Monday, February 20, 2006

Cox Smith Matthews Welcomes 17 New Associates

Cox Smith Matthews Welcomes 17 New Associates

Cox Smith Matthews, the largest business and business litigation firm based in South Texas, announced it has hired 17 new associates.

San Antonio (PRWEB) December 8, 2005

Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, the largest business and business litigation firm based in South Texas, today announced it has hired 17 new associates in a variety of departments and practice areas. The additions further solidify Cox Smith Matthews’ position as the premier law firm in the South Texas region, coming on the heels of the firm’s recent announcements that it has opened a Dallas office and hired a resident attorney for its McAllen office.

“The depth and the aptitude of the seventeen men and women we have recently hired complements and enhances the firm’s status in the legal and business communities,” said Managing Director Jamie Smith. “We proudly welcome these new associates to the Cox Smith Matthews team and expect great achievements from them in the future.”

The firm’s new associates include:

Jared G. Andersen

Christopher Briggs

Casey A. Burns

Meagan M. Gillette

J. Javier Gutierrez

Matthew M. Jennings

Jessica K. Lombardi

Bryan A. Lopez

Timothy A. Million

Michelle C. Moreno 

James M. Oliveros

Eileen Y. Passmore 

Jamie M. Rose

Paul P. Santoyo

Jonathon Schleuter

Tracy L. Tallon

Andrew J. Yoder 

The new associates come from varied backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences to the firm. Lopez is joining the firm with four years of experience in real estate and litigation, which he earned while practicing at Hughes & Luce in Dallas, and more recently with Loeffler Tuggey Pauerstein Rosenthal LLP in San Antonio. Schleuter practiced at Ball & Weed, a San Antonio civil litigation firm, while Gutierrez and Yoder have spent the last year in judicial clerkships. Anderson and Briggs received LL. M.s in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 2005 and will join the firm’s Tax department.

The remainder of the new associates come from the top law schools in Texas and in the country and are working in a range of departments and practice areas including Tax, Estate Planning, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Corporate, and Energy and Natural Resources.

Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with offices in Austin, Dallas, and McAllen. With 19 practice areas and more than 120 attorneys, the Firm provides a full spectrum of legal services to regional, national and international clients. Its major practice areas include Business Litigation, Corporate and Securities, Creditors' Rights, Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy, Energy and Natural Resources, Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Health Care, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Public Law, Real Estate, Tax, and many other areas of specialization. For more information please visit www. coxsmith. com.

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