Austin Associate Cole Hutchison, a member of Locke Lord’s Energy Practice Group, has been named to Austin Monthly’s Top Attorneys 2024 in the Government and Administrative category. Honorees were selected based on peer nominations from attorneys in the Austin area who nominated up to three attorneys per practice area whom they would trust with the legal care of themselves or their families.
Hutchison is an administrative law and regulatory attorney with vast experience in front of governmental bodies. He has represented clients in administrative appeals and subsequent litigation in district and appellate courts. His practice extends to advising clients on regulatory compliance matters with an emphasis on Texas energy markets and regulations. Further, he has frequently provided advice to clients on the implications of various legislative bills.
Read Austin Monthly’s full Top Attorneys 2024 list.
(BOSTON) June 3, 2024 – Andrea L. Martin has joined Locke Lord’s Boston office as a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group. With a broad range of dispute resolution capabilities, Martin expands the Firm’s service offerings across the Northeast and nationally.
Martin, who joins Locke Lord from Burns & Levinson, served as general counsel and co-chair of its business litigation and dispute litigation group. She has been an advocate for individuals and corporations for nearly two decades in various disputes and litigation venues, including government agencies, state and federal courts and appeals courts.
“Andrea’s versatility across civil and commercial litigation, including her background in intra-business disputes, labor and employment issues, real estate and eviction proceedings and white collar criminal defense matters, will fortify the Firm’s litigation bench in the Northeast and across the country,” said Allison O’Neil, Boston Partner and Co-Chair of the Firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. “Her extensive practice and depth of experience serving as in-house counsel will be integral to helping our clients navigate the significant challenges associated with each phase of litigation. We’re thrilled to welcome Andrea to the Firm.”
“Andrea is the latest strong addition to Locke Lord’s Boston office,” added Christine McCay, Managing Partner of Locke Lord’s Boston office. “She is a highly talented practitioner, and her strong trial skill set, leadership experience and entrepreneurial spirit will fit in seamlessly with the Firm’s culture.”
Martin represents clients in all stages of dispute resolution, including initial consultation, administrative investigations, negotiation and mediation and court proceedings from complaint to appeal. Her practice covers a variety of business torts, including misrepresentation and fraud as well as contractual disputes involving issues in contract formation, interpretation, performance and payment.
“I’ve had deep working relationships with many of Locke Lord’s lawyers, and I’m ecstatic to work side by side with them to increase the Firm’s already expansive list of offerings,” said Martin. “Locke Lord’s strong national footprint and well-regarded culture emphasizing teamwork and collaboration make it the optimal destination for me as I look to continue building my practice.”
Locke Lord’s dispute resolution team has the intellectual depth, creativity and tenacity necessary to prevail in the most complex and contentious disputes. The Firm’s clients include the largest global companies and entrepreneurial businesses. The Firm’s litigation lawyers try cases in federal, state and local courts across the United States and represent clients before state and federal agencies and regulators. Locke Lord’s lawyers defend clients facing criminal challenges and arbitrate disputes administered by the leading various domestic and international institutions.
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About Locke Lord LLP
Locke Lord is a full-service law firm with global reach and 20 offices designed to meet clients’ needs in the United States and around the world. The Firm has a history that spans more than 135 years and is a leader in the middle market arena. Locke Lord focuses on providing the highest levels of commitment, quality and service to clients across its five Key Sectors: Energy and Infrastructure; Finance and Financial Services; Insurance and Reinsurance; Pharmaceutical; and Private Equity. In addition, the Firm advises clients across a broad spectrum of other industries, including fund formation, venture capital, health care, public finance, real estate, technology, cybersecurity and white collar, while providing a wealth of experience through its complex litigation, intellectual property, tax, regulatory and transactional teams.
Eight Locke Lord Providence lawyers were selected as 2024 Rhode Island Monthly Professional Excellence in Law honorees. Honorees are nominated and chosen by their peers, exemplifying the leading local lawyers in their areas of practice. They are:
Joseph Farside, Antitrust Law
Douglas Gray, Business Law
Gene McDermott, Securities Law
Charles Rogers, Real Estate
Krystle Tadesse, Antitrust Law
Jeffrey Kennedy, Young Lawyers, Less Than 5 Years in Practice
Alexandra Lancey, Young Lawyers, Less Than 5 Years in Practice
Katie Morin, Young Lawyers, Less Than 5 Years in Practice
Read more about the 2024 Rhode Island Monthly Professional Excellence in Law honorees here.
Providence Associate Nicole Chakraborty, a member of Locke Lord’s Corporate and Transactional Practice Group, has been named to Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly’s Excellence in the Law list as an Up & Coming Lawyer honoree. This honor is a salute to the rising stars of the Rhode Island Bar, recognizing attorneys who have been practicing and admitted in the Rhode Island Bar for 10 years or less yet have already distinguished themselves in the practice of law.
Chakraborty focuses her practice on corporate governance, M&A, private equity and venture capital. She regularly counsels clients on a variety of transactional needs, including leveraged buyouts, debt and equity offerings, minority investments and general corporate counseling for private companies, public companies and private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Outside of her practice, Chakraborty serves as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island and sits on the Advisory Board of FirstWorks, a Providence-based nonprofit with a mission to enrich the social, educational and economic fabric of Rhode Island by engaging diverse audiences with world-class performing arts experiences.
Read Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly’s Excellence in the Law announcement.
Houston Partner Mia Lorick has been recognized among the 2024 Client Service All-Stars by BTI Consulting Group, including those who were singled out by clients for “delivering the absolute best in client service.” Attributes of the Client Service All-Stars cited by clients include high levels of engagement, investment, savvy and anticipation of future needs.
A member of Locke Lord’s Litigation Practice Group and the Firm’s Lateral Hire Committee, Lorick concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, real estate litigation, energy litigation and civil appeals. She handles jury trials, bench trials and arbitrations as well as appellate briefing and oral argument, and she has argued before the Texas Supreme Court as well as numerous intermediate courts of appeals. She is a staunch advocate for a more equitable legal profession, regularly speaking on diversity and inclusion panels. Lorick is also the founder of the Suited for Success Scholarship, which awards law students with the funds needed to buy a business suit for interviewing.
View Lorick’s Client Service All-Star personal profile.
Lindsey Kress, based in Locke Lord’s San Francisco office, has been named to the Super Lawyers® 2024 Northern California Rising Stars list.
The Northern California Rising Stars list recognizes the area’s top attorneys age 40 and younger or who are in the first 10 years of practice. Northern California Rising Stars are selected through process of nomination, independent research and peer evaluation. Only 2.5 percent of eligible lawyers in Northern California are selected to the list each year.
Kress concentrates her practice on defending clients in class action and financial services litigation as well as advising on privacy and cybersecurity issues. She regularly represents clients in complex matters in state and federal courts across the country. Kress has second-chair trial experience and has argued cases at both the trial and appellate level. She is also a member of the Firm’s Privacy and Cyber Litigation and Enforcement Team, where she advises on emerging privacy and cybersecurity litigation and compliance issues related to the collection, use, sharing and protection of data.
Locke Lord has been recognized in two practice areas in The Legal 500 United States 2024: Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas and Renewable Energy/Alternative Power. In addition to these practice area rankings, 11 lawyers were recognized for their individual achievements.
Four Locke Lord lawyers were recognized for their achievements in Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas, including: Co-Chairs of the Firm’s Energy Practice Group Bill Swanstrom and Terry Radney, and Houston Associate Case Towslee.
Seven of the Firm’s lawyers were recommended in the Renewable/Alternative Power category, including: Chair of the Firm’s Renewable Energy Section Ben Cowan; Houston Associate Rachael Beavers; Houston Partner Brandon Lobb; Co-Chair of the Firm’s Construction Practice Group Mark Miller; New York Partner Michael Malfettone; Washington, D.C., Partner Emily Huggins Jones.
The Legal 500 is an independent guide, and firms and individuals are recommended purely on merit.
Adrienne Walker, Jonathan Aberman and Mark Silverman, Partners in Locke Lord’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group, have been recognized as standout lawyers in the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers list. According to Lawdragon, these honorees are the lawyers who can make all the difference for a business, debtor or creditor and have done so time and time again.
Locke Lord’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group has broad experience in complex bankruptcy cases, out-of-court restructurings, cross-border proceedings and other distressed situations. The Firm’s lawyers regularly advise premier financial institutions, institutional investors, distressed businesses, CMBS special servicers, asset purchasers, debt investors, finance companies, insurers and sureties to enforce creditors’ rights and to achieve strategic goals in the context of structured transactions, commercial litigation, loan workouts, debt restructurings and bankruptcy.
Dallas Partner Harriet Miers, former Managing Partner of a Locke Lord predecessor firm and former Counsel to the President of the United States, was awarded the Certificate of Merit at the 2024 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting for her outstanding contributions to the legal profession.
Miers has been widely recognized for her efforts to create a more diverse, fair and equitable legal profession. Beyond her myriad of civic and professional accomplishments, she currently serves as Chair of the Texas Access to Justice Commission, charged with developing and implementing initiatives designed to expand access to, and enhance the quality of, justice in civil legal matters for low-income Texans. Miers also serves as Co-Chair of the Legal Services Corporation Leaders Council, a group of high-profile and influential leaders from various industries across the country formed to help raise public awareness of the need to increase resources to provide legal aid for the poor. Among her many awards and accolades throughout her career, including recently receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Lawyer, she was previously selected for induction into the Texas Legal Legends, the highest award bestowed by the State Bar of Texas, for her lasting impact and extraordinary contributions to the legal profession.
June 6, 2024 – Legal directory Chambers USA has recognized 70 Locke Lord lawyers and 30 of the Firm’s practice areas for excellence in its 2024 edition. Eleven of the Firm’s lawyers have achieved Band 1 rankings in their respective practice areas, and the Firm’s Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), Energy Transition and Public Finance practices have earned a nationwide distinction.
Locke Lord lawyers honored on a nationwide level include: Nick J. DiGiovanni (Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance), Robert T. Mowrey (Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance Litigation), Terry Radney (Energy: Oil & Gas Transactional) and Bill Swanstrom (Energy: Oil & Gas Transactional).
Below is a full list of Locke Lord lawyers ranked in Chambers USA 2024:
Nationwide
Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
Robert T. Mowrey – Financial Services Regulation: Consumer Finance (Litigation)
Terry Radney – Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Bill Swanstrom – Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Florida (West Palm Beach)
Mark-David Adams – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
Georgia (Atlanta)
Brian T. Casey – Insurance
Illinois (Chicago)
Jon Biasetti – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Nick J. DiGiovanni – Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance (Band 1)
Samuel Stempel – Real Estate
Paige D. Waters – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Louisiana (New Orleans)
Jason Marechal Cerise – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Brad C. Knapp – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Omer F. ”Rick” Kuebel III – Bankruptcy/Restructuring (Band 1)
Massachusetts (Boston)
Ryan DiSantis – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Christopher M. Flanagan – Tax
Richard D. Glovsky – Labor & Employment
Stanley Keller – Corporate/M&A
Richard A. Manley Jr. – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
Stephanie H. Massey – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Band 1)
Jennifer Capasso Mendonça – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
Allison O’Neil – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
David L. Ruediger – Banking & Finance
Walter J. St. Onge III – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Band 1)
Adrienne K. Walker – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Jonathan W. Young – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
New York
Nicholas R. Williams – Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Rhode Island (Providence)
Peter J. Barrett – Corporate/Commercial
Joseph A. Farside Jr. – Corporate/Commercial and Litigation: General Commercial
Mark W. Freel – Litigation: General Commercial (Band 1)
Christopher D. Graham – Corporate/Commercial (Band 1)
Douglas G. Gray – Corporate/Commercial
Paul M. Mahoney Jr. – Corporate/Commercial
Charles F. Rogers – Real Estate
Texas
Austin
Brad Hawley – Real Estate
Susan A. Kidwell – Litigation: Appellate
Tai C. Tran – Real Estate
Tammy Ward Woffenden – Health Care
Dallas
E. Steve Bolden II – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
E. Philip Bush – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
Paul E. Coggins – Antitrust and Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (Band 1)
Don M. Glendenning – Corporate/M&A
W. Scott Hastings – Litigation: Appellate
Elizabeth E. Mack – Environment
Jennifer McCoy – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Kip Mendrygal – Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Robert T. Mowrey – Litigation: General Commercial (Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
Susan M. Rainey – Environment
Seth M. Roberts – Litigation: General Commercial (Dallas, Fort Worth & Surrounds)
Drew Slone – Banking & Finance: Public Finance
Cynthia Timms – Litigation: Appellate
Kevin L. Twining – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (Band 1)
Bradley C. Weber – Antitrust
Houston
John K. Arnold – Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Oil & Gas) (Band 1)
Charles S. Baker – Intellectual Property
M. Benjamin Cowan – Environment
Chris Dove – Litigation: Appellate
Philip Eisenberg – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Laura L. Ferguson – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Houston & Surrounds)
Gerald D. (Jerry) Higdon – Environment
Stephen C. Jacobs – Real Estate
Mia Lorick – Litigation: General Commercial (Houston & Surrounds)
Tammi S. Niven – Banking & Finance
Gerald J. Pels – Environment
Joe Perillo – Corporate/M&A
Edward A. Razim III – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (Houston & Surrounds) (Band 1)
J. Michael Rose – Labor & Employment
Buddy Sanders – Tax
Jennie Simmons – Private Equity: Buyouts
Bill Swanstrom – Corporate/M&A
Washington, D.C.
Denise Hanna – Health Care
Locke Lord practice areas recognized in Chambers USA 2024 are:
Nationwide
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Energy Transition
Public Finance
California
Insurance: Insurer
Florida
Banking & Finance
Illinois
Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Reinsurance
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Louisiana
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Massachusetts
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Health Care
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Public Finance
Rhode Island
Corporate/Commercial
Litigation: General Commercial
Texas
Antitrust
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
Environment
Health Care
Insurance
Labor & Employment
Litigation: Appellate
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Public Finance
Real Estate
Tax
Dallas
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Litigation: General Commercial
Houston
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Chambers & Partners has been ranking lawyers across all industries since 1990. Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business surveys and interviews clients and lawyers across the United States to determine which firms and lawyers are considered leaders in their field. Rankings assess key qualities in the legal field, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence and commitment.
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About Locke Lord LLP
Locke Lord is a full-service law firm with global reach and 20 offices designed to meet clients’ needs in the United States and around the world. The firm has a history that spans more than 135 years and is a leader in the middle market arena. Locke Lord focuses on providing the highest levels of commitment, quality and service to clients across its five Key Sectors: Energy and Infrastructure; Finance and Financial Services; Insurance and Reinsurance; Pharmaceutical; and Private Equity. In addition, the firm advises clients across a broad spectrum of other industries, including fund formation, venture capital, health care, public finance, real estate, technology, cybersecurity and white collar, while providing a wealth of experience through its complex litigation, intellectual property, tax, regulatory and transactional teams.