Alumni in the News

May 20th- UHLC alumna Melinda Hartman Eitzen '94, of Duffee + Eitzen, was named to the Top 50 Female Super Lawyer list, the Top 100 DFW Super Lawyer list, D magazine's Best Lawyers in Dallas 2020 list, the Best Lawyers in America 2020 list for Family Law and Collaborative Law, and LawDragon's Top 500 Leading Family Lawyers 2020 list, according to the firm. More...

May 17th- UHLC alumnus Lee B. Hunt '13 has been hired by Brackett & Ellis, according to an article from Fort Worth Business Press. More...

May 14th- UHLC alumnus Trey A. Monsour '89 has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in the Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department, according to an article from Law360. More...

May 8th- UHLC alumnus Joe Acosta '98 has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a partner, according to a press release from the firm. More...

May 6th- UHLC alumnus John Sparacino '90 has joined McKool Smith as a principal, according to a press release from the firm. More...

May 1st- UHLC alumnus Benjamin Walther '12 has been promoted to partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, according to a press release from the firm. More...

May 1st- UHLC alumnus Nathaniel Martinez '11, from Munsch Hardt, received an individual ranking in the most extensively referenced guides in the legal industry, Chambers USA, according to a press release from the firm. More...

April 30th- UHLC alumnus Warren Hoffman '78 has joined Wilson Cribbs + Goren, PC as of counsel, according to an article from Law.com. More...

April 18th- UHLC student Jessie Manzewitsch Pulero has been awarded one of the Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s 2020 Diversity Scholarships, according to a press release from the firm. More...

April 6th- UHLC alumnus Gregory Deans '92 has partnered with Katherine Stepp to form Deans Stepp Law, a Dallas firm specializing in complex business and tort cases, according to an article from Law.com. More...

April 2nd- UHLC alumnus Joseph Rovira '08 has been promoted to partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth, according to a press release from the firm. More...

April 1st- UHLC alumnus Derek Forinash '02 has returned to Porter Hedges as a partner, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 16th- UHLC alumna Lisa Pittman '01 has been named co-chair of the cannabis law practice group at Coats Rose, P.C., according to an article from Law360. More...

March 12th- UHLC alumni Kasi Chadwick '13 and Abbie Sprague '10, of Hicks Thomas LLP, have been selected to the 2020 list of Texas Rising Stars, according to a press release from the firm. More... 

March 11th- UHLC alumnus Gerald Cregg Thompson '89 was recognized for 30 years of dedicated service to the Hidalgo County District Attorney's office, according to an article from The Edinburg Review. More...

March 11th- UHLC alumnus Rene Treviño '07 was promoted to shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 10th- UHLC alumnus Sebastien N. Chain '10, equity shareholder for Chamberlain Hrdlicka, has been named to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 10th- UHLC alumna Susan L. Bickley '84, of Blank Rome LLP, took office as 2020 Chair of the Houston Bar Foundation, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 10th- UHLC alumna Yyonne Ho '06, of Bracewell LLP, was selected to be on Law360's 2020 Appellate Editorial Advisory Board, according to an article from Law360. More...

March 6th- UHLC alumni Melissa Gutierrez '13 and Philip J. Morgan '12, from Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings LLP, have been named to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 2nd- UHLC alumnus Brandon Collins '11 has joined Coats Rose, P.C. in the real estate and affordable housing and community development practice groups, according to a press release from the firm. More...

March 1st- UHLC alumni Joe Guajardo '12, Briggs Knight '12, and Denise Rose '14 have been elected to partnership at Jackson Walker, according to a press release from the firm. More...

February 27th- UHLC alumna Carrie Clark '07 was appointed to Brigham Minerals, Inc.'s Board of Directors, according to a press release from Street Insider. more...

February 25th- UHLC alumna Lara de Leon '98 became a partner at Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP, according to a press release by the firm. more...

February 20th- UHLC alumnus Broocks "Mack" Wilson '16 has joined Blank Rome as an associate in the finance, restructuring, and bankruptcy practice group, according to a press release from the firm.  more...

February 20th- UHLC alumnus Justo Mendez '06 has joined Holland & Knight as a litigation partner, according to a press release from the firm. more...

February 19th- UHLC alumnus Michael Smith '08 has joined Winstead law firm as part of the health care group, according to a press release from law.com.  more...

February 16th- UHLC alumnus Robert Simmons '66, of Simmons and Fletcher, was named a "Top Lawyer" by H Texas Magazine, according to a press release from PR Web. more...

February 12th- UHLC alumnus Christopher Ezeafulukwe '14 has been appointed as the MD/CEO of Transcorp Power Plant, Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria, according to an announcement made on New Telegraph Nigeria's website. more...

February 2nd- UHLC alumnus Richard Gonzales '74 was selected to serve as Uvalde's new municipal court judge, according to a press release from Uvalde Leader-News. more...

February 1st- UHLC alumni David Parker '06 and John Wittenberg '90 became partners at Jackson Walker, according to a press release from the firm. more...

February 1st- UHLC alumna Browne Lewis '97 has been appointed as Dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law, according to a press release from the university. more...

February 1st- UHLC alumna Emily Lippold Gummer '07 has been promoted to member at Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux LLC, according to a press release from the firm. more...

February 1st- UHLC alumnus Stephen Quezada '11 has been elected shareholder at Ogletree Deakins, according to a press release from the firm. more... 

January 28th-  UHLC alumnus David Pederson '82 has been named a partner in the Sandler Law Group, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 24th-  UHLC alumnus Sean Timmons '15 has been promoted to equity partner at Tully Rinckey, PLLC, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 23rd- UHLC alumni Ann Robertson '77 and Kelly Sandill '01 will be honored at the AWAF's 9th Annual Premier Women in Law Luncheon on March 26, 2020, according to post on LinkedIn. more...

January 20th- UHLC alumna Kenna Seiler '91 has helped launched Seiler Mitby, PLLC, a complex commercial litigation and corporate transactional boutique in The Woodlands, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 20th- UHLC alumna Debbie Simon Pacholder '92 has been named partner at Seiler Mitby, PLLC, according to a press release from the firm.  more...

January 17th- UHLC alumna Kristen Bates '10 has been promoted to senior associate attorney at The Strong Firm P.C., according to a press release from Woodlands Online.  more...

January 14th- UHLC alumna Erin Bennett '12 has been elected as partner at McDowell Hetherington LLP, according to a press release by the firm. more...

January 14th- UHLC alumnus Vinu Raj '09 has been promoted to counsel at Haynes and Boone LLP, according to a press release by the firm. more...

January 13th- UHLC alumna Judith Guthrie '80, a retired federal judge, has received the Women in Tyler's first legacy Award, recognizing a lifetime of service, according to an article from the Tyler Morning Telegraph.  more...

January 13th- UHLC alumnus Mike Laster '88 has been appointed to serve as Assistant County Attorney by Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan, according to a press release from Houston Style Magazine. more...

January 6th- UHLC alumna Nelda Luce Blair '82 has been appointed to the Texas Public Safety Commission, according to an article from the Office of the Texas Governor. more...

January 6th- UHLC alumna Cynthia Mabry '10 has been promoted to partner at Akin Gump, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 2nd- UHLC alumnus Michael Streich '11 has been named partner at Phelps Dunbar LLP in Houston, according to a press release by the firm. more...

January 2nd- UHLC alumna Lana Muranovic '10 has been elected to partnership at BakerHostetler's Houston office, according to a press release from the firm.  more...

January 2nd- UHLC alumna LaTasha Snipes '09 has joined Polsinelli's Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation section at the firm's Houston office, according to a press release by the firm. more...

January 1st- UHLC alumnus Clinton Yu '09 has been promoted to partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 1st- UHLC alumnus Matthew A. Copeland '12 has been elected to partnership at Adams and Reese LLP, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 1st- UHLC alumnus Ian M. Wasser '09 has been promoted to Counsel at Cantor Colburn, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 1st- UHLC alumnus Brent Shultz '11 has been named partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, according to a press release from the firm. more...

January 1st- UHLC alumna Mia Lorick '14 has been elected to shareholder at RMWBH PC, according to the firm.