BRIEFS NEW MEMBERS The Austin Bar welcomes the following new members: S. Erik Combs Kyle Farrar Leo Figueroa Payal Jethva Kevin Kudlac Samantha Kuhn Maia Levenson Jonathan Levy James McCormack Carol Meier Raza Merchant Allison Moore David Morales Kathleen Morgan Matthew Neill Amy Pattillo Patricia Peterson Amy Prescott Philip Rodgers Gunnar Seaquist Jonathan Smith Elizabeth Stafki Timothy Stostad William Teten Brian VandenBosch Aaron Vargas
Bain, Goleman, Johnson, and Lin
AWARDS P. Lindley Bain was selected to the 2016 Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars. Bain is part of Austin firm Goranson Bain, focusing on family law issues. The Asian Pacific Interest Section of the State Bar of Texas honored Albert Lin, a partner at Husch Blackwell, and Ketan Kharod of the Kharod Law firm. Lin received the 2016 Justice David Wellington Chew Award for his selfless contributions to the Asian-American legal community in Texas. Kharod received the 2016 APIS Pro Bono Award.
winning both in the legal category and Austinite of the Year. Kaplan is an employment law and civil rights attorney and litigator and founder at Kaplan Law Firm.
NEW TO THE OFFICE The Kaplan Law Firm hired a new associate attorney, Eleanor D’Ambrosio. She is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and was named a Public Service Scholar for her commitment to promoting public interest in law. D’Ambrosio also served as the student liaison to the board of the Austin Young Lawyers Association.
The Environmental Law Institute recognized Austin-based environmental attorney, Kinnan Goleman, as one of 24 pioneers in the field of environmental law in their online collection for Earth Day 2016.
The Snell Law Firm announced the addition of Jeff Johnson as Senior Counsel. Johnson focuses on an array of civil litigation matters, including business, real estate, construction, and class action litigation.
Austin Kaplan was honored by the Austin Under Forty Awards,
Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody announced Martin T. Lutz
as a shareholder in Austin. Lutz focuses on corporate and securities as well as international law. Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton hired William “Bill” Hopkins as a partner and Susan G. White as counsel for the firm.
MOVING ON UP Kevin Henrichson has been announced as partner at Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson. He has been at the firm for 13 years and focuses on cases involving vehicle, aviation, and construction accidents as well as medical malpractice and product defects.
CORRECTION In the May 2016 issue of Austin Lawyer, Chesley Blevins’ name was incorrectly spelled in the list of Austin Bar Foundation Fellows on page 10.
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