What’s So Hot About Texas? For Law Firms, Apparently Everything
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The state’s strong energy sector and booming economy are luring out-of-state law firms looking to boost business.
“It’s been going on for 20 years, but all of a sudden the out-of-state firms have finally recognized the state’s incredibly vibrant and growing business opportunities and are trying to position themselves to take advantage of them,” said bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer Joe Wielebinski, who recently moved to Winstead’s Dallas office from Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr.
Less than three months into 2018, more than half a dozen firms already have expanded or opened new offices in Texas, including Kansas City, Missouri-based Spencer Fane, which opened a second Texas office in Plano—just 20 miles from the Dallas office it opened in 2016; Katten Muchin Rosenman, which opened an office in Dallas with a group of lawyers from Andrews Kurth Kenyon; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, which already had an office in Houston but added another in Austin after adding a 20-lawyer public finance group from Andrews Kurth; Shearman & Sterling, which launched its first Texas office in Austin and said it plans to open another in Houston soon; and White & Case, which in February opened an office in Houston. In addition, Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester opened an office in Dallas with two partners who relocated from Los Angeles and San Diego, and Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney launched an office in Houston.
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