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Brian Short, a real estate finance attorney, has joined Texas law firm Winstead PC as a shareholder. He will be located in the firm's Dallas office, working with the Real Estate Structured Finance Practice Group in the Business & Transactions Department. Short returns to Winstead after a short tenure at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, where he was a partner in the firm's capital financial markets, commercial lending and real estate development and finance groups.
Real Estate Superlawyers around the country include: Baker & Daniels LLP, Indianapolis: J. Murray Clark, Mary K. Lisher, and Joseph M. Scimia; Holme Roberts & Owen, Denver: Robert H. Bach, Robert A. Holmes, Bruce Likoff, and Richard Wohlgenant; Kennedy Covington, Charlotte, NC: Lee Cory Jr., Charles O. DuBose , Brian P. Evans, Bernie D. Farmer III, Walter D. Fisher Jr., Glen B. Hardymon, David H. Jones, Donnell Lassiter, E. Allen Prichard, and Maynard E. Tipps; Kennedy Covington, Raleigh: Alan H. Peterson.
The Columbus, OH, law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced that 28 attorneys were recognized among the leading practitioners in the country by Chambers and Partners in the 2008 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Four individuals practice in the area of real estate: J. Theodore (Ted) Smith, John P. Wellner, Kenneth A. Golonka Jr., and Stephen R. Buchenroth. Chambers USA identifies the country's leading lawyers through in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys to determine which law firms they use and how they rate them for their legal ability and client service.
Brian Short, a real estate finance attorney, has joined Texas law firm
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