe Mutunda Osafo Arnetta Porter Michael Raeder Thomas Samuelson Juan Sandoval Ebony Turner Erin Van Pelt Taylor Volesky Dewanna Wade Nicole Walker David Walsh IV

ASSOCIATES

Judge Jason Charbonnet Colby Van Sickler

PARALEGALS Tayler Clendenen

STUDENTS

Hannah Bailiff Marilyn Kennemore Jakub Madej Taylor Trinh

LAWYERS ON THE MOVE & in the News

Brackett & Ellis is pleased to welcome associates Landon Young and Reed Loftis to the firm. Landon Young received his Juris Doctorate from Baylor Law School and earned his B.A. from, University of Texas at Austin. Before joining Brackett & Ellis, Mr. Young worked as a senior trial attorney for Allstate. Landon’s practice focuses primarily on insurance defense and general litigation.

Reed Loftis received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law and earned his B.S. from Texas A&M University. Reed practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation and professional liability defense.

Ruth Ruggero Hughs, former Texas Secretary of State, has joined Kelly Hart & Hallman’s Austin office as a partner in its Public Law practice.

Ms. Hughs most recently served our state as the 113th Texas Secretary of State, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on August 19, 2019. Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State, Hughs served as Chair and Commissioner Representing Employers at the Texas Workforce Commission.

Hughs also previously served as the Director of Defense Litigation at the Office of the Texas Attorney General, where she successfully managed and oversaw the civil litigation divisions representing agencies across the state. Before her tenure in public service, Hughs worked as a licensed attorney and was a small business owner. New Jersey State Bar. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor degree from the Rutgers Camden School of Law. In addition, she earned a certificate in Leader Development at the U.S. Army War College's National Security Seminar.

Michael P. Heiskell, senior attorney with Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell, was recently appointed to serve on the Baylor University Board of Regents.

Bourland, Wall & Wenzel would like to welcome our newest associate attorney, Kara L. Karcher. Ms. Karcher is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law and was admitted into the State Bar of Texas in 2019. Her practice focuses primarily on commercial real estate and business transactions, including the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and disposition of commercial real estate. Ms. Karcher can be reached at 301 Commerce Street, Suite 1500, Fort Worth, TX 76102, 817-877-1088.

The Mac Taylor Inn of Court is pleased to announce that Chad Ruback was elected President of the Inn. Ruback graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University School of Law. He is a former Fort Worth Court of Appeals briefing attorney, and he founded his own Dallas-based appellate law firm sixteen years ago. He is a former President of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers and a former member of the Dallas Bar Association’s Board of Directors. He can be reached at 8117 Preston Road, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75225, 214.522.4243, chad@appeal.pro. g