JACKSON WALKER - Key Persons
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- Partner / Environment & Natural Resources
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- Associate / Environment & Natural Resources
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- Associate in Jackson Walker 's Corporate
- Associate, Dallas
Adrian Allen is an associate in Jackson Walker's Corporate & Securities group. The group focuses on assisting clients in an array of corporate transactions, including merger and acquisition transactions, startup counseling, conducting public and private offerings, and serving as outside general counsel for hundreds of companies. The group handles matters such as negotiating commercial contracts, improving corporate governance, and navigating securities regulations as well as advising operating businesses on commercial, employment, and licensing agreements.
Adrian was a Summer Associate with Jackson Walker in both 2016 and 2017.
Education
B.S., with honors, The University of Texas at Austin
J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law
Aldean E. Kainz has a diverse practice which focuses on complex litigation. He has extensive courtroom experience and has tried multiple cases to judgment. His experience encompasses breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, environmental litigation, construction litigation, malpractice defense, insurance litigation, personal injury defense of utilities, products liability defense and general business litigation.
Education
B.A., The University of Iowa
J.D., The University of Iowa College of Law
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- Attorney
- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
Brian Harris is an attorney in the Real Estate group of Jackson Walker's Houston office. In his practice, Brian represents landlords, tenants, and commercial property owners in Texas and throughout the United States in complex real estate matters, primarily the acquisition, disposition, management, and leasing of all types of real estate.
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
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- Associate / Finance & Banking
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- Trusted Advisor
- Associate, San Antonio
- Attorney in the Trial & Appellate
Dyana Mardon is an attorney in the Trial & Appellate Litigation practice of Jackson Walker's San Antonio office.
Prior to Jackson Walker, Dyana practiced business litigation and dispute resolution in California with a focus on general commercial litigation, insurance disputes, and government investigations and defense. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Erica P. Grosjean of the Eastern District of California.
Beyond her litigation experience, Dyana gained substantial policy experience as a policy consultant with the City of Oakland Public Ethics Commission and as a sustainable urban development intern at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. In addition, she was a program officer at the Global Green Growth Institute, an international organization focused on sustainable development and green growth based in Seoul, Korea, and at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability in Seoul, focusing on issues of governance and civil society in East Asia.
Education
B.A., University of California Berkeley
M.P.P., University of California Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
Public Policy and International Affairs Graduate Fellowship
Jacob J. Javits Summer Fellowship
J.D., University of California Berkeley School of Law
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Austin partner Kent Sullivan, a former justice on the Fourteenth Court of appeals and first assistant attorney general for the Texas Office of the Attorney General, as Commissioner of Insurance.
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- Associate / Finance & Banking
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- Partner / Finance & Banking
J. Paul Jackson served on the American Institute Tax Project. His work helped shape important tax legislation in the mid-20th century.
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
Fort Worth attorney John L. Lancaster Jr. joined the Firm, solidifying a legacy of excellence in railroad law.
Julia W. Mann was appointed the first female managing partner of the San Antonio office.
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Dallas
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- Senior Counsel / Real Estate
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- Business Professionals & Paralegals
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Austin
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
Dallas attorney Mary Emma Karam became the first woman promoted to partner at Jackson Walker.
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- Senior Counsel / Real Estate
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- Trusted Advisor
- Associate, Houston
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- Partner / Finance & Banking
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Austin
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- Partner / Finance & Banking
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- Partner / Finance & Banking
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- Governmental Affairs Consultant
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- Partner / Environment & Natural Resources
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- Partner / Environment & Natural Resources
Dallas partner Robert F. Ruckman served as lead counsel for a product defendant in litigation raised from the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447.
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, San Antonio
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston
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- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Austin
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- Partner / Environment & Natural Resources
Job Titles:
- Trusted Advisor
- Partner, Houston